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    Most Dangerous Hunt(s)

    Crop raiding elephants at night. Hippo in sugar cane fields at night. PAC lions, often at night and more than 1 to deal with.
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    Try and convince me the 243 is actually useful

    Good for jackals.....
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    SOUTH AFRICA: KoringKoppie Hunting Safaris *Warning* Stay Away

    PHAS are toothless they have no power over any outfitter or PH......they can only do as done and getting banned means nothing......
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    First Gun Purchase for new Hunter

    25-06 is limited in game taking ability and legally also limited in some provinces and countries ad to what you can shoot with it.......that is if you are a law abiding and ethical hunter.....so it would be a poor choice as a first rifle.... Rather go 7x57mm, 308 or 30 06.....
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    First Gun Purchase for new Hunter

    If only one to start with it would be a K95 or Hubertus in 7x65R.......and then expand from there....
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    What Double Rifle

    Great gun and performs well in that caliber just buy it and happy hunting
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    What Double Rifle

    What make is the 450/400?
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    First Gun Purchase for new Hunter

    If I where to buy a new hunting set for Africa I would buy...... Blaser or Krieghoff O/U with a few sets of barrels... 9.3x74R double, med to large pg in DG areas 9.3x74R/7×57R Bergstutsen most pg hunting in bushveld 6.5x57R/23ga or 20ga combination And the a K95 or Hubertus 7x65R Thats just...
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    Taking your own firearm on a RSA hunt?

    You should change your name........very bad taste....
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    Elephant kills two in Zambia

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp86jkdn838o
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    I KNOW IT IS OVERKILL BUT WHAT BULLET AND WEIGHT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND IN .458 WIN MAG FOR LEOPARD?

    Lots of bad ideas floating around on this one......
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    Left Hand Double Rifle Wanted

    You would be better off with a 450/400 NE or a 470 NE
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    Smaller Bore Krieghoff Classic opinions?

    In 9.3x74R double I would get in O/U not SxS.....
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    If the 9.3x62 became the new legal minimum?

    Should be otherwise where do you draw the line? Some cannot handle 375 H&H let alone bigger calibers.... Why do we need to knock a capable calibre because of hunter incompetance? Question was is 9.3 as a minimum capable? It sure is.....if the shooter is....
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    If the 9.3x62 became the new legal minimum?

    Most German designed hunting cartridges work......
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