Three most classic three rifle battery for Africa

[Sideshow]

22 hornet double rifle
7x57r
450/400

 

[bigborelover]

For me ,
.300 weatherby
.460 weatherby
.600 overkill

I know all of them are quite overkill but who cares.

 

[Warbeast]

I have no clue about the golden era.
But i like this.

Double Rifle Drilling 2x 375H&H Flanged and 20ga
A nice Sidelock Double Rifle in .500 NE
And a nice and elegant 7x57 Mauser 98 for the rest.

 

[Jefferry404]

7x57, 9.3x62, 404J

 

[mauser98]

All to be housed in 98 Mauser's

7x57
9.3x62
416 Rigby

Or

8x57
375 H&H
404 Jeffery

 

[Aaron N]

I bump “classic” back a generation with this battery

8 Bore for DG
500BPE for plains game
12 bore for fowl and the little guys

 

[RR 314]

.22 Creedmoor
6.5 Creedmoor
.375 Brokeback Creedmoor

 

[Sika98k]

Same to me!

Obviously a man of taste. Probably smoke Toscanello also

 

[Phil Giordano]

Obviously a man of taste. Probably smoke Toscanello also

You're right, I used to do so! Well, still I do, sometimes, just when I'm out, at the countryhouse...
Do you know them well? I thought they were a very local thing. They're so good, aren't they?

 

[cperso]

BRNO 602 8x68s
SAKO AV 375H&H
CZ 550 450 Rigby Rimless
I have this line up.

 

[Tintin]

I reckon there are a couple of pretty cool single vendor options.

.275 Rigby
.350 Rigby
.416 Rigby (or .450 NE)

Alternatively

.333 Jeffery
.404 Jeffery
.500 Jeffery

 

[KCSafari]

22 LR
7x57 Mauser
404 Jeffery

 

[DLSJR]

I took a 3-rifle battery on my very first safari, which was a 24-day affair in Zimbabwe. Since I had everything from Grysbok to elephant on license, except for a lion, I figured I needed a light, medium and heavy rifle. I took what I had at the time:

Ruger M77 in .270 Winchester
Ruger M77 in .300 Win Mag
Colt Sauer in .458 Win Mag.

I used all of them, but used the .270 & .300 for everything except 2 buffalo and the elephant. I did another 24-day hunt in Botswana and took 3-guns but then it was:

Model 70 in .416 Hoffman
Model 70 in .338 Win Mag
Beretta A-302 in 2 3/4” 12 gauge.

These days, I usually take a 2-rifle battery consisting of my .338 and .416. If I only take 1-rifle it’s usually my .375 H&H.

 

[dhughes66]

I like it gentlemen. Let's take it a step further in being specific. It's 1920 and you are heading on a safari in Kenya. What rifles are you taking with you? Here are my picks:
.275 Rigby bolt action
.350 Rigby bolt action
450/400 NE W.J. Jeffrey double rifle
.470NE Rigby Rising Bite double rifle

 

[franzfmdavis]

.577 Nitro Express - Holland & Holland Royal double rifle

.416 Rigby - Rigby Big Game bolt rifle

.275 Rigby - Rigby Highland Stalker bolt rifle

I have two of the three, and am working on the missing capstone…

They say if you want something, put it out there in the universe…apparently this sometimes works!

My final piece of the puzzle, a Holland & Holland Royal circa 1939 in .577NE 3” (for 750g):

The other two pieces:

 

[analog_peninsula]

You only need two. A .318 WR and a .475 #2. Okay, maybe a Lee-Speed in .303 for camp meat.

 

[Flipper Dude]

This thread is just dripping with romantic Africa.

Then ya got your Blaser and plastic guys. You know who you are

 

[ChooChoo404]

MS 1903
M70 .375
Any reliable SxS rifle in .450 or bigger, with any luck, rimmed

And you gotta have a shotgun. Win M12 12ga.

 

[275r7x57]

Teddy took these:
Winchester 1895 in 405Win
M1903 30-06
H&H Royal 450/500

TR’s double was a Holland and Holland Royal 500/450 Nitro Express.

Not 450/500.

 

[StevenQ718]

375 H&H Bolt Action
416 Rem Mag Bolt Action
470 NE Double