Just last summer (July 2005), my hunting partner & I were in Zimbabwe. Unfortunately, because of the UK ban on taking firearms into Zim we had to rely on our PH's camp or backup weapon. It was a worn-out well used Model 70 in .375 H & H. My friend shot a large "stink" bull giraffe & when he cycled the gun the cartridge was stuck in the chamber. Luckily, his first shot was excellent & it
only ran 40 yards before collapsing. However, it would have been nice to get some insurance rounds in him just in case. It took us a minute or two with a "leatherman" to get the case out. The PH then replies "hmm, that gun did the same thing last week with a German client while we were after buff".

Because of that we will always check with the Safari Company/PH about the quality & condition of back-up weapons (just in case ours get lost by the airlines)