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Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?
26/03/09 07:56 PM

It's all been said already, but here's my.02

I used a 30/06 with 180 woodleighs on my first safari to RSA in 05. Never lost an animal, never felt under gunned or unromantic. Impala, Warthog, Blue Wildebeest, Steenbok, Gemsbok all one shot kills. My Kudu took a couple of days to track down to finish the job, but it wouldn't have mattered if I had been using a .577 the wound was such that all concerned agreed if we hadn't found him again, he would have lived to fight another day (I would have still had to pay the trophy fee though) This was caused by huge underestimation of the range by my PH (and me)When I caught up with him it only took one shot.

Take what you can shoot better, but FWIW IMO there is no need for a .375 or two rifles on a PG hunt in RSA.

But the above is my opinion and experience only. I have also used the 06 in Alaska on a Grizz and here on a scrub bull (one shot down like a bag of spuds) and intend to take it to Zim this August for the PG portion of my hunt.

CF

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Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	crkennedy1	25/03/09 03:59 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	NitroX	29/03/09 01:53 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	ozhunter	30/03/09 08:40 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	grandveneur	29/03/09 07:36 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	peter	29/03/09 07:20 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	grandveneur	29/03/09 07:37 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	grandveneur	29/03/09 12:22 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	Ripp	29/03/09 12:34 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	controlled_feed	26/03/09 07:56 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	450_366	25/03/09 05:18 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	thorshammer	25/03/09 05:28 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	DuggaBoy	25/03/09 05:45 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	EricD	25/03/09 06:21 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	rscott	25/03/09 08:05 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	BeltedMagnum	25/03/09 10:54 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	Bramble	25/03/09 10:52 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	EricD	25/03/09 07:13 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	crkennedy1	26/03/09 01:33 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	DarylS	26/03/09 01:48 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	bigmaxx	26/03/09 05:00 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	MKresinske	01/04/09 07:31 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	thorshammer	01/04/09 07:35 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	thorshammer	01/04/09 07:37 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	JabaliHunter	01/04/09 09:08 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	MKresinske	01/04/09 11:17 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	MKresinske	27/03/09 01:13 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	DarylS	27/03/09 02:09 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	thorshammer	28/03/09 05:10 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	crkennedy1	28/03/09 01:00 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	Ripp	29/03/09 12:43 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	controlled_feed	28/03/09 09:24 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	thorshammer	29/03/09 09:09 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	controlled_feed	29/03/09 08:50 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	crkennedy1	30/03/09 03:12 PM
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Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	thorshammer	30/03/09 04:59 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	tophet1	28/03/09 03:40 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	thorshammer	28/03/09 04:42 PM
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Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	tophet1	26/03/09 08:41 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	Ripp	26/03/09 11:10 AM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	9.3x57	25/03/09 12:16 PM
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Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	crkennedy1	25/03/09 03:07 PM
Re: Heading to Africa, which gun should I take?	tophet1	25/03/09 03:59 PM
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