Greetings OneGearhead,
Khomas Highland Hunting and Fishing Safaris of Namibia, welcomes you to the greatest forum on earth.
When you get around to it, I invite you to have a look into the Khomas Safaris website.
Your CZ 550 Magnum rifle in .375 H&H is a very fine choice for Africa, including for so called “plains game”, especially eland.
It’s also excellent for Australia Buffalo plus, Alaska, Canada, Kamchatka, Romania, etc., grizzly hunting as well.
I have formerly owned several CZ 550 rifles in various calibers, from 6.5x55 Mauser through .500 Jeffery.
As for the set trigger in them, I choose to ignore it and so, I don’t bother setting it.
Without wasting valuable time setting the trigger, they just feel about like a typical WW-II era battle rifle trigger —> M-98K Mauser, Lee-Enfield, M-1 Garand, 1903 Springfield, etc.
And, I am quite fond of that military two stage trigger feel.
Anyway, for your .375 vs buffaloes, the 300 grain Swift A-Frame bullet has a formidable reputation for hunting such magnificent beasts.
As for scopes for all hoofed critters, large and small, I’m the weirdo around here who prefers nothing more than a sturdy (Aka: top quality) 4x, in low rings, with standard cross-wires, or duplex if that’s all that’s available (I buy most of my sporting goods 2nd hand).
I have hunted hoofed game, beginning in 1967.
So far, I have not even once needed a huge magnification power scope.
Neither have I ever needed one with batteries, lighted reticule, gyro-stabilizer, bubble level, range finding capability, wind speed meter, GPS tracking feature, barometer, thermometer, video game screen, internet connection, pandora music channel, etc., etc. LoL
Not talking about pest shooting, such as ground squirrels at distance.
For that, a larger magnification is of course superior.
Best Regards,
Velo Dog.
