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Harry3
Joined: 29 Apr 2009
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Location: VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA
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| Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject: .44mag in Africa |
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| I have the opportunity to hunt in South Africa and, if I can get over the hand-gun specific hurdles, want to take my Ruger SBH .44mg with me (out of habit as much as anything else). Does anyone have any experience hunting in Africa with that weapon. Would really appreciate your thoughts on bullet and loads, also. Just getting back into hunting after a couple decades out of it, so Im really finding that tech has improved dramatically over the old .240g Keith standards we used to use on hogs.... |
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WesternHunter
Joined: 05 May 2006
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 10:03 am Post subject: |
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| A lot of people may disagree, but my opinion from talking to those who have hunted in Africa, is that anything in .44 mag that works here in N America will work in Africa. Same goes for a lot of biggame rifles, depending on what youare hunting of course. |
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JCalhoun
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
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Location: Mobile County, Alabama
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 8:09 am Post subject: |
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What part of South Africa will you be hunting in? If you are in the highveld it's open terrain. You may not get close enough to anything for a pistol shot.
The highveld is the only part I hunted so that's all I know about first hand. I have been told that the bushveld is very thick with scrubby trees and such. That sounds like a good place for a pistol.
Just ask your PH what he would bring. |
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