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If the OP or anyone else wants to take a single shot, by all means take one. The two shot stuff for DG is baloney. You will have plenty of time to reload if necessary. You will have a PH and he will keep you out of trouble.

Have to absolutely agree with you sir! I have never encountered or heard of a Buff that charged straight after the first shot. Even with a single shot, unless the first shot did not find it's mark, I still can't see the PH coming into play. The PH should only be there as a last resort.

Every PH I've known or experienced are trained professionals and will keep you out of dangerous situations. Yes they will back u up if necessary. It is their job to guide you to have a successful and safe hunt.

At some point, this one needs to shoot a buff:




So far I have the 500 Woodleighs up to 1975 fps. I'd like to try for 2100 fps, which is sho'nuff .470 Nitro territory

Nice!

If I might ask, Who makes those rings?

The problem is not (usually) with the buff charging. The problem is with the buff escaping. The difference between a single shot and a repeater can be an extra day or two tracking, or a lost animal.

As for PH backup, have you ever seen a PH miss a complete elephant? I have. Twice.

I could see using an SS if there were some advantage to outweigh its deficiencies. But there is not. It is no more accurate and no more powerful.

Ruger

http://shopruger.com/searchscoperingresults.asp?dept=245&txtsearch=4BO*

How did I miss those?

Thanks!!

Do be warned, they are solid steel, and not especially lightweight, but #1's normally aren't light rifles, anyway.

Unless I have an unusually long scope, that's about all I use on #1's

I have Warne QDs on it now. I don't think the weight will be an issue.

Yup.

Except, the PH won't likely have a single shot.

Merkel K1, 7mm Remington Magnum



Eland (2 shots)
Zebra (1 shot)
Blue Wildebeest (1 shot)
Black Wildebeest (4 shots - bad first placement)
Red Hartebeest (1 shot)
Springbok (1 shot)
Warthog (1 shot)

At 6.5# fully loaded and slinged, it was an absolute delight to carry the miles I put down each day.

This thread needs more pics, like the one posted above. These have been posted a few yrs. back, but WTH it's cold and it's Feb.....


My son and I with a pair of Ruger No.1s 375 H&H mags for our 2011 DG hunt in Zim.














My son in South Africa with his Handi Rifle 30-06

and a few more of Dan with his single shot 06.


















maddog

Yup,most likely a bolt action,with a few having double's.

I think I'd be sending those pictures to H&R! Great pics. Love the bloodhound, by the way. He doesn't look very old. Tracker?

Is that the .375 you had listed in the classified?

RevMike, Those H&R pics were taken in July 2008, while we were on our plains game hunt in SA. We hunted the Limpopo with Cruiser Safaris. The bloodhound was a 3 month old pup, they were going to make into a tracker dog. His name was Rico, and he was a cutey.

No good sending the pics to H&R, they are going to stop making the Handi rifles.

Yes that is the 375 I listed in the classifieds. Been really torn about selling it, but I know I'll never be going back to Africa. No takers, but I only bumped it twice. If I find somebody that's really interested, I sell the gun and all the supplies listed with the gun, for $1,000. Anything less, and to heck with it, it can be my "safe queen"


maddog

I doubt PHs see very many H&Rs on safari. I think a lot of us probably cut our shotgunning teeth on them.

That's the gun with the Decelerator, right? Did you lengthen the factory LOP or return it to factory specs? It's a nice looking setup.

I wonder how successful they were at keeping Rico from baying on the track. One thing about bloodhounds: they do like the sound of their own voices.

It still has the decelerator pad on it. It only increased the LOP maybe 1/4-3/8", but it sure tamed the round compared to that crappy factory installed pad.


maddog