Good to see Jofie (Lamprecht) in the article. I met Jofie at the Heym Challenge in Germany in 2013 and shared many a taxi, meal and conversation. He is a good guy.

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.375 H&H Magnum
PH: Jofie Lamprecht, Jofie Lamprecht Safaris.

Jofie Lamprecht conducts dangerous game hunts in some of the finest big game country in northern Namibia, a region that produces monster elephant bulls. But Jofie doesn’t think that hunters need to come on safari with a cannon in their hands; he recommends the .375 H&H.

“The biggest problem we have as professional hunters in Africa is poor shooting ability due to clients using rifles that they have not practiced with and/or using a caliber that is too large to try and overcompensate for their poor shooting,” says Lamprecht.

“No hunter would ever admit firstly to be a poor shot and secondly that the recoil of large caliber they are using is ‘too much gun’ for them. For dangerous game and specifically elephant I would choose a .375 H&H in a double. The .375 has fantastic penetration even on the skulls of the biggest elephant bulls. It is using ‘enough gun’ that the hunter can shoot accurately and is the legal minimum for most African countries that you can still export elephant to the U.S. As for the double, it is a fantastic advantage to have the second barrel ready if the first does not have the desired effect.”

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