I looked at
Philip 's video and subsequent comments. Very nice!
I am sure Philip will not mind the following thoughts, because he has proven through his writing to be a true AH.com companion.
I only have one observation: a 7mm Mag with Edward’s Recoil Reducer shooting 160 gr bullets is hardly representative of a DG caliber rifle shooting 300 to 500 gr slugs.....................
May I suggest one does not try having one's left hand between sling stud and tripod/bipod fork with a .458 Lott rifle
I would hate to suggest someone tries it to illustrate my point, but I think that everyone understands exactly what I mean
This is the ENTIRE point about acquiring
ONE proper shooting form that becomes unconscious muscle memory: one's hand does not wander back & forth on the forearm, front or back of the sticks, and it does not matter what caliber one shoots...
This is another example why in the end one needs to shoot a few boxes of ammo with the actual rifle, the actual load, and under actual conditions, before going on safari, to verify that everything comes together. It is better to discover at the home range that, for example, flat nose truncated solids do not feed through one's rifle, or to get a few stiches in the left hand palm web at the local American or European emergency room, than to have this happen in Africa
Yes, there are "many different ways to skin a cat", and I guess that both house kitten and Leopard are cats (the same way both 7 Rem / 160 gr and .416 Rem / 400 gr are rifle & load combos), but one should not get distracted in thinking that what works with one will necessary work with another. Just saying