Better to take a rifle you have confidence in rather than an unknown with a little extra horsepower. Either one with Barnes or Partitions will easily get the job done. Study the anatomy, their vitals are further forward than our whitetails. I used a .280 with 160gr Partitions and a 60Lb bow and didn't have to track a single animal.
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Hunted SA last year and used the PHs guns. They all had 308 for plains game. I was able to take down a Roan, Sable, and Kudu without any issues. Biggest thing is make sure you know where you are shooting, they are tough animals and you won't be able to shoot them like animals here. Shot placement is key, literally one inch off and youll have a long trailing/tracking day ahead of you!
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I loaded ammo for two of my friends that have been over twice for plains game.
Both carried their 300 RUM and I loaded Barnes TSX 180's for them. The only bullet recovered and the only animal they said took another step was a Zebra. Brought the recovered bullet back and it still weighed 180 grains. They both said the animals over there have a tenacity for life like no other place on earth.
The PH had them practice some shooting baboons off a cliff at 400+ yards. They enjoyed that. Each one was allowed to bring 50 rounds each into the country. No one came home with any leftover ammo.
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If you are hunting SA it is a lot like hunting S Texas, not really wild and being concerned about dangerous game is not really an issue.
I've hunted there 9 times and only for 3 days in SA when my kids were 7 and 10 yrs old, we then went to Botswana. I much preferred hunting in truly wild area's of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe , and Botswana. Zimbabwe was paradise back in the late 80's
The plains game you mentioned is not hard to kill and a Win 270 or 308 well placed shot with a good bullet will put them down.
Have fun on your trip
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Originally posted by Smokeater View PostJust about blew snot in my coffee! He said-shooting baboons off a cliff!lol
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Originally posted by Sackett View PostSummon Jack O’Connor and Col Townsend Wheelen and take your .270, if it’s “Interesting” 👍
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I have never been, known multiple people who have. The animals at the top of your list, most guys seem to use 7mm Rem Mag and up, to 300 or 340 Weatherbys for. The animals on the lower part of your list, don’t require anything big at all. If I was taking only one gun, I would consider something like a 30-06, to a 300 Weatherby, a 7mm Rem Mag would be a good option. The bigger stuff on your list, I would want 7mm, to a 30 caliber bullet in the 175 gr. to 180 gr. range. An Accubond bullet would be fine in that weight range, from those guns. You could use a Partition, it would just loose some longer range velocity. I don’t think they do much shooting past 200 yards over there anyway. A Partition would not hurt performance much. A 180 gr. Accubond out of an 30-06, would be going slow enough to penetrate, very deep from any angle on the largest stuff on your list, would not have to worry about the bullet blowing up. But then it would still give you decent expansion on the smaller stuff.
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