Hmmmmmm, I never thought about loosing my ammo and I suppose .340 wby stuff would be pretty hard to come by in most African countries. Is it maybe possible to send ammo in advance so that you KNOW its there at your hunting camp before you leave home? I also own a CZ 550 safari in .416 Rigby, maybe I could load it with 340 grain woodleighs or even 300 grain barnes TSX's, and if I loose my ammo I can still run factory 410 grainers through it? Would .416 Rigby ammo be any easier to get in Africa?

My only issue with the .416 is that for the other animals I am looking at (Kudu, Oryx, Zebra and impala depending on where I hunt) its probably too powerful, considering that Zebra's only weigh about 300 Kgs or so and they are the second bigest animal I plan on hunting, and hence bullet performance could be an issue. If I load 300-350 grain bullets, I'll have massive expansion and lots of damage to the hides which may cause problems when the heads are being mounted, on the other hand if I use a 400/410 grain bullet, I'm likley not to get any expansion and so a run off may happen.

Cheers

Steve