Remington 416 Bullet weights and velocities

[Finkelstein]

So my rifle build is complete and the wait for the CFR about to begin. Will for now be scoped with a 1-6 x24 Vortex Strike Eagle scope that I bought for an AR that never materialised.

Buffalo and Elephant ain't on the menu yet.

The rifle will be used to hunt wild Hereford cattle in thick Protea bush. Later Eland might be hunted in the Free State- hope to visit TStone next year. Some smaller animals might also be hunted.

In terms of bullet weights and brands what will you advise?
I can get hold of: Hornady- DGS and DSX bonded 400grain, Swift A-Frame 350 grain and Frontier Spartan bullets.

Powder would be Hodgdon.

[MyLani]

350gr A Frames will be more than enough for Eland etc.
Will also work fine should you want to shoot Buffalo later, although I would personally go for the 400gr A Frame for the Buffalo.

[CorditeCrazy]

On a tangent to your post where do you go for the cattle hunt?

[Finkelstein]

350gr A Frames will be more than enough for Eland etc.
Will also work fine should you want to shoot Buffalo later, although I would personally go for the 400gr A Frame for the Buffalo.

Thanks. i will buy two boxes then.

[DaavG]

On a tangent to your post where do you go for the cattle hunt?

Also interested to hear as never heard of this before.

[Brenneke]

Also interested to hear as never heard of this before.

He does mention it somewhere else on the site -- do a search.
Also read something similar many years ago in one of the local hunting shooting magazines

[Finkelstein]

On a tangent to your post where do you go for the cattle hunt?

My elderly Fathers mountain farm in the Western Cape.

[DaavG]

Thanks Finkelstein, sounds really cool!