One cartridge to hunt dangerous game for the rest of your life and it can't be a 375, what are you going with?

[Northern Shooter]

What would you choose? 9.3 doesn't count either.

A 416? 404? 458? Something bigger?

What and why?

 

[m457109]

416 rigby for me!

 

[Tanks]

Double in .500 NE. Why? A .577 double is too heavy for me.

 

[mdwest]

416 Taylor…

Because it’s what I already own

I can easily load it down to 375 recoil levels and still have it be effective on cats with soft, fast expanding, 350gr projectiles..

Or load it up with also exactly the same ballistics / performance as a 416 Rigby.. with a 400 gr projectile.. while having the advantages of a standard 98 Mauser action (not the extra length/weight of a magnum action)…

With a 400gr quality projectile like an a-frame or woodleigh hydro traveling at 2400 fps, I can take on buff, ele or anything else that walks the earth…

 

[JoninCO]

Heym Express 416 Rigby.

Reason: I already own it.

The NECG-built CZ or Blaser R8 in 375 H&H would have been my first choice had it been within the rules though!

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

.458 win mag would be my pick seems like it’s the next easiest to source ammunition and components for.

 

[RR 314]

.700 AHR. Light and swings like a Red Ryder BB gun!






I would go with my Heym .404 if had to pick just one. Then again, what fun is that?

 

[Ontario Hunter]

404 Jeffery. Enough punch for all dangerous game ... without making the hunter punchy.

 

[Wahoo]

.470 NE- because that’s what I have

 

[Ridge Runner]

Remington 798 458WM because I already own it. I have down loaded it and tested loads from above the hotest 45-70 loads to DG loads.

 

[Tundra Tiger]

Just to be a snarky ass... .45-70.

Otherwise I am going to have to buy something else. Based on my 2 PHs in Africa, I might be open to a .416 Rigby, or a .458 WM because I could get one in a Ruger No.1.

 

[62flint]

470NE in a double

 

[Sarg]

I would pick one of my many .458 Win's as I use it for all game when I only have one rifle, used it for Pigs to Buffalo, including Bush Buck & Crocs !

Lots of .458 projectiles made to do many different jobs & cast bullets are easy to.

 

[Mountaineer]

I will stick with my 458 win mag. It’s in a o/u double. I shot a kudu at 111 yards and a wart hog at 249 yards last week using 350 grain TSX. These shoot the same point of impact as my 480 grain DGX.

 

[Riflecrank]

.458 Winchester Magnum, of course.

 

[Tra3]

Since accuracy on the first shot is more important that energy, I’ll go with a .404 J. On an R8.

I’ve taken hippos, ele and buff with an R8 in .375 (would have been my first pick). Amazingly, I’ve not yet shot a rifle bigger than a .375 (other than a .50 BMG and 20 and 12 gauge slugs). But, of all the rifles I’ve shot, an ultralight (7 lbs!) .50 cal muzzleloader with 120 grains of blackhorn 209 and a 300 grain bullet is about the most violent.

 

[BeeMaa]

500/416NE because I always wanted a DR in a rimmed cartridge on a Blaser S2 with a beautiful timber stock.

And everything is still on the menu with a detachable scope for PG out to 200 yards.

 

[Bert the Turtle]

I’d use my 404.
Load it up, load it down, can do pretty much anything I want. Wouldn’t limit myself to dangerous game- it is fine for all hunting. With a re-sized 44 magnum handgun bullet, it’s a gentle but effective close range rifle on appropriate animals. (Not that a 400g soft wouldn’t work fine, but sometimes it’s nice to take it easy) And I’ve taken elephant with it, so I know it handles the top end just fine.

 

[Ed Lally]

470 NE in a Krieghoff double. With a red dot. Because I own it and it has proven itself with multiple one shot kills on everything from Cape Buffalo, Sable, Waterbuck, etc down to Warthogs from 5 yards to 160. Also, hunting with a double is so “Africa”!!

 

[Jim Golden]

My .458 Lott enfield. It's the only other custom biggie I have