RolandtheHeadless
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Going on two back-to-back safaris next June, and have to make up my mind on which two rifles to take. The first safari, I'll be hunting plains game on the Eastern Cape, and the next I'll be hunting buffalo and sable in Zambia.
The outfitters need to know what firearms I'll be bringing. The candidates are:
- Bolt-action .300 Win Mag with 2.5x8X scope.
- Bolt action, controlled-round feed, .416 Rem Mag, with 1.5x5X scope.
- Bolt-action, push-feed, .375 H&H, 2.5x10X scope.
- I suppose I can also consider a single-shot in either .30-06 or 280AI, but probably won't
Originally I planned to take the .300 Win and the .416, the latter being used only for buff. But in the event of a hardware malfunction, the .300 couldn't back up the .416, but the .375 could. Any advice?
The outfitters need to know what firearms I'll be bringing. The candidates are:
- Bolt-action .300 Win Mag with 2.5x8X scope.
- Bolt action, controlled-round feed, .416 Rem Mag, with 1.5x5X scope.
- Bolt-action, push-feed, .375 H&H, 2.5x10X scope.
- I suppose I can also consider a single-shot in either .30-06 or 280AI, but probably won't
Originally I planned to take the .300 Win and the .416, the latter being used only for buff. But in the event of a hardware malfunction, the .300 couldn't back up the .416, but the .375 could. Any advice?