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Rell
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Loc: Oyster Bay, NY, USA

Perfect Bongo Rifle?
#266983 - 26/06/15 05:58 AM

I booked two trips to Cameroon. Lord Derby Eland and Harnessed Bush buck in 2016. Bongo and Sitatunga in 2017.

I was originally thinking of bringing a SxS 9.3x74r but the rainforest does not look like a friendly place for nice walnut stocks. Kind of toying with a 400 Whelen on a stainless steel M70 with a laminate stock, maybe a short 20 inch barrel. XS gosht rings sights and a scout mounted qr 1-4x Leupold?

I have no experience in the rain forests and Cameroon is going to beat me hard. Any thoughts on the perfect Bongo rifle?

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450-400, 9.3x74r and 7x65r.

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gryphon
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Reged: 01/01/03
Posts: 5487
Loc: Sambar ground/Victoria/Austral...

Re: Perfect Bongo Rifle? [Re: Rell]
#266984 - 26/06/15 06:25 AM

Myself? I would be taking the one you have..isn't that what it was made for? It is refreshing to see the scars of use on a rifle...you know it's loved!

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Get off the chair away from the desk and get out in the bush and enjoy life.

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JabaliHunter
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Reged: 16/05/07
Posts: 1958
Loc: England

Re: Perfect Bongo Rifle? [Re: gryphon]
#266999 - 26/06/15 09:47 AM

It might be an Echols Legend in .375 H&H...

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Ash
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Reged: 10/05/11
Posts: 1653
Loc: Australia

Re: Perfect Bongo Rifle? [Re: JabaliHunter]
#267021 - 26/06/15 11:52 PM

Could find an MS M1910 carbine in 9.5?

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gwh
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Reged: 28/01/08
Posts: 277
Loc: Cairns Australia

Re: Perfect Bongo Rifle? [Re: Ash]
#267056 - 27/06/15 08:54 PM

A 375, one planet, one rifle. Pick the model you like the most and crack on!

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Hunt hard, shoot straight

"I speak of Africa and golden joys; the joy of wandering through lonely lands; the joy of hunting the mighty and terrible lords of the wilderness, the cunning, the wary and the grim"

Theodore Roosevelt, Khartoum, 1910

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xausa
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Reged: 07/03/07
Posts: 2037
Loc: Tennessee, USA

Re: Perfect Bongo Rifle? [Re: gwh]
#267058 - 27/06/15 11:13 PM

I have never seen, much less shot, a bongo. However, my friend, Professor Dr. Hans Schabel, took this specimen on a recent hunt in the Central African Republic. He had a choice between a Mauser in 6.5X55 and a BRNO 602 in .375 H&H with Nosler ammunition. Since the shot was taken in an open clearing, he chose the Mauser. The bongo went about 100 yards before expiring.

I used a .375 H&H for my two eland and one greater kudu, which I suppose correspond roughly in size.

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Northman
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Reged: 06/09/05
Posts: 54
Loc: Troms, Norway, 72*North

Re: Perfect Bongo Rifle? [Re: xausa]
#267062 - 28/06/15 12:22 AM

- Commercial M98
- 458WM
- Original safety and trigger
- 22" barrel with back up front and peep sight
- McMillan stock
- Aimpoint Hunter on top

4 Rounds
450 grains TSX
2150fps
Low pressure round

Well, its kind of the perfect African rifle..

Edited by Northman (28/06/15 12:24 AM)

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