Fav Cal For Africa/Rifle type

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

No, no, you don't understand - they call it "buffalobore" ammo because it merely bores the animal when you hit it, since it doesn't really feel anything. Being bored, the buffalo proceeds to trample you to death, since it has nothing better to do. So you'd better step up to a .250-3000 for cape buff, I think. They call it .250-3000 because the one shot can kill 3,000 cape buff if you line them all up just right. Or maybe go with one of those lever actions in .404 Gibbs (or was it .505 Jeffrey?). And you need a .40-60 for cheetah, because the round goes 60 mph in a left-to-right vector, in addition to its forward momentum, in order to keep pace with the cheetah and hit it, so you just point and shoot at a cheetah on the run (no lead needed). If it's running right to left, you shoot the gun upside down (there's an extra set of sights on the bottom). And you have to have a M41 pulse rifle, a Magpul Masada, or some other vaporware to hit the extinct species like the Tanzanian Dodo, Namibian Unicorn, and such.

 

[browningguy]

I use a plain old .458 winny.

 

[Shawnee]

Sauce....

That must indeed be some Premium Sauce you've been into !

"Vaporware to hit the extinct species"

Now that's Funny right there I don't care who Ya are !

 

[sturmgewehr667]

im not caling bs just yet, but the few people i have known who hunted elephants and owned expensive doubles didn't feel a need to brag over the internet, just putting that out there

 

[unreal45]

Capstick recommended the 375 H&H over the .458 in his book Safari.

 

[Cmdr. Gravez0r]

I once read an article about a Kenyan poacher who took elephant with...wait for it...22 LR. I don't even want to post how he did it because it's very risky and highly illegal. PM me if you're dying to know.

 

[publiuss]

.416rem or 458wm for the big scary stuff and 338wm for the plains.

 

[elmerfudd]

Seeing as most hunting these days is on the Most Dangerous Game, I'd definitely opt for the FAL. With many cans of ammo.

I've often thought that people would be among the dumbest and easiest animals to hunt. It would really be more like a slaughter than a hunt. Worldwide, there are only a few that are armed, a few that are clever and extremely few that are both. Now that small group of people would indeed be very dangerous to hunt, but I doubt that the rest would be.

 

[alaskanativeson]

Well, Peter Capstick did say that clients were some of the most dangerous animals he ran into in Africa!

Growing up reading Capstick I always wantyed to go hunt in Africa but it hasn't worked out. With the health and political climates there now I'd say it's unlikely. If I did go, the smallest thing I'd take would be a .375 H&H (for leopard and lion) and the largest would be a .416 Rigby (buff, elephant, hippo.) The antelope really don't interest me because I can hunt antelope or deer here.

 

[feedthehogs]

Found my FOS boots.

Looks like someone got a big game rifle book.

 

[Gordon]

I can't afford anything bigger than eland these days, so I tke a .270 WSM and a .375H&H. When I could in the 70s the .300 Weatherby and a .458 Winchester worked well.

 

[Grand Dad]

Hunting in Zimbabwe

I killed a Cape Buffalo with a .500 Nitro, however it was so close (7 Meters) the Professional Hunter joined in with his .470 Nitro & the Buffalo still turned & ran 70+ feet. My point is on such game where you place the bullet & having backup for such hardy game is essential.

In 1999 when I hunted there I fell in love with what I experienced, however it appears their Dictator Robert Mugabe has ruined hunting there. Thank goodness I went when I did.

In 1999 the exchange rate was 39.4 Zim $ to 1 US$

Today its 1,000,000,000+ Zim $ to 1 US $

 

[usmc1371]

I can't afford to hunt africa just yet but some day when I can I will take the cz 375 I won last summer and prob my old ruger 30-06 just cause I have used it so much and I am very confident with it. As for the reason to hunt I think everyone has their own. I grew up doing it and can't imagine ever not hunting. I hunt deer because its good practice for elk hunting and makes good jerky. Elk taste great to me and every time I pull a pack out of the freezer I remember where I was and who I was with when I shot it. And in my head I thank who ever helped me pack it out. I did shoot one black bear that pretty much taste like hell but my dog liked it so it didn't go to waste. I know lots of people who shoot but don't hunt and I even know a few hunters who can't shoot but what ever floats your boat.

 

[Eustachius234]

Never been, but have been dreaming & rationalizing. I think I'd take a .30-06 & a .375.

The .375 seems to be plenty enough gun for everything on earth with the right bullet & placement, and with enough practice, supposedly most can become proficient with it.

I rationalized with the thought that if I ever made it to Alaska, it would be perfect for Grizzly/Brown/Polar Bear, and good enough for everything in North America: Bison, Moose & Nilgai. You could even pinch hit with it on deer & elk.