RAPTORTRAPPER: MY RECITATION OF BULLETS WAS A CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING, NOT A PREFERENCE LISTING. CORBON USED TO MAKE A 320gr RN .452 PENETRATOR (I KILLED MY FIRST CAPE BUFFALO WITH THIS BULLET IN ZIMBABWE IN 1993) BUT I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE PENETRATION, SO I GOT PETER PI @ CORBON TO MAKE ME SOME FP PENETRATORS @ 305grs. EVERY BATCH HAD A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MEPLAT WIDTH BUT THEY ALL SHOT WELL AND WORKED WELL (I SHOT MY SECOND CAPE WITH 1 OF THESE IN MOZAMBIQUE IN 2001), UNTIL THE LAST BATCH, WHICH HAD A WAY TOO WIDE MEPLAT, WHICH IMPEDED PENETRATION, AND WHICH PROBABLY COST ME AN ELEPHANT AND DID COST ME A CAPE BUFFALO IN 2003. THE NEXT (AND LAST TIME) I WENT TO AFRICA (IN 2009) I USED THE PUNCH BULLET, WITH WHICH I TOOK MY 3rd CAPE BUFFALO.


IMHO, THE ABSOLUTE BEST BIG GAME/DANGEROUS GAME "FAILSAFE" BULLET IS THE PUNCH BULLET. IF IT IS BULLET INTEGRITY YOU WANT, WITH A DECENT WEIGHT TO LENGTH RATIO, AND AN APPROPRIATELY WIDE MEPLAT, GET SOME PUNCH BULLETS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT CORBON NOW USES THE BARNES BUSTER IN ITS PENETRATOR ROUNDS. I SHOT A 6 FOOT BLACK BEAR WITH THE BARNES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. DEAD CENTER THRU THE SHOULDERS, HE WENT DOWN AND THEN GOT UP AND MADE A SHORT DEATH RUN. ONLY ANIMAL I HAVE SHOT AT WITH THE BARNES BUSTER.