Backyardsniper
AH elite
I'm going to Zim in a couple months, but I have started looking ahead to my next trip. I will be going to South Africa to hunt with Bos en Dal safaris next June I believe. I am trying very hard to convince the wife to make this "her safari" she has taken to the hunting a little bit, she is quite serious about killing turkeys, but she has not graduated to four legged game yet. I am hoping to get her to warm up to the idea a bit more by getting her a nice mild recoiling rifle that actually fits her, she has a super short LOP, like probably 12.5-13" I had to buy a franchi affinity compact model to find a turkey gun she can shoot comfortably.
I thought about having a custom 30/06 built and have it made with 2 stocks, one for me and one for her. Also thought about a removable block at the back of the stock for adjustment. Maybe a ruger #1?
I'm just kind of looking for ideas. I would love a 275 rigby, but to me I just don't think it has the horsepower for larger plains game. I think 30/06 is probably the way to go, you can load way down and way up as far as power levels.
All ideas, gunsmith recommendations, rifle recommendations and such are welcome. Let me know what you all think. Ideally it would be set up where it could be used by both of us with just a bit of reconfiguring by swapping stocks or removing or adding a spacer. Enough horsepower for Kudu, Eland, all the big plains game but also keeping the recoil as reasonable as possible.
I thought about having a custom 30/06 built and have it made with 2 stocks, one for me and one for her. Also thought about a removable block at the back of the stock for adjustment. Maybe a ruger #1?
I'm just kind of looking for ideas. I would love a 275 rigby, but to me I just don't think it has the horsepower for larger plains game. I think 30/06 is probably the way to go, you can load way down and way up as far as power levels.
All ideas, gunsmith recommendations, rifle recommendations and such are welcome. Let me know what you all think. Ideally it would be set up where it could be used by both of us with just a bit of reconfiguring by swapping stocks or removing or adding a spacer. Enough horsepower for Kudu, Eland, all the big plains game but also keeping the recoil as reasonable as possible.