RC - I would put the blame on the powder. The hunter seemed confident enough and showed me pictures of nice game taken locally. The first powder they tried was for hand guns - apparently not a very good mix. At the target range of 100 yards, he couldn't get anything closer than 20". The next day instead of hunting, they drove back to town for him to pick out his own powder, but I guess the selection was pretty poor. The groupings did get tighter. He wounded a Gemsbok, Eland and Warthog (maybe another too). Missed on an Impala and Blue Wildebeest. He then changed to the PH's rifle and that's when he was dropping animals left and right. Fortunately for him, they came across the same Eland and he didn't have to pay for two of them!
A year before the hunt, he was told the exact powder was available and that there would be no issues bringing his MZ in country.
Good luck!! And, make sure you have fun no matter what....
