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Whatever SHE likes and shoots well---

My thoughts are than an ‘06 might be a bit much for a new shooter and I would also back down from the 180 TTSX if it is the ‘06 you go with.

My uncomplicated recommend is a 270 with a “130” for here and a TTSX or 150-gr Nosler for there; i. e., Fed premiums so loaded.

Do they make one of those that says " Gay Rifle Slut".....?

It will definitely have one of them swirly-wood stocks.

You may need to look into a Rainbow camo pattern...

I've never seen one, never have seen a unicorn, either.

Doesn't mean they don't exist...

DF

Well, I don't know much about using a .270 Winchester in Africa, but I can vouch for one thing here. That is an authentic photo of Osa Johnson holding her Oberndorf Mauser sporter chambered in 9.3x62. How do I know this? Because I own and scanned that photo and I uploaded it to the website that its link points to! Oh, and I just happen to own that rifle.

Just for grins, here's the backside of that photo:





That is NOT Osa's signature, by the way.


Oh, and here's one more for you:




Anyway, sorry to take the thread off topic. I just wanted to have a little fun...

Cheers!
Bob F.

And that reminds me of the best EVER Africa thread here!

Thanks jorge! I haven't been around here much the last few years but I'm becoming a little more active again. I retired last month so I've got some spare time on my hands now.

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming....

Cheers!
Bob F.

+1

DF

My first trip to Africa was in 2002 and my FN Mauser 9.3x62 was the rifle I brought. The original 250 gr X worked like a champ from porcupines to eland. It has not been hunted since so will likely head back 2019/2020 if the stars align.

... and that would be....?

.270 with good bullets would be just fine.

I introduced my stepson to shooting when he was ten. He had never known anyone that owned a firearm until he got saddled with me. I got him set up at a bench with a 22 rimfire and he just sat there with rifle aimed but no shot. I finally walked up to him and saw tears streaking down his cheeks. All of the anti-gun media had him convinced bad things were going to happen.

I persuaded him to give it a try. After that first shot he couldn't get enough. He went through three boxes of ammo in no time. Next trip to the range, I brought along a '03 Springfield sporter in 30-06 that I had cut down to a short, handy carbine. He went through all of my ammo pronto and got darn good at cycling that bolt. LOL

When deer season rolled around, I took him to South Texas to hunt Whitetail. For some reason, he wasn't shooting well with the 30-06 when we checked rifles at camp so I handed him one of my Steyrs in 376 Steyr. He started punching bullseyes with it so that's what he used. He took a doe and a very heavy horned nine pointer that trip.

Moral of the story - Never underestimate a person's recoil tolerance. Let the individual establish it through experimentation. Just provide the means and support and avoid transferring any doubt/anxiety you may have to the new shooter.

T.S.