Most of these answers assume you are talking bolt rifle. In a double, the 9.3x74R is the ideal choice for PG/N. America/Once in a while DG ctg. The rifles are not too heavy (some are pretty light), at 8-10 lbs. Adequate power yet mild to shoot. You can buy a new one for $2-5K. Ammo available from several makers, not horrendously expensive. Plenty of good bullets available if you reload. Breaks down to travel. You can get a set of shotgun bbls for most of them. And far more interesting than a factory bolt rifle.

The only negative is the lack of a factory solid...so if you plan to shoot elephant, you will have to load your own solids.

I used a .300 Wthby on plains game (zebra, kudu, gemsbok, etc) last year and it worked outstanding. Shots out to 400 yards on the zebra and they never went more than 10 yards. I've also used it in the US on elk with the same results. A lot of people don't like the Weatherby's but from my experience if you shoot straight, the animals really don't like them very much.

.300WSM

Here in Norway I use the German 8*68S for my moose-hunting. I think it will do everything you ask, I never found it lacking. The bullets I've used has been the 220 Woodleigh an the 200 Swift.

The American answers is of course the .325 WSM

M

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Originally posted by JerseyJoe:
took my .300 WM in June and had no issues with 8 animals.. 180gr bullet..

That would be my choice.

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Most of these answers assume you are talking bolt rifle. In a double, the 9.3x74R is the ideal choice for PG/N.

Yes, and most of these answers assume that he wants the capability of shooting at and hitting something more than 100 yards away. He would be as well off with a shotgun shooting slugs as a double rifle with its two barrels pointing in various and sundry directions. I'm sorry, but as finely made and appealing as they are, a double rifle is a very specialized short range gun that has no place when pursuing fleet-of-foot smaller animals which may need to be taken at several hundred yards.

another vote for the venerable .375 H&H magnum-one caliber to hunt the World.

300 win. mag. in a fine single shot rifle. I've done it twice on PG and don't have any complaints.

I also like Nosler partitions but there are lots of good bullets that will do.

j

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Originally posted by Stonecreek:
Yes, and most of these answers assume that he wants the capability of shooting at and hitting something more than 100 yards away. He would be as well off with a shotgun shooting slugs as a double rifle with its two barrels pointing in various and sundry directions. I'm sorry, but as finely made and appealing as they are, a double rifle is a very specialized short range gun that has no place when pursuing fleet-of-foot smaller animals which may need to be taken at several hundred yards.

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Hey Tony what do you think of the above post?
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.270 would be the proper choice and concentrate primarily on shot placement. Don't rely on knockdown power to make up for poor shot placement. A .270 can stop cold a common eland and anything smaller in Africa.