Texagator,
You might discover that Africa could be cheaper than Alaska if you are talking about plains game and not the "Big Five".
Rugers may have a claw extractor, but they are not a controlled round feed IMO.
Find yourself an old Mauser action and try it out yourself.
You will see the difference.
A true controlled round feed must be fed by the magazine
and not directly into the chamber.
If you want a very reliable rifle try an old FN Belgian commercial Mauser like a Browning Safari.You can pick them up at gun shows once in awhile usually because the owners no longer able to hunt because of age.
They were very high quality and still are a good choice IMO.
whelennut
Agreed. Ruger advertises CRF on the African, but I have a custom .458 built on that action and it is not a true CRF action. The extractor doesn't pick up the cartridge rim until the cartridge has been pushed off the stack and has traveled halfway to the chamber and then the rim clicks into the extractor. It's a pushfeed/CRF, for want of a better description, and you can short stroke it and jam it. I know because I did.
If you're going DG hunting with a Ruger African, you'd better spend a lot of range time with the rifle practicing your rapid fire. I intend to put at least 500 rounds of hot stuff through mine before I enter the fray.
