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Africa perfect rifle for elephant,buffalo,plains game?
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<blockquote data-quote="Code4" data-source="post: 497800" data-attributes="member: 26988"><p>Talk to a resident hunter of the Dark Continent and they will tell you that high velocity is not necessarily a good thing. Reliability, Penentration and Accuracy are the three criteria for an African BG rifle.</p><p> </p><p>The .416Rem Magnum does not have a particularly good reputation in Africa due to its higher operating pressures.</p><p> </p><p>The .375H&H was designed to take large soft skinned game and does that task very well, but it is a medium bore.</p><p> </p><p>Doubles are fine untill the going gets really dirty. You only need a small amount of crud on the face and you only <strong>had</strong> two shots. (something that doesn't get much airplay in current publications).</p><p> </p><p>Large bores start at .450+ and as Elephant have been mentioned that is where you need to look if you can handle one comfortably.</p><p> </p><p>Cats aren't that tough and an accurate anything 7mm/.30 cal+ will do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Code4, post: 497800, member: 26988"] Talk to a resident hunter of the Dark Continent and they will tell you that high velocity is not necessarily a good thing. Reliability, Penentration and Accuracy are the three criteria for an African BG rifle. The .416Rem Magnum does not have a particularly good reputation in Africa due to its higher operating pressures. The .375H&H was designed to take large soft skinned game and does that task very well, but it is a medium bore. Doubles are fine untill the going gets really dirty. You only need a small amount of crud on the face and you only [B]had[/B] two shots. (something that doesn't get much airplay in current publications). Large bores start at .450+ and as Elephant have been mentioned that is where you need to look if you can handle one comfortably. Cats aren't that tough and an accurate anything 7mm/.30 cal+ will do. [/QUOTE]
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