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I would love to find one in 375 h&h

I've always loved lever actions and the ancient (by today's standards) 30-30 cartridge. And so of course I had to wonder, "how well does this cartridge work in Africa?" I know it isnt a long range cartridge but I figure it could put a hole in something under 200 yds. Does anybody have experience...

Here is another little poll. Cast your votes. Give us a reason why you chose the caliber.

I actually saw an article called “top 10 most overrated cartridges” on wideopenspaces.com and .270sm was on that list. The writer said basically the same as what most of the other guys on this thread have said.

Which do you prefer and why? Also list any hunting experience you may have with either cartridge

Well he wasn’t asking about airports or medical centers was he?

Alright where do you think it is then?

Goodness, where Im from you can have a thousand Ar-15s and Ak-47s if you want. I know a guy that has over 30 Ar-15s! If I had enough money I could go and buy every single firearm at the gun store if I wanted to.

As my name suggests I am somewhere in Texas... I would definitely suggest it. The hunting is Fantastic, there are places all over Texas where you can hunt exotics (on game ranches of course) but there are wild populations of Blackbuck, Axis deer, Nilgai antelope, Audad goats, Japanese snow...

alrighty then... Again as I have already stated, I know and like what I shoot. This isnt a "I dont know which to buy" situation (dont assume any of my similar topics are as such). And I wouldnt go as far as to say that this is merely a topic to entertain the "newest of shooters". If you find...

I already have a debate going on .270 vs 30-06

Does anybody have any suggested literature on South African game? Their habits and tactics for hunting them?

Thanks for the advice. However, for the record I already shoot and love my .308win and my 300 win mag. My goal for these topics are more of a caliber think-tank. I like to take two calibers that have overlapping abilities/uses, and see which of the two y'all prefer. Sure I could just google it...

Which do you prefer? Cast your vote and comment below why you made your choice.

You're right I should have made this a poll

Thanks for the advice. I don’t know anybody who owns a .450 bushmaster and I had heard a couple good things about it and I was curious. I apologize for my apparently redundant questions. Not only am I new to the world of African hunting, but I am also new to this website. Well, you wanted an...

Haha lol

Haha I guess you could say that we are “tough hardy lads”. And if we keep up this hunting lifestyle one of us might wind up being the next Shockley! And no we have no financial help from any of our parents. We became “tough hardy lads” by working for the jingle in our pockets. And even though...

I am going with a friend of the same age. We are planning on going in about a year and a half. Unfortunately we won’t be old enough to import our own rifles. So we will have to settle with a rented rifle. We are planing on bagging AT MOST 5 animals. We are on a tight (ish) budget. Because of...

The reason I have these guys on my list is, honestly, because they have the best (easiest to use) websites and they have all the information I feel I will need. I have looked at countless outfitters and a lot of them have websites that aren’t very clear (information wise). And of course these...

what gear do you find impossible to hunt without? What do you bring with you whenever and wherever you hunt?

Did you have the American ranch model or the guide gun?

The idea for this is question is if you had to chose between the two. Of course there will be more specific uses where one will do better than the other, but I am not talking about the specifics.

...tonight on .308 vs other favorite cartridges... Which do you prefer? Why?

Haha all of it. It’s a big state.

I meant firearms. Rifles, shotguns, handguns, muzzle-loaders....

I do have a .308. In this conversation though I am more interested in yalls personal opinion/ experience because why not.

If you could only have 3 firearms for the rest of your life, what would they be (and what caliber) and why?

I have a few in mind but I wouldn't mind having a couple of suggestions. The ones I have in mind are Stanley Pieterse safaris, Ash adventures, and Marvel Africa hunting safaris.

Hunting with this round is becoming ,ore popular here in the untied states for a number of reasons. But what does everybody think of this caliber for hunting?

I would like to see yalls opinion on using either a .308 or a 30-06 during the hunt for African game

I have and always will suggest a Remington 700 bolt action rifle in either .308, 30-06, or .270. It will be perfect for the American deer woods or the African plains.

I know there are so many tried-and-true calibers out there... but I would love to see how this relatively new round does on African game

My apologies. I didnt specify the type of rifle I am looking into. It is a Ruger bolt-action .450 bushmaster.

I am looking for an excuse to get one LOL

Down here in Texas its kinda a 50/50. All my friends who hunt use a .308 but I know for a fact that there are a lot of fans of the 30-06 down here. Personally I think that a 30-06 is too much for the wild game here. However, there are a lot of people who believe that there are some boars down...