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DUGABOY1
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Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game
03/03/09 05:04 AM

First off I've never been to Africa to hunt plains game only! Having said that, it doesn't mean I have not shot plains game In Africa, I have. I've never shot plains game with anything smaller that a 9.3X62, but IMO, anything from a 243 Win to the biggest thing you can hit them properly with will work. Today my pair of rifles for Africa are a pair of Merkel double rifles. A 9.3X74R mod 140E, and a 470NE model 140-2 safari. If I were going to include croc, I would take my very accurate 7mm Rem Mag Heavy barreled Ruger No1 varment rifle with a 3-9x40 scope, and use it for that animal only!

If you do not include any double rifles For a plains game only, and wanted to take all the plains game including large Eland bulls, then my pair would be a 375H&H bolt rifle, and a 300 win mag bolt rifle, both scoped. Take some solids for both rifles for chance shots on small animals like dieker, or Caracal, no matter which rifle was in my hands at the time of sighting!

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Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	mikeh416Rigby	07/10/03 03:52 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	Anonymous	12/02/09 03:55 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	TerryR	12/02/09 06:19 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	JabaliHunter	12/02/09 06:37 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	Der_Jaeger	12/02/09 07:46 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	Sarg	12/02/09 09:10 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	DarylS	12/02/09 11:21 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	SafariHunt	12/02/09 05:58 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	tophet1	12/02/09 06:47 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	osix	12/02/09 07:01 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	Ripp	03/03/09 06:44 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	JabaliHunter	13/02/09 01:29 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	DarylS	13/02/09 03:54 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	500grains	13/02/09 05:43 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	grandveneur	14/02/09 02:35 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	DUGABOY1	03/03/09 05:04 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	thorshammer	13/02/09 06:07 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	luv2safari	09/11/03 05:59 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	Robie	11/11/03 01:12 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	thorshammer	11/02/09 08:44 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	bonanza	11/02/09 11:21 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	9.3x57	12/02/09 03:05 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	xausa	12/02/09 03:50 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	luv2safari	11/11/03 09:20 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	Will	26/10/03 06:00 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	mikeh416Rigby	27/10/03 02:06 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	mickey	23/10/03 06:54 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	mikeh416Rigby	23/10/03 08:42 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	mickey	23/10/03 10:11 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	mikeh416Rigby	23/10/03 11:39 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	NitroX	22/10/03 01:28 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	mikeh416Rigby	22/10/03 07:50 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	470Nitro	22/10/03 06:06 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	mikeh416Rigby	23/10/03 05:22 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	NitroX	22/10/03 08:21 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	mickey	23/10/03 02:48 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	NitroX	23/10/03 04:04 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	DPhillips	24/10/03 02:42 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	mickey	24/10/03 04:47 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	470Nitro	22/10/03 08:44 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	iqbal	14/10/03 06:25 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	mikeh416Rigby	15/10/03 07:34 PM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	SafariHunt	13/10/03 01:48 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	mikeh416Rigby	13/10/03 04:04 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	GeorgeS	08/10/03 09:35 AM
Re: Lightest and heaviest caliber for plains game	470Nitro	07/10/03 05:35 PM

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