What do you expect from a camp gun?

[Hoss Delgado]

Roy Weatherby was obsessed with his cartridges being the fastest and there is a market for that.
Weatherby cartridges wear out barrels faster than others for the same number of rounds.
Probably not the best plan for a camp rifle that may or may not get the proper care it needs.
Although I guess the punishment of the recoil would keep the round count down.

Having the ammo dump at my feet would be unacceptable if I were hunting squirrel, let alone DG.
I have never shot a Weatherby cartridge or rifle, it's just not my cup of tea.

That's a very good observation , Bee Ma . The most damage to rifle barrels l have ever seen came from :
1) .220 Swift fired from a pre 64 Winchester Model 70.
2) M1 Garand loaded with .30-06 A square monolithic solids. Barrel life is 700 rounds approx.
3) Colt Sauer rifle chambered in .458 Winchester Magnum loaded with A square monolithic solids . Barrel life was 571 rounds ( the guy who fired it kept a journal recording his shots )
The first one , l can whole heartedly understand. The second two puzzle me. Monolithic solids seem really cool

 

[CoElkHunter]

It could be worse . Imagine if you went in there and saw that you had to work with a loathsome .460 Weatherby

Or .465 H and H!

 

[Ryan]

Thank you everybody.

So lets try it this way.
If I win the lotto tonight, buy a Ranch next week and walk into Safari and Outdoor 3 weeks from now. What Rifles can I buy that will meet your standards? No DG on the farm, only PG. Eland and Giraffe.

I was thinking a pair of Mauser M18’s, a 6,5x55 and 300wm both topped with VX3 3,5-10x40

Wil that be ok? Or will that be frowned upon as low budged ........

No complaints by me.
Overall I expect a weapon the PH has faith will work well for whatever I'm hunting.
I showed up last year to the East Cape knowing I'd be shooting a synthetic stocked Ruger M77 in 300 WM and a Mauser in 308. Both had Leupold glass, VXR I think. Ammo was PNP. Neither were beauty queens but both worked perfectly.

 

[cagkt3]

Thank you everybody.

So lets try it this way.
If I win the lotto tonight, buy a Ranch next week and walk into Safari and Outdoor 3 weeks from now. What Rifles can I buy that will meet your standards? No DG on the farm, only PG. Eland and Giraffe.

I was thinking a pair of Mauser M18’s, a 6,5x55 and 300wm both topped with VX3 3,5-10x40

Wil that be ok? Or will that be frowned upon as low budged ........

All day, every day.