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Charging Your African Battery

Whether you're taking one, two or three guns on safari, here's a head's-up on what the pros recommend.

Michel Mantheakis (right) is one of several PHs who responded to the author?s 1989 and 2007 surveys. Michel is a bolt-action man, although in the years since 1989 he has upgraded from a .458 to a .450 Dakota Magnum.

Africa presents special challenges. On our continent we might go deer hunting or elk hunting or bear hunting or sheep hunting. We can easily figure out an appropriate rifle and cartridge, and only rarely will we be faced with a wide range of situations within any single hunt. In Africa this is a daily occurrence. You will usually leave camp with a specific goal in mind, but you really don't know what a given day in Africa might offer up. And although genuine long-range shooting in Africa is ...

Charging Your African Battery

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