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...Oooops! My proofreader, (ME) erred. The actual velocity for accuracy should read: 2365fps, not 2385fps as listed in the above missive. And for clarification, the lion was hunted, and taken with Barnes original soft point bullets.

...In 1987 I had Fred Wells build my .416 Taylor using a pre '64 model 70 short mag action, 24" Krieger barrel with 1;12 twist and installed in a super grade stock. This was my African dangerous game rifle. Rifle arrived in Dec of '87, and I began load development. I had nine months to prepare...

...One pre 64 M-70 .375H&H too many! One .416 Taylor on a pre64 M-70 action.

...As follow on to my previous response regarding the .223 for the three animals listed by the OP. The 5.56 mil ammo projectiles were indeed designed to yaw and fragment. But, on minimal tissue, viz: animals whose body structure and weight about twenty-five pounds, the yaw/fragmentation is...

...I have used the .223 to shoot the three animals listed, steinbok, duiker and klipspringer. I shot them with mil ball ammo. Little hole going in, little hole going out. Limited experience for sure. One each, but no ruined hides.

...Semper Fi Marine

...Comforting to know we have a modern day St. Hubertus to look out for us ill-informed nimrods.;)

...Ebay has several M65 jackets. Made in the USA

...To each, their own.

I've had no problems

...GMA standard magnum action will handle the .300WM, .338WM, .375H&H. .404Jeffery and the .500Jeffery. According to the GMA brochure.

...Ele hide. Tough as woodpecker lips. Purchased two pair courteneys veldskoens made in Zim. Had Russell make a pair of PH's for me and a pair for my wife. They used a bit of hide from one of my ele's and the hide from my wife's ele. I had the soles replaced on my PH's, but the leather is...

...Back in the day (1996) I purchased a Ruger RSM caliber .416 Rigby. I sent the rifle to Cliff LaBounty Precision Reboring and had him "punch out" the barrel to 45 caliber and chamber to .450 Rigby. Then I installed a Timney trigger, Decelerator recoil pad, and a NECG front sight insert...

...In 1998 I had a Ruger RSM .416 Rigby rebored to .450 Rigby. Cliff LaBounty Precision Reboring in WA did the work.

...I purchased a Ruger 77/22 in 1990. Installed the following: Volquartsen trigger kit, bolt shims, and 10 shot magazine made especially for .22 shorts. Mounted a 4x Leupold scope, loaded up CCI CB short sub sonic ammo and have laid waste to numerous backyard critters. Mainly, long fuzzy...

...Nice rifle. Great lion!

...Starter load in my GMA Gibbs: Jamison brass Fed 215 primers 108gr R-15 Add 1/2" foam filler Woodleigh 600gr FMJ Velocity five shots across the screens averaged 2150fps. This load is mild enough that it won't leave you "Shell-shocked."

...First trip, 1988 at age 50. Final trip, 2017 age 79. Twenty-five trips in 30 years. Shortest S/A ten days. Longest Zim fifty-one days. Toss the low/high, the average in country was twenty-six days.

...As I recall the difference between the two was 0.180 TB a smidge longer.

...Materials and production costs "killed" the AGS. I used the AGS in my .416Taylor @ 2365fps, and in my .458WM @ 2185fps. The last ele bull I shot using the .458WM was a side brain shot, and the AGS was a complete pass thru. Some time after Speer discontinued the AGS, a company in ID...

...BEEP, BEEP

...Top three: Young giraffe, eland, and zebra.

...this may be the same John Ross who authored the book: UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

...Option 3

...A plethora of good hints here. Through the years, and more than six hundred days roaming around in the African bush I wore shirts by many different makers. Most were adequate. Some better than others. (Best: Lazy Sam/Salty) I settled on a simple solution to the African hunting "Shirt."...

...In the US, Boyt. In Zim, Lazy Sam, Salty.

...I doubt SIRI could pass those tests.:oops:

...Magnificent beast!

...FWIW, serial number range of Model 70 receivers: March 1, 1957, 399,865. April 4, 1957, 403,080.

...The last pre-64 .458WM I sold (2018) was purchased for $8500. The rifle was 98% O/A and had the original sling. The .458WM is the third rarest caliber of pre-64 rifles. Total number: 1226 out of a total of 581,471.

...FWIW, Winchester produced 14,005 pre '64 .375H&H rifles. According to Roger Rule's book THE RIFLEMANS RIFLE

...Pre '64

...Your receiver number (103691) was produced between February 1, 1949, and March 4, 1949. 2/1/49 #103225 -3/4/49 #105240 Front sight for Super Grade should be a gold bead Redfield 255, or gold bead Winchester 103C. Rear sight should be a Winchester 22G with adjustable leaf spring and 3C...

...No changes other than the barrel swap. The magazine and follower were examined for any rough edges and pollished. The feed ramp was also pollished. Rifle re-assembled and test fired for function. The work was accomplished by Gene Simillion in Gunnison, CO. Twenty years and no complaints...

...Check GUNS INTERNATIONAL. FWIW, I located a left handed Winchester M-70 in .338WM on the above mentioned site. I then had the barrel pulled and installed a Krieger .458WM barrel. My very good P/H friend in Zim has been using this rifle as his "Stopper" since 2002.

...I've had great success with TIMBERLUXE. Info@timberi.uxe.com

...Stay in the fight

...Back in the day, I had a Springfield Armory M-1 Garand. One of the most accurate rifles I ever owned.

...Flying or driving: For fifty years I've worn military Randolph engineering gray lens sunglasses. I never wear sunglasses when hunting.

...I'd put my money on 7.62x39

...Hand loads for DG? Not a good idea? PH's discourage the use? This is all news to me. Zambia: Hippo, lion, and buffalo shot with handloads .416 Taylor. Zimbabwe: Leopard, .270Win; buffalo(s) .416 Taylor/.458WM; elephant(s) .416 Taylor,/.458WM, /.450Rigby, and .505Gibbs all shot with...

...FWIW Zim, Sep 21st, 1988 three days from full. Zim, Sep 13th, 1989 3/4 moon. Zim, Sep 28th, 1990 1/2 moon. Three hunts, three dead leopard. All legally killed the first night in the blind.

...Fred Eichler, Field dressing an elk the gutless way on youtube

...behind the large rock in front of the tree on the right looking right at you.

...good choice of rifles.

...pull up Zimbabwe Visitors Firearms forms. I don't believe they have changed in thirty years. They want three copies. Most of the Zim carbon paper is rather poor. Make three copies at home, and present them to the officer when you arrive in Zim. Good luck

...well done. Worth the time to view.

RR: Different rifles, different results. Example: A very good friend is a P/H in Zimbabwe. The rifle he was using for back up was, shall we say, lacking in reliablity. He asked if I could locate a LH version of a M-70 and convert it to .458WM. I located a L/H M-70 .338WM and sent the...

...Loads for the .458 WM across the screens set @ 15' and corrected to the muzzle. Temp 89F, ptly cldy, 8000', wind calm. Data taken over a three days Conditions changed little, or not at all. Rifle Winchester M-70 crf, 24" bbl Brass was new Winchester trimmed 2.49 o/a length, primers Fed...

...Willem, I just finished reading THE SHELTERING DESERT, by Henno Martin. There are survivalists, then there are SURVIVALISTS. Henno Martin and Hermann Korn were in a class all their own. Amazing what lengths some of us will go for freedom. Great read.