I've been to Butch's shop and shot his .470, .577 and 700. He's a good man and knows a great Mexican restaurant nearby.
To get to the point, he loaned me an underlever .577 in 1998 to hunt elephant in Botswana. It went boom, the tusks are in my room. Johan Calitz shoots Searcy. Google him as he's a very well known outfitter in Botswana. I just hunted with him and got a very nice Cape Buffalo with - dare I say it - my Ruger M77 in .458 Lott. Searcy's doubles are excellent rifles. The Redneck Rigby is built in Californi on a Merkel 140 action and cost a whole group more.
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