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osix
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Re: plains game rifle
      16/01/09 10:02 PM

Hunted Namibia last year, took my Eland with a 300 Mag shooting the Woodleigh 200 grain PP.
I'm sure they've been shot with smaller but I felt way under gunned. Next time I have an Eland in the sights it'll be with a 9.3x62.
The 340 will do the job, there's guys on this forum that have far much more experience than I do, that say so.
The key issue for me is what happens if you loose your ammo?
You'll find 9.3x62 and 375H&H ammo you might even find 338 Win Mag. Not real confident about 340 Weatherby.
And if you think it can't happen to you, it happened to all three of us! Fortunately we got the bags and guns back after a few days but....

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* plains game rifle Aussiesteve 14/01/09 01:17 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle grandveneur   17/01/09 10:50 AM
. * * Re: plains game rifle Aussiesteve   17/01/09 07:11 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle grandveneur   17/01/09 08:31 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle Der_Jaeger   17/01/09 09:49 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle grandveneur   17/01/09 10:51 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle JabaliHunter   18/01/09 12:36 AM
. * * Re: plains game rifle grandveneur   18/01/09 02:05 AM
. * * Re: plains game rifle Ripp   18/01/09 03:04 AM
. * * Re: plains game rifle bigmaxx   22/01/09 01:39 AM
. * * Re: plains game rifle BeltedMagnum   22/01/09 10:57 AM
. * * Re: plains game rifle BeltedMagnum   21/01/09 02:03 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle Aussiesteve   21/01/09 10:33 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle Ripp   22/01/09 12:04 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle Aussiesteve   22/01/09 09:43 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle SafariHunt   22/01/09 12:31 AM
. * * Re: plains game rifle shakari   17/01/09 08:12 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle Bramble   14/01/09 01:56 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle shakari   14/01/09 05:26 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle ozhunter   14/01/09 06:47 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle Ripp   14/01/09 11:59 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle Aussiesteve   14/01/09 09:30 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle Bramble   15/01/09 01:23 AM
. * * Re: plains game rifle McLarenSafaris   15/01/09 05:28 AM
. * * Re: plains game rifle Isopeura   15/01/09 05:48 AM
. * * Re: plains game rifle Aussiesteve   15/01/09 09:49 AM
. * * Re: plains game rifle shakari   15/01/09 06:04 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle Aussiesteve   16/01/09 10:50 AM
. * * Re: plains game rifle osix   16/01/09 10:02 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle shakari   14/01/09 10:26 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle Der_Jaeger   14/01/09 10:40 PM
. * * Re: plains game rifle shakari   14/01/09 10:51 PM

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