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My 7 Wby Mag will be in a 700 action. I hope no one notices.
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It is not Africa but when I was younger I would be called on to find and dispatch badly shot bear. Without fail the hunters were excuse makers with an attitude
Praise the Lord for full Salvation
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Rick,
I've not only used the .30-06 in Africa but have taken a 7x57 on two safaris that were partly cull hunts, so have some experience with it as well. Used it on quite a few animals including kudu and wildebeest with no problem, using various bullets in the 160-grain range at 2650-2700 fps.
On one of the safaris my PH was Kevin Thomas, an extremely experienced PH who started as a game ranger in what was then Rhodesia when he was 17. He's a big 7x57 fan, having used it to kill hundreds of animals on both control and as his back-up rifle on plains game hunts--including a number of eland. Mostly he's used South African factory ammo with a 170-grain roundnose.
Eileen used a .308 with 150-grain Nosler E-Tips on a similar cull/trophy hunt in the Eastern Cape in 2008, and killed a bunch of animals quite neatly, including a very nice zebra. Her PH, Keith Gradwell, is a big .308 fan, as are several other RSA PH's I've run into. He liked Eileen's shooting!
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I know someone else who has hauled a 7x57 to Africa a few times..... 
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I know someone else who has hauled a 7x57 to Africa a few times..... but no one cares bout him.....
A serious student of the "Armchair Safari" always looking for Africa/Asia hunting books
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John,
Loved your statement,"He liked Eileen's shooting." That says it all.
Best to you,
Rick
PS I can't believe I continue to participate in these posts and attempt to explain that regular old standard cartridges work well. Makes me think that evidence based upon actual experience is worthless and yet outlandish statements that fly in the face of facts are readily accepted and perpetuated.
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I know someone else who has hauled a 7x57 to Africa a few times..... but no one cares bout him..... Since nobody cares about him, did he go on a DG hunt with that 7X57 or were the boundaries reset with a 223 AI 
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Careful, I hear he's partial to the .204 Ruger these days... For zebra anyway!
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If I was that 223AI I'd be getting pizzed that the .204 Ruger is the new mistress. 
He went over yonder way
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Heeler, and I though what goes in the bush....
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My 7 Wby Mag will be in a 700 action. I hope no one notices. *I* did...
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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