Gun choice for Tiny 10 and small night cats

[JP50]

Theses were taken with a 30-06 - using 150g super hammer head (bonded) bullets- also took Oribi - Vaal on same trip with minimal damage to the capes- by taking a larger calibre it gives you the opportunity to take something larger if the opportunity arises- as also took mountain zebra / oryx with same bullets.

 

[Tokoloshe Safaris]

I'm going to be doing more tiny 10 and night cats in the next few years. I've thought about adding a barrel to my Blaser R8 or K95. I have two R8's and one K95 and could always setup one gun for little stuff and have the tracker carry it in case we run into something. My mind keeps going to the 22 Hornet. I've got a 257 Wby barrel but that's too fast for the fragile stuff. I could always shoot solids from my big game rifles and usually have some solids when hunting other things in case something pops up. That's a good practice in general as you never know what the Bush will offer each day.

If you were going to take a dedicated gun/caliber for the little stuff, what would you take?

.22 Hornet double rifle with quick release scope.