Originally Posted by
Muley Hunter
Cape Buffalo Hunt.
Guns were CVA Accura V2s. 130 grs Pyrodex RS was there propellant. Special ordered Safari grade 480 gr Power Belt bullets were used. Strengthened with a flat nosed cap for hunting buffalo and elephants. Muzzle energy was chronographed at 2690.
This made me think of the post below
Val Forgett of Navy Arms took their .58 caliber Hawken Hunter on African safari, they worked up loads for it using a 610 gr. Minie and 200 grains of FFFg. It was a 9 1/4-lb. rifle. He said recoil wasn't as bad as expected when shooting offhand, was "a bit punishing" from the bench. They settled on 180 grains FFFg, and he killed a lot of big game with that load.
I dug this up after buying 1 of these Navy Arms Hawken Hunters New unfired. I read another piece where he hit an African Lion and took out both shoulders. Hard for me to imagine 180-200 Grains of 3F with a 610 Grain bullet in front of it, especially this Swiss stuff i shoot