trigger creep
AH enthusiast
I have been wondering this for a while, what cartridge is most commonly used by Professional Hunters? Does anybody have any idea? I would love to know. I would guess .458 Win. Mag. or .458 Lott but I could be wrong.
If there is no fear of dangerous game on a hunting property in Africa, YOU WILL NOT SEE ME THERE! It's bad enough that I can't experience Kenya or Uganda in the old days, at least if there's dangerous game where I'm hunting I have that spine-tingling excitement while I am hunting. If My PH doesn't carry something .375 Holland & Holland magnum or bigger, I won't be hunting with him.I think that it all depends on what is available to hunt in their area. If dangerious game is not on the menue. Why carry a dangerious game rifle wrighing 12 lbs when a 300 win mag, 30.06 or the like could fill the bill?
I know it was beside the point, but I had to say that.Perhaps, but beside the point.
In my experience with Ph's that hunt dangerous game the .458 win was the most popular. At least at the time I hunted with them, I no that Vaughan has a .470 now and Leon had a .500 but not when I hunted with him. The other PH's I hunted plains game with didn't normaly carry rifles and I dont recall that any of them had heavy rifles.
Vaughan Fulton .458 Win
Ian Gibson .458 Win
Leon Kachalhoffer .458 Win
Richard Bell Cross .458 Win
Marius Versteer .416 Rem
Certainly not in the old days but you can most certainly hunt Uganda today, even the wild northern Karamoja area.If there is no fear of dangerous game on a hunting property in Africa, YOU WILL NOT SEE ME THERE! It's bad enough that I can't experience Kenya or Uganda in the old days,