Nice gray duiker and nyala, Ron.
As you know, I, too, like the .303 British, and used a double last month in Namibia. JJ Perodeau had regulated mine for the 215 gr Woodleigh softnose and 44 grains of IMR 4350 to produce about 2125 fps and a superb composite group.
Ammo did not make it with me to Namibia, so I used the rule of 3/4, buying 174 grain Hornady bullets and the nearest equivalent of IMR4350, one of the SomChem powders of which 41 grains game me about 2200 fps with the 174 gr Hornady. Fine composite group and used the iron sights off sticks to take a springbok at just over 100 yards, and then took a trotting old boar warthog at about 35 yards offhand. Both bullets went through and through.
Also tried 150 and 180 grain commercial ammo, hoping to get lucky. The 150 grain was all over the paper. The 180 grain had rounds from both barrels touching, but printed five inches low!
Regards, Tim
