Guns and loads for Africa.
#21
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2007
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RE: Guns and loads for Africa.
Dang it!!!!! I thought this was a gun forum and not about whitetail hunting. I didn't get that definition when I googled Guns. I ended up with: A gun is a common name given to an object that propels another object or projectile. The projectile is generally fired through a hollow tube known as the gun's barrel. I wonder what dictionary you used or what search engine?
#23
RE: Guns and loads for Africa.
If I went to Africa, I'd be solely in pursuit of plains game. No real interest in the dangerous stuff. I'd take my .243 Win. for smaller stuff like Gazelle and Impala, etc., I'd take my .30-06 with some 165 gr. Barnes Triple -X or similar heavily constructed bullet for mid size stuff like Gemsbok, and maybe buy myself a .338 Fed. for the slightly larger stuff like Kudu or Sable. Unfortunately.... It'll probably never happen, unless I win the lottery.
#25
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2003
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RE: Guns and loads for Africa.
Actually, I would be more interested in darting in Africa. I would love to dart a white rhino! Still get the thrill of the hunt, get to take pictures with the animal, take measurements for the mount,and when all is said and done the animal gets up and walks away. Best of both worlds in my opinion.
I'm just not into killing something I'm not going to put into my freezer, and no matter what you kill in Africa, you can't take the meat home. Not downing anyone for trophy hunting in Africa, just not something I'm into personally. And, yes I realize that the meat of anything you kill in Africa is put to good use, that's not the point for me.
I'm just not into killing something I'm not going to put into my freezer, and no matter what you kill in Africa, you can't take the meat home. Not downing anyone for trophy hunting in Africa, just not something I'm into personally. And, yes I realize that the meat of anything you kill in Africa is put to good use, that's not the point for me.
#26
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Missouri
Posts: 1,429
RE: Guns and loads for Africa.
Win. M70 safari, 416 rem mag. Load up both Barnes banded solids and Swift A frame soft points. Thatwould take care of all the dangerous stuff.
For plains game I would take aRem 700, 300 ultra.Its a bittoo large for duikers, and impala's etc.But, its also a bit small for an eland. It would handle the long rangesoften needed to harvest a gemsbok.All in all I think its a good compromise.
For plains game I would take aRem 700, 300 ultra.Its a bittoo large for duikers, and impala's etc.But, its also a bit small for an eland. It would handle the long rangesoften needed to harvest a gemsbok.All in all I think its a good compromise.
#29
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Denver, Colorado
Posts: 599
RE: Guns and loads for Africa.
"....Ruger makes a 416 Rigby, but looking at the ballistics of the Rigby and Rem Mag the data is contradictiry...."
Ammo manufacturers? They won't go past the old 1911 cordite specs.
Handloaders? Oh yeah, the Barnes data let's you really stretch her legs, the old girl has a lot of life in her.
#30
Giant Nontypical
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RE: Guns and loads for Africa.
For plains game I would take aRem 700, 300 ultra.Its a bittoo large for duikers, and impala's etc.But, its also a bit small for an eland. It would handle the long rangesoften needed to harvest a gemsbok.All in all I think its a good compromise.
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