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skeetshooter1
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Last year, this year, next year?
#30336 - 01/05/05 08:40 AM

New to this site, last year. East Cape bushbuck PHASA Gold medal, Mountain Reedbuck, Impala, Blesbuck, Springbuck, Zebra, Warthog, (small tusks, (stony ground), Duiker. My advice, take two rifles, 375 for tough stuff and .30 for smaller plains game. The 375 will do everything but is only really needed for the big stuff.
This year, I am going to the Eastern Cape again in August And hope to hunt Kudu, Gemsbok, Black springbuck, Impala, Warthog, Nyala, and Grysbok(unleikly)
Already Planning 2006. Perhaps Buffalo in Mozambique, Leapard in Namibia, or hunt for really big Warthog.

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mickey
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Loc: Pend Oreille Valley, Idaho

Re: Last year, this year, next year? [Re: skeetshooter1]
#30349 - 01/05/05 01:16 PM

Welcome

It looks like you have African Fever bad.

I alwazys wanted a Mountain Reedbuck.

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NitroX
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Re: Last year, this year, next year? [Re: skeetshooter1]
#30358 - 01/05/05 01:58 PM

My first safari I took a .30-06, the second trip, two safaris a .375. So I agree.

You look like you are having fun on safari.

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atkinson6
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Reged: 26/01/04
Posts: 678
Loc: Idaho

Re: Last year, this year, next year? [Re: NitroX]
#30740 - 08/05/05 02:01 PM

Mickey,
The mountain reed buck and the Vaal Rhebok are two of Africas most challanging animals, I love to hunt them..

As to the post, I see little use for a .375 for plainsgame, Zebra and Eland are easily killed with a 30-06 and a 180 gr. Nosler...the 375 is a DGR IMO....

I like a 7x57 and a 300 H&H for plainsgame or even a .338 win. but 95% of our clients shoot all plainsgame with 270s and 30-06s...

To each his own, thats a hunters choice, and whatever blows your skirt up, but the big medium bore is simply not needed, but it works of course...

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TerryR
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Loc: Greensburg, Pa.

Re: Last year, this year, next year? [Re: skeetshooter1]
#30920 - 12/05/05 04:07 AM

I'm taking a 375 H&H and a 30-06 this year. Both have worked well for me in the past. The only reason that I'm taking both is that the 375 H&H is a double. If you have a double you can't go to Africa and leave it behind. Being a double, I'm not sure how it would do on long shots, I don't know how much the bullit will move on a horizontal plane. I'm comfortable adjusting for drop but I don't know how much to adjust for drift. Consequentally I will probably use the 30-06 for longer shots.

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larcher
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Loc: Saverne, Alsace, France

Re: Last year, this year, next year? [Re: atkinson6]
#31154 - 15/05/05 02:23 AM

quote Ray :
"I like a 7x57 and a 300 H&H for plainsgame or even ....."

7x57 & 300H&H, Ray, may I call that nostalgia or purism?

I agree the 375HH could be overkilling (but when You are owning a 375HH what's the use of her out of Africa?) but the tiny 7x57 is sort of a disabled compared to the splendid all-terrains 270. I cannot squeeze out of my mind that the 7x57 is an extra asset on a (ancient) drilling.
Kind regards.

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atkinson6
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Reged: 26/01/04
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Loc: Idaho

Re: Last year, this year, next year? [Re: larcher]
#31294 - 17/05/05 02:02 PM

Larcher,
To each his own, but shots in Africa are most always withing 300 yards, and I assure you a 7x57 is capable at those modest ranges, it has never let me down in my long throated Brno M-21 with a long throat so I can seat bullets out and shoot 160 gr. bullets at 2900 or 175s at 2650 FPS. It has killed Eland, Kudu, even a couple of buffalo, its probably a touch of purism, and nostalgia, but mostly that I have used it so much, it has my confidence...I still believe big calibers are used as a poor excuse for poor shooting in many cases, a gut shot Eland will travel far hit with a 375 or a 7x57...A heart shot Eland will die fast with a 375 or a 7x57..

I reserve my 375, 416, 404, 10.75x68 and .479 N.E. for Tanzania plainsgame, where I just might stumble into something mean....but I have no problem with using any of them for plainsgame if it blows your skirt up, they certainly work and don't bruise a lot of meat like a .270 or 300 will...

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cchunter
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Loc: Kinna, Sweden

Re: Last year, this year, next year? [Re: atkinson6]
#31307 - 17/05/05 03:13 PM

Since we non US citizens don't have the advantage of packing a lot of stuff! We are only allowed 20 kgs from Europe to Africa and since my tuffpak weights 7 ,5 kgs empty it's not cheap to consider 2 rifles.

For three previous safaris I've used my 375 loaded with 270 grains rhino bullets sighted in at highest at 125 meters on 8 cm (about 3 inch) which gives about flat on 200 meters and a drop of 30 cm (12 inch) on 300 meters. I looked into using a 235 grain bullet but that did not give any advantages.

Last safari I used a 35 Whelen but havent tested that one further than 250 meters. That one worked good from a Steenbok to a Giraffe.

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rgp
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Reged: 17/06/04
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Loc: TX & VIC

Re: Last year, this year, next year? [Re: larcher]
#31317 - 17/05/05 04:10 PM

Larcher,

A .375 is very useful everywhere, including North America. North America has bears. Some of them consider people to be on the menu. Also a lot of hunting in North America is done on farms and ranches, and domestic cattle can get very upset. Also if you take head shots on jack rabbits (hares) with a .375 you have a nice headless hare ready to clean and cook.

Richard.

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