2 rifle Battery. Please Share Yours

Zinz said:

Oberndorf Mauser actioned .35 Whelen on top, Interarms Whitworth in .458 Lott on bottom. I am a classic walnut stocked gun guy, but these have a special place for me. The Lott is a ton of fun to shoot.

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I’ll put some pictures together of a pair of walnut guns later

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CBeck said:

I’ve enjoyed @BJH65 thread and all the DG rifles posted—some beautiful rifles.

So here’s a spinoff:

Two-rifle safari battery—one plains game rifle, one dangerous game rifle. What are you bringing?

M77 Hawkeye African .375ruger
M77Hawkeye African .280ai

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Wildwillalaska said:

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BUT…one of these days I want to take this custom Mauser G33/40 in 280 Ackley built by Bill Dowtin. I bought it with intents of using it for plainsgame, but I just don’t target plainsgame enough to need a dedicated rifle and have a hard time leaving my Rigby at home.

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JG26Irish_2 said:

You have the correct idea. I try to take two new rifles on every Safari and most other significant hunts>

On my first safari, I took a matched pair of vintage FN Browning rifles from the 1960's. The PG gun was a Medallion Grade in 308 with a vintage Balvar 2.5-8x optic. The DG gun was a Safari Grade in 375HH with a Z6i Swarovski.

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My most recent safari was last year and I took a nice short light weight Carbon-Titanium Fierce CT Edge in 7mm/08 topped with a FFP 1-8x LPVO. My DG rifle was a P14 Enfield ER Shaw Custom in 375HH wearing a Kahles K16i that I used to bag a nice Cape Buff. No good pics of them in hand at the moment so here are a few more of the Brownings.

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For my most recent hunt my son and I bagged a pair of Texas Nilgai using our 338wm rifles. His a lefty custom Mauser with a Shaw bbl and mine a Sako 85. Both scored one shot kills at modest ranges of 237y and 155y. Here is a shot of both rifles with the one my son smoked at 237y with one shot.

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Enfield P14 Custom 375HH w/Barnes 300g TSX

Carbon Titanium CT Edge in 7mm/08 w/Barnes 140g TSX & Hornady 139g CX ammo​

odonata said:

If I was heading to Africa soon & had to select a couple of rifles in my safe now, I would probably choose the left-handed Sako 85M Hunter in 30-06 and Winchester 70 Safari in 375 H&H.

I would leave the S&B 1.5-8x42 Stratos on the Sako. But I would probably swap out the Swaro for my shorter S&B 1.1-4x24 Zenith on the Winchester.

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