Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Africa Serious question for plains game, 338 Fed, 338/06, and 9.3s

IMO, the 338 Federal would be OK. My thinking here is that many of the locals hunt with their 308's and they seem to do just fine. The 338Federal is just a larger version so should be, all things being equal which they are not, also do well.

You mention light and handy, and I know some of the Kimbers can be quite light,less then 6lbs. I prefer a rifle in the 7.5-8.5lbs, it just seem to "settle" better on target and the weight is a none issue. Now if I was sheep or goat hunting the steep cliffs of Alaska, lighter may be better, but most of the terrain is fairly flat so the walking is easy.

You mentioned kudu, but what other game might you hunt?