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Re: The search for an all round big game hunting rifle
      19/06/17 05:54 PM

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Been searching for the same myself, depends on you main hunting area a bit, for most of the world a 338 is hard to beat 160gr to 300gr, great for NZ & nearly ever where else, if mainly Africa I like my 9.3X62 this is a awesome caliber & a 458Win !

The 375H&H is also great but not as great as everone makes out, hate that long throw in a tight spot had 10's & 10's of clients short stroke these & make a mess !

The .375 min in Africa is over rated to, I bet no one has been stopped from useing lesser bores on DG hunts any where & it is infact not mandatory in most countrys but a recommendation !




I've never short stroked my .375. I shoot it and reload it from the shoulder. Some clients need to learn how to actually shoot. I have won (branch) BGRC fast shooting my .375 against members using medium calibres. Once anyway. Another time forgot to count the shots and snapped an empty chamber.

As for the "recommendation" of an African minimum. Maybe in the outfitters eyes, but usually not the gov'ts. Blind eyes can be turned, then you shoot Cecil and everything is used against you. Or something else happens and the blind start to see ...

Of course buffalo can be killed with lighter rifles. We know that from water buffalo. Same with elephant. But when th big beast doesn't drop, one will soon wish for a rifle with mor grunt.

Yes the .338 has a big range of bullets. And I have thought of it. Decades ago I lusted for one. A .338 and a .416 makes two versatile rifles. But I have a 8x68S and a .375. Prefer them both at the moment. Want to cut BACK the number of rifles I use and perhaps own.

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