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JPK
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Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni
16/03/08 01:21 AM

The Dakota Traveler is a switch barrel with controled round feeding, fyi.

I though long and hard about a multi barrel setup but decided against it. I figured that too often you'd have the wrong set up. So I think two seperate rifles are required, and this has worked out for me. If we are not too focused on one game quota, like an elephant, than a tracker will often carry my 375H&H bolt rifle while I carry my double rifle. This seems to work well. Plus having two DG capable rifles on a DG safari only makes good sense to me, for the redundancy in case the prefered heavy rifle goes tit up. (I'm a lefty so it is more critical to me!)

To keep bolt rifles similar, I have a pair of Dakota rifles made to be all but identical. Stock dimensions, trigger weight, mag capacity are identical but weights and sights/scopes are not. Cartidges are 375H&H and 30-06. This combo will cover all game on the planet and one of the two is close to or ideal for a majority of game animals.

But the idea of a multi cartridge rifle is an attractive one none the less. If I were going to do it, it might be either 300wm/338wm/458wm or probably the 300H&H/375H&H/458 Lott. I don't think the 416R (or Taylor for the short mags) adds anything to the mix not already there and I don't think a 338 of sorts would be much missed, if so, isn't the 8mm Remington Mag on the 375H&H case?

Another alternative that would be great for anything but DG would be some combination of 338-06/30-06/280R/270W/25-06R. I think 338-06/30-06/25-06.

JPK

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Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophrenic??	hoppdoc	14/03/08 02:15 PM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophrenic??	xausa	15/03/08 02:02 AM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	Kalunga	15/03/08 06:09 AM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	hoppdoc	15/03/08 08:28 AM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	NitroX	16/03/08 12:10 AM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	JPK	16/03/08 01:21 AM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	hoppdoc	16/03/08 07:53 AM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	hoppdoc	16/03/08 10:20 AM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	JPK	16/03/08 02:20 PM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	ozhunter	16/03/08 06:56 PM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	Bramble	17/03/08 12:30 AM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	hoppdoc	17/03/08 01:51 AM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	Bramble	17/03/08 03:12 AM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	Schauckis	17/03/08 04:45 AM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	Bramble	17/03/08 07:41 AM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	JPK	17/03/08 01:27 PM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	ozhunter	17/03/08 04:44 PM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophrenic??	DGR375	14/03/08 04:11 PM
Re: Takedown/Caliber Switch Rifles--Brilliant or Shizophreni	ozhunter	14/03/08 07:35 PM

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