The Dakota Traveler is a switch barrel with controled round feeding, fyi.

I though long and hard about a multi barrel setup but decided against it. I figured that too often you'd have the wrong set up. So I think two seperate rifles are required, and this has worked out for me. If we are not too focused on one game quota, like an elephant, than a tracker will often carry my 375H&H bolt rifle while I carry my double rifle. This seems to work well. Plus having two DG capable rifles on a DG safari only makes good sense to me, for the redundancy in case the prefered heavy rifle goes tit up. (I'm a lefty so it is more critical to me!)

To keep bolt rifles similar, I have a pair of Dakota rifles made to be all but identical. Stock dimensions, trigger weight, mag capacity are identical but weights and sights/scopes are not. Cartidges are 375H&H and 30-06. This combo will cover all game on the planet and one of the two is close to or ideal for a majority of game animals.

But the idea of a multi cartridge rifle is an attractive one none the less. If I were going to do it, it might be either 300wm/338wm/458wm or probably the 300H&H/375H&H/458 Lott. I don't think the 416R (or Taylor for the short mags) adds anything to the mix not already there and I don't think a 338 of sorts would be much missed, if so, isn't the 8mm Remington Mag on the 375H&H case?

Another alternative that would be great for anything but DG would be some combination of 338-06/30-06/280R/270W/25-06R. I think 338-06/30-06/25-06.

JPK