South Africa isn't exactly a place where I'd worry about failures. You can always aquire an a loaner rifle at a lodge. Far more worrisome are remote mountain hunts and places with river travel grit sand and the cold. The guys in rafts, canoes, sleds and sledge on the trail and those busting brush really beat things to death and their rifles more or less resemble a treated 2"x4". Mainer AK with his type of travel likely has significant expertise or experience in such matters. To him a rifle is much like an chainsaw, axe, or come-along hand winch. All tools.
