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I took my .30-06 to South Africa in 2004, largely because of arthritis. I used 220 grain Nosler Partitions to kill a 56 inch Kudu, Blue Wildebeest, Impala, Blesbok, Zebra, and alas, even a Steenbok. Every animal was a one shot kill, no having to hunt them down, cause they went straight down...

Your are absolutely right, never recovered a single 220 grain partition. I was pretty surprised to see that it shot thru such seriously big animals as the Kudu and the Wildebeest. High SD surely makes a difference. I've seen the same thing with 160 grain 6.5mms on deer, but was quite...

:grin: I discovered just how good the "old time" 220 grain loads were for the .30-06 last year. Arthritis killed my shooting with big bore rifles for my first trip to South Africa, so I reverted to the kinder .30-06. Since all the references I noted called for the heaviest bullet in the...