Quote Originally Posted by MyLani View Post

Normally you will have to wait for a last minute shot when they drop their head to hook you and you shoot into the neck behind the boss or a head shot of you have time. If you will have time for 2 shots, You can try a shot just below the chin which will go through and hit the neck/spine which will put him straight down, but if it misses or you have only time for 1 shot, it's a head/neck shot or a mauling.
I'm not trying to be a smart ass, I have had a couple of chance, close quarters meetings with buffalo while hunting other game in thick riverine bush, so I am trying to learn here. If the only way to stop a close range charge is a shot to the brain or into the spine, why is a large heavy rifle better than a smaller caliber, lighter rifle that is easier to handle and that you shoot often (as when backing clients on wounded antelope and pigs), under stress and at moving animals? Would a 9.3mm or .375 with a good monolithic bullet not kill just as dead on brain and spine shots as a .458?