RE: You can have 3 calibers, nothing else...
 

30.06 #1......25.06 #2.......22-250 #3 :D

RE: You can have 3 calibers, nothing else...
 

I' m assuming we' re including shotguns as well. I' d take a 22LR, 12 gauge, and a .308.

If shotguns aren' t included, I' d go with a 22LR, 22-250, and a 300 Winchester Mag.

RE: You can have 3 calibers, nothing else...
 

Only 3 -- harkens back to when I was 16, nowadays I would choose:

Including shotguns: 22LR, 338 Win Mag, 12 gauge.

Excluding shotguns: 22LR, 7mm Rem. Mag, 338 Win Mag.

Excluding shotguns & 22' s: 22-250, 7mm Rem. Mag, 338 Win Mag.


If you only have a few, keep them spread out -- no sense in clustering a group of essentially equivalent cartridges.

Never Go Undergunned
EKM

RE: You can have 3 calibers, nothing else...
 

6X.284, 7X57mm, and .338 Win. or 375 H&H.

RE: You can have 3 calibers, nothing else...
 

Only three?
Probably my 12ga, .243, and 30-06.

RE: You can have 3 calibers, nothing else...
 

12 ga

.270

.338

RE: You can have 3 calibers, nothing else...
 

For the guys that only go as high as a 338. What if you had the chance to hunt in Africa and the biggest gun you have is a 300 or 338.

RE: You can have 3 calibers, nothing else...
 

The question was three calibers.....not gauges

.223
.260
.338

RE: You can have 3 calibers, nothing else...
 

.17 hmr,270wsm,338.

RE: You can have 3 calibers, nothing else...
 

Bigbulls,

Easy, upon securing the safari (usually 6 month to a year in advance with half the money down) I would do one of the following four to remedy the problem:

**Sell one of my (imaginarily limited) three and replace it with the Big Bore needed for the trip, or
**Borrow a Big Bore from a friend, or
**Rent a Big Bore in Johannesburg upon arrival, or
**Use the PH' s Big Bore " camp rifle "

Since folks " rifle luggage" don' t always arrive/check through with the passenger -- PH' s are already way ahead of the game on that one -- if you have the money for a safari, they won' t let a little detail like the lack of a rifle stop you).

Never Go Undergunned,
EKM