I was looking at finally taking the plunge on a larger bore safari rifle in .375 H&H and am considering one of the Interarms/Zastava Mark X offerings. That said, I am primarily an American meat hunter. I would love to be able to have it do double duty for whitetail does for the freezer just the same as Moose and Elk. Is there any way I can load this round to keep meat loss down closer to 6.5mm cartridge meat damage levels? I’d prefer bullet selection to do this over downloading, but happy to...

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Well, this will likely sling a skunk into the room, and not saying that Ruark did not exhibit a masterful use of the English language, but what I am suggesting is that he had not earned the right to the use of such language in Horn of the Hunter!
Just keepin' it real, as they say:
Ruark admits that he had never so much as fired a rifle, especially HIS rifles prior to the safari. Abomination!
He has zero grasp of the basics of marksmanship when firing upon his first animals, striking one...

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I will be stopping by Swift I. A couple of hours and plan to ask them about 505 Gibbs and when it may be available. Anybody have any other questions I should ask while I’m there? Looking for anything?

Last minute been thinking of an Elephant/Buffalo bolt rifle- a couple of options locally available as mentioned a 416 Taylor or a 404 Jeffery.

The 416 would be about $2000
the Jeffery about $3000

Which would you prefer and why?

Found this with some CZ full stock rifles in my collection, now for sale. I am the original owner, not sure when I bought this but maybe the 80's? In fact, the rifle has been out of the box twice, when purchased and now for pics, so really is NIB The wood has nice color but more so, the grain is tight.
Sorry for the photos, cloudy here today, thought the buttstock and checkering of interest.
Anyhow, price is $2150, buyer pays shipping from CO. Transaction thru Matrix Gunsmithing. Personal...

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