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Kano
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Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???
23/04/16 08:20 PM

If there was a "Best" of anything, we'd know about it... And I wouldn't have married three times.

For African hunting, as many here have pointed out, one prime consideration is that you may encounter anything at anytime, and a big angry anything running at you dictates what you ought to have in your hands.

So, yes, a Plains Game rifle should be on the heavy side, caliber wise. Any of the various 8x68, .338, 9.3, .375 will insure that you can do reasonably well on longish shots, and save your bacon if faced with the unexpected - provided you have the right bullet up the spout. No real point in trying to quell the animosity of four tons of pachyderm with a Silvertip...

The Woodleigh Hydro is in a niche by itself in these circumstances. It will allow you a decent wound channel on plains game if you are presented with a shot and no time to switch rounds, and will drill through feet of bones (ok, maybe not...) if needed in a tight spot.

In the end, it all depends on the area in which you find yourself, and the critters roaming by.

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The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Ripp	28/06/14 01:15 AM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	bonanza	07/08/14 10:53 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Rule303	07/08/14 06:15 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	NitroX	07/08/14 10:37 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	NitroX	07/08/14 10:38 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Ripp	07/08/14 10:58 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Shackleton	10/08/14 09:15 AM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	szihn	07/09/14 03:43 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	NitroX	25/03/16 10:41 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Ripp	25/03/16 10:59 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	lancaster	25/03/16 11:10 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	ozhunter	30/03/16 02:31 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Kano	23/04/16 08:20 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Dr_Deer	30/04/16 12:27 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Ripp	30/04/16 08:46 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Dr_Deer	01/05/16 10:39 AM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Ripp	01/05/16 12:39 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Dr_Deer	01/05/16 05:00 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Rule303	01/05/16 05:18 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Dr_Deer	01/05/16 05:47 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Waidmannsheil	01/05/16 08:40 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Ahmed577	01/05/16 10:10 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	MarkR	05/05/16 07:49 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Rule303	06/05/16 01:07 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	MarkR	06/05/16 08:29 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	larcher	06/05/16 05:19 AM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Waidmannsheil	06/05/16 06:28 AM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	MarkR	06/05/16 08:30 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Waidmannsheil	06/05/16 09:44 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	starman	07/05/16 03:31 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	gryphon	07/05/16 04:03 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Rule303	08/05/16 09:53 AM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Kano	08/05/16 12:33 AM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	starman	08/05/16 05:15 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	ozhunter	09/05/16 01:47 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	88MauSporter	08/05/16 01:37 AM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	NitroX	08/05/16 07:06 AM
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Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	DarylS	08/05/16 01:25 AM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Ripp	01/05/16 05:13 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	larcher	26/03/16 07:50 AM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Ripp	26/03/16 11:33 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Fjold	28/03/16 02:38 PM
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Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	larcher	26/03/16 06:30 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	Rule303	26/03/16 06:16 PM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	xausa	26/03/16 08:18 AM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	DarylS	08/08/14 01:58 AM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	mikeh416Rigby	08/08/14 07:40 AM
Re: The BEST plains game rifle of all???	JabaliHunter	09/08/14 04:01 AM

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