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EDELWEISS
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Re: To 577 or not?
13/04/21 02:24 AM

I havent even finished reading your post and I feel the need to interrupt. Yes of course its my hunt and my kill BUT you missed my point entirely. I never said I planned for otheres to shoot. What I said was that the realities of a hunt (especially a Dangerous Game hunt) was that you will have a PH and a Game Officer present and armed.

On my last Lion Hunt the PH had a Merkel in 500NE and the Game Office had a Win Model 70 in 458mag. Both guns were in good condition. I was carrying a 470 double and no I wouldnt have wanted one of them to shoot, EXCEPT under the most serious of conditions. As it was only ONE shot was necessary as we moved and waited till we were within 20 meters. Anything much further away take the DANGER out of Dangerous Game.

Here in the states our DG (?) is limited to Brown Bear, some might add Black Bear or even Wild Boar. Of the three I havent been close to a Brown and I killed my Black Bears with a single shot BUT the boars have occasionally taken exception with bad hits/poor ammo selection. The charge was exciting and the reload too. Frankly THATS part of why I enjoy the hunt.

I do like doubles they are a passion of mine but I also like "classic" single guns and doubles too. Im not afraid to use a single nor a muzzleloader. Nowadays Id guess that more DG is hunted with a bolt gun than a double and venture that the possibility of a short stroke of the bolt is just as likely as a fumbled reload on a single shot. Is a DR a good choice, sure BUT its far from necessary for dangerous game. All of this and we havent touched on muzzleloaders

Today a Double Rifle is like a Rolex. Both great items of quality and class but neither a requirement for a hunt or to tell time.

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Edited by EDELWEISS (13/04/21 02:34 AM)

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To 577 or not?	EDELWEISS	08/04/21 05:55 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	DarylS	08/04/21 06:17 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	93x64mm	08/04/21 06:39 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	85lc	08/04/21 07:03 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	EDELWEISS	08/04/21 09:06 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	tinker	08/04/21 09:39 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	EDELWEISS	08/04/21 10:00 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	3DogMike	08/04/21 12:32 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	Marrakai	08/04/21 04:20 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	vykkagur	09/04/21 01:37 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	DoubleD	09/04/21 03:32 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	EDELWEISS	09/04/21 08:40 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	Marrakai	09/04/21 10:20 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	DarylS	09/04/21 11:21 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	Marrakai	09/04/21 12:30 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	DoubleD	09/04/21 01:38 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	EDELWEISS	10/04/21 09:18 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	NitroX	10/04/21 11:48 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	3DogMike	11/04/21 02:45 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	NitroX	11/04/21 07:43 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	EDELWEISS	12/04/21 12:01 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	NitroX	12/04/21 03:59 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	EDELWEISS	13/04/21 02:24 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	NitroX	13/04/21 04:48 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	NitroX	13/04/21 04:59 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	264	13/04/21 05:07 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	NitroX	14/04/21 02:14 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	NitroX	14/04/21 02:13 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	EDELWEISS	13/04/21 09:46 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	NitroX	14/04/21 02:55 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	EDELWEISS	14/04/21 09:14 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	Marrakai	14/04/21 11:17 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	3DogMike	13/04/21 03:06 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	EDELWEISS	13/04/21 05:43 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	3DogMike	13/04/21 07:31 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	3DogMike	13/04/21 10:47 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	NitroX	13/04/21 05:04 PM
Re: To 577 or not?	EDELWEISS	11/04/21 06:28 AM
Re: To 577 or not?	EDELWEISS	09/04/21 12:14 AM

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