Hunting thick skinned (rhino, elephant, buffalo) game, I carried my ironsighted .505 (8 3/4 pounds) bolt gun and the gunbearer carried my scoped .458 Winchester Magnum Krieghoff DR unloaded. The rationale was that if I had to shoot in a hurry, it needed to be with the heavy caliber rifle, but if I needed to use the rifle with the scope because or distance, difficulty in seeing the target with iron sights or to make a finishing shot, I would have time to trade guns with the bearer. In a pinch, I could have snatched the claw mounted scope off the .458 DR in an instant and used it with open sights.

I never had any difficulty with arrangement, and would use it again, except I would probably want to carry my .500 NE Krieghoff instead of the .505.