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Is a .250 Savage legal for shooting for a culling type hunt? In either Namibia or SA? By someone not a resident? I saw in Namibia's hunting regs that the minimum caliber is 7mm. But is that for trophy hunting or game shooting period? Allen It's a Mauser thing, you wouldn't understand. | ||
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The .250 is legal for hunting in SA. I would not recommend it for regular plains game hunting (save varmint hunting) but for culling (i.e. brain shots) in the hands of an experienced hunter who knows how to shoot it, it is perfect. Regards, Chris Troskie Tel. +27 82 859-0771 email. chris@ct-safaris.com Sabrisa Ranch Ellisras RSA www.ct-safaris.com https://youtu.be/4usXceRdkH4 | |||
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I know that the NAPHA website indicates that 7mm is the smallest caliber permitted in Namibia, but that is incorrect. I don't have the minimums handy, but the key factor relative to calibers permitted for the various classes of game is the muzzle energy they produce, measured in joules. I have used a .25-06 for small plains game in Namibia (steenbok and springbok) and I met a game rancher there who regularly uses a .243, even on gemsbok, which he head shoots to avoid wasting meat. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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I use a .223 (5.56mm) pushing a 60 grain Nosler Partition on small to medium PG. Mainly for the simple reason of not destroying the cape/skin. It puts a small diameter hole in anything from Steenbok to Bontebok. Doesn't ruin any meat if you pick your shots. Most animals drop in their tracks, but I've used this caliber since the early 1970s and know my rifle well. A well constructed bullet in .250 should be fine on small to medium PG. I would avoid risky shots or anything larger than Impala. Keep this simple thought in mind: "If I wound an animal; I pay for it." Seems to work for me.  Good hunting, LDKGray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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You never hear folks talk abou it with client hunters, but there are a lot of 243 Win rifle in a daily use in RSA, and Namibia, with good results, even on some of the larger plains game! Personally though I'd far rather use something like a 280 Rem, to 9.3X62 for a plains game hunt, that far from home, and with that much cost if wounded , and lost game that must be paid for whether you find him or not!  ....Mac >>>===(x)===> MacD37, ...and DUGABOY1 DRSS Charter member "If I die today, I've had a life well spent, for I've been to see the Elephant, and smelled the smoke of Africa!"~ME 1982 Hands of Old Elmer Keith  | |||
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Didn't Mr. Boddington write that the 204 Ruger was the cat's meow for plains game?????  ______________________ Age and Treachery Will Always Overcome Youth and Skill | |||
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