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Having said all that, one of my PH's in Zim in 2008 had the exact rifle in camp for his backup if the .458 Win actually broke as the stock was in very poor condition...
Ripp
I have seen a PH hunting with a rifle that would systematically jam on the second round, one with a broken magazine spring, defective bolt stop and defective safety, one with a crushed magazine box so the rounds would not feed, and a few other niceties along these lines.
The equation PH = Good Rifle returns a False more often than it's supposed to!
Honestly I have purchased two controlled feed rifles and when I go back I will probably take one of them..one is a new model Winchester in 416 Rem ---the other is a custom in 416 Rem. , yes, I really like that caliber..
My only point is I did do 4 hunts in Africa with the Remington Custom shop and it performed flawlessly..think they put a little more thought/care into them out of it maybe??
Take care
Ripp
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