JJ gave some excellent advice. I will add that if your PH is advising you to gear up for 500 (or 400, or 300) yard shots, you need to find another PH. And forget about the turrets and the side focus. When you have stalked up on an animal that is 100 yards away, that is not the time to fiddle with your scope. That is the time to get on the sticks and shoot. By the way, buy a good pair of shooting sticks and use a scope-sighted, bolt action .22 rifle to send several thousand rounds down range between now and your safari. Work on accuracy first and then add speed to getting set up and taking the shot.
RS
