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A cool, precise shot can go to Africa with a deer rifle and do just fine. I know more than one person who has racked up a dozen plains game kills with that number of shots from a .270 or a 7mm/08 or something of that nature. But that’s if everything goes to plan. If it doesn’t, you’ll wish you had a bigger gun. For me, the .338 is the ideal combination of maximum usable bullet velocity, bullet size, manageable recoil, and the ability to hit at longer (for Africa) ranges.

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My concession to potential "long range" shot was taking my .300 Rather than my .270 for PG, the reality was that the shots were closer than I'd average on deer back home.

If you havent got DG on quota chances are you're packing the .375H&H for African cartridge nostalgia rather than ballistic necessity

Edited by Dr_Deer (30/04/16 12:33 PM)

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