Heading to Africa…what rifle do I take?

[Gobbler256]

Who's doubting the PH. He suggested my wife's 7mm-08 is plenty so that's what she is taking. I don't have a 7mm-08 that fits me so I am asking what I should take that I have.

Any caliber you're comfortable with. If you hunting plains game a .308, 7-08, 270 Win, 30.06 all will do the job and ammo is easy to carry

 

[Lymey]

Wife and I are heading to South Africa in late April. Will be hunting the usual…Wildebeest, kudu, warthog, springbuck, blesbuck, waterbuck. No super large animals. My question is what rifle to take. The outfitter says my wife's 7mm-08 is plenty and the rifle fits her perfect so that's what she wants to use. I was thinking a 280AI or 28 nosler. I also have a 30 Nosler and 6.5 PRC. I THINK THE 300 ultra mag is a little much. Never having gone I can't decide and there are so many choices lol. I have heard these dark continent critters are TOUGH.

They are tough. The first one that I shot was a Gemsbuck at around 90 yards. I put a 210gr Accubond tight behind the shoulder when he was broadside for a double lung pass through. He ran off with rest of the herd and we found him the next day over 2 miles from where I had taken the shot. Tough? Beyond tough. After that, I shot seven more plains animals using a high shoulder hold and none went more than 20 yards, including a 1600 pound Eland. All were one shot kills. Don't worry about ruining any meat like I was, you can't bring it home with you and the locals don't care what shape it's in. Any of the rounds you mentioned will kill anything you may encounter. Good luck and have a blast.

 

[Gobbler256]

IIRC I read a long while back that the African Outfitters prefer you to have a Controlled Feed Action vs. a Push Feed Action because of reliability in feeding a round. This was with dangerous game in mind.
I just did a quick search and found https://chuckhawks.com/controlled_push_feed.htm where he does mention Africa.

That would be true for dangerous game!!