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Africa perfect rifle for elephant,buffalo,plains game?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 499298" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I think I'm the one who screwed the thread up! Somehow I missed the plains game phrase, and that's a different story. First of all the rifle (assuming it's a bolt gun now) would have a detachable mounts on the scope, and with a spare scope. I would not use a scope stronger than 10X, and probably would be looking at an 8x Leupold. </p><p> </p><p> I concur with you that the .375 H&H would be a fine caliber, but also do not leave the 416 Rigby out of the mix. These two are probably your best bet when it comes to a chance of dining out with buff and lion, but not so great for those two hundred yard shots (the .375 is best here).</p><p> </p><p> Personally I can't see how (or why) you would go hunting in Africa with only one gun! I know folks that go every year, and they take four rifles each between the two of them. Two long distance guns and two dangerous game rifles (note these two have told me many times over that they have no desire to kill elephant or rhino). They usually take a 41 caliber set and something in the .338 area (I don't know what they are using in 2011). They took .416 Weatherbys and Remingtons a few years back, and they didn't do all that well on buffallo. Yet a trip to Eric's place will show you a minimum of a dozen doubles being tuned up for a grand hunt in Africa, so a few folks must know something. You will also notice that it's a rare thing to see anything under 40 caliber with them except for the .375 H&H. But you also don't see rounds like the .458 Win. as much as you'd think in them (actually unusual). You see rounds like the .450 #2 nitro express (hurts to even look it the round) and .470's. I think if I hit Powerball, and just had to go for one last trip, I'd take more than one gun. I'd use Weatherby MK V's in .300 for plains game, and either a .416 Rigby or a .416 Taylor. </p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 499298, member: 25383"] I think I'm the one who screwed the thread up! Somehow I missed the plains game phrase, and that's a different story. First of all the rifle (assuming it's a bolt gun now) would have a detachable mounts on the scope, and with a spare scope. I would not use a scope stronger than 10X, and probably would be looking at an 8x Leupold. I concur with you that the .375 H&H would be a fine caliber, but also do not leave the 416 Rigby out of the mix. These two are probably your best bet when it comes to a chance of dining out with buff and lion, but not so great for those two hundred yard shots (the .375 is best here). Personally I can't see how (or why) you would go hunting in Africa with only one gun! I know folks that go every year, and they take four rifles each between the two of them. Two long distance guns and two dangerous game rifles (note these two have told me many times over that they have no desire to kill elephant or rhino). They usually take a 41 caliber set and something in the .338 area (I don't know what they are using in 2011). They took .416 Weatherbys and Remingtons a few years back, and they didn't do all that well on buffallo. Yet a trip to Eric's place will show you a minimum of a dozen doubles being tuned up for a grand hunt in Africa, so a few folks must know something. You will also notice that it's a rare thing to see anything under 40 caliber with them except for the .375 H&H. But you also don't see rounds like the .458 Win. as much as you'd think in them (actually unusual). You see rounds like the .450 #2 nitro express (hurts to even look it the round) and .470's. I think if I hit Powerball, and just had to go for one last trip, I'd take more than one gun. I'd use Weatherby MK V's in .300 for plains game, and either a .416 Rigby or a .416 Taylor. gary [/QUOTE]
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