Uh oh!!!!! Makes me want to NEVER travel with my own rifles!!!!!! This is an awful state of affairs. I bought certain rifles because I wanted to hunt with "my" rifles, particularly when the hunt is a special and extravagant affair in exotic (to me) places such as Namibia and Mozambique.... I suppose I should consider resigning myself to travelling with "throwaways" that one can easily replace by buying off the shelf, or use rentals which absolutely does not appeal to me. I did use the services of a rifle/hunter meet and greet outfit that arranges for in-transit etc permits through Johannesburg. They had told me at the time that their agent did have some struggles on the return leg to make sure my rifles went in the same direction as I and not get left on the tarmac, so at $180 USD, I suppose it was money VERY well spent indeed!!!!

Lost clothing is not so bad. So, one should be wearing enough to get by for a bit and bring personal meds with them in a carry on. I can either launder or buy what I need if it's jeans and socks that go astray. Ammo would presumably get lost with the duffle, so it does sound like a common caliber is more appropriate than I had envisioned. I'm already committed (money's been spent) buying oddball calibers that suit my fancy, so I suppose I'll continue to hedge my bets and bring along a second rifle in .375 H&H and pray that if anything gets lost, it's my duffle with my ammo. So much for the misguided idea of two barrel sets in "my" preferred calibers.