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Looking to book a hunt sometime in 2020 or 2021.Its been on my bucket list and im not getting any younger. I have a hankering for a Blaser Rifle.. Found one that is too good to pass up https://www.eurooptic.com/R8-B...c2017&utm_medium=rbh. Opinions on other barrels to add to this.Or will the 30-06 do what i need it to do for non dangerous game.? Thanks in advance | ||
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30.06 is enough and in my youth I took plenty of Buff and Hippo with that calibre. Your plains game safari will ultimately be determined by your budget. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Thank you for the replies... I was sure it was,but just wanted some feed back from people who had been there.. | |||
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Several of my Blaser friends have bought that exact rifle. It is stunning with the wood upgrade. The 30-06 will work well, with a nod towards the 300 WM if Eland is on the menu. | |||
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I was thinking about getting that barrel as well | |||
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I have used a .300., .308. and a 30-06 on Plains Game. All of them worked the same, if I made a good hit on the animal. There is nothing really to debate, one is as good as the other. | |||
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I do not have near the experience of some who have posted, I am sure the -06 will be plenty for plains game. If you are going to get the 300 Win Mag why not just go up to the 375, both will require the same bolt face and the 375 would be more versatile if you decide on some DG in the future, which I would bet you will be thinking about before your plains game safari is over. To have 30-06 and 300 win mag barrel's would seem a bit redundant? best of luck and looks like a great gun for the money | |||
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Do not buy an extra barrel. Shoot an extra trophy. A 30-06 with a 180 grain premium or 168 grain monometal will kill any plains game on the planet. I an addition to not buying the extra barrel do not go buy any other special equipment. The funniest posts I see are the ones that start off with "Looking for the best [insert product] for Africa" I swear somebody, someday will ask what are the best shoelaces for Africa.  Mike Legistine actu? Quid scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Mike, What are the best shoelaces for Africa? I wouldn't want to make a liar out of you. _________________________________ AR, where the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history become the nattering nabobs of negativisim. | |||
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probably the ones in your shoes. if your thinking about adding the 300 win, you don't need the 30-06. look hard at what your changing versus the 150 more fps to get there. if you want the 300, perfect get it, and the 375 upgrade barrel then your in good shape for some of the heavier stuff too. if your just gonna go shoot stuff 12-1300 lbs and less, you only need the 0-6 barrel and more ammo. | |||
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Nice deal on a pretty gun. I have 3 r8 chassis and 8 barrels. I prefer synthetic on my r8. I would get a 300 wm just cause it uses the same bolt head as a 375h&h. My 30/06 shoots .5 Moa and is probably my favorite deer hunting rifle/caliber. Mike | |||
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To hell with magnums Get close " Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins. When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar. Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move... Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies... Only fools hope to live forever “ Hávamál” | |||
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I looked at some of the 375's on sale, they have some great wood, why not get one of those and a 300 win mag barrel and your covered all the way around. Your going to need the H&H eventually so what the heck!! I'm not in the market for a new thrashing machine but if I was they look like a deal for sure with the upgraded wood. | |||
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If you have the .375, you don't need the 300 WM. Many of great bullets and loads for plainsgame and buff, lion, hippo. My teenage boys used mine last year to hunt as small as duiker and springbok and I shot eland, waterbuck etc. My 15 yo loves it so much, he hunts whitetail with it. When he takes it, I use my old trusty 06. For Africa, IMHO, the 375 is the one barrel you need. Kodiak 2022 Namibia 2019 Namibia 2018 South Africa 2017 Alaska Brown Bear 2016 South Africa, 2016 Zimbabwe 2014 South Africa 2013 Australia 2011 Alberta 2009 Namibia 2007 Alberta 2006 | |||
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Wink, You get them from Westley Richards made of buffalo leather. They are "best quality" and only cost $50 USD a pair. Mike Legistine actu? Quid scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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"I trust my life on Westley Richards shoelaces" I can see the marketing campaign already... Mark DRSS "I always take care to fire into the nearest hillside and, lacking that, into darkness." - the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson | |||
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Folks, Being of a somewhat a frugal nature and looking at the price of the Blazer I think my advise if anyone cares would be to put $1,500-$2,000 or there about into a tweaked off the shelf rifle plus scope and save the rest for trophy fees. I love rifles and own far more than I need but a $5,000 factory rifle just doesn't make sense to me unless the money is not really an issue. As for caliber I'd never try to talk a hunter out of using an '06 on PG. If I was going bigger and thought I was Africa bound more than for PG I'd go 375 everytime. It just works for everything. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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The best African shoelace was the one I got from the tracker to tie on the sole of my shoe that came off in the middle of nowhere. I believe it was embossed, brain tanned elephant hide from Ireland. k | |||
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Forgot to say that all the plains game I have shot in Africa has been with a 30-06 and none of it got away. k | |||
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Bill I like tactical grade laces for my Africa boots (which are the same as my Penna boots)...however I have read on AR that because they are nylon the camp staff will melt them with hot irons and if they are not pressed with a hot iron I will become infected as flies will lay their eggs in them. Regarding rifle suggestions GFH, I agree with Mark Young unless you are looking for a reason to acquire a new rifle and/or this will be part of the fun for you. Personally, I would bump up my timeline and go in 2019 or 2020 if this is feasible. | |||
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Greyfoxhunter: Its your bucket list and your dream. Listen to the advice but in the end do it your way. You want a new Blaser, buy one and go live your dream. A 30-06 is fine for plains game and most everything else on the planet. Safe shooting | |||
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Bloody hell Andrew! You are going to give a heart attack to the Bigger Is Bitter brigade!  | |||
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My last safari, I only had one buffalo on ticket, so I shot almost all of the plains game with a 30-06 and had no problems whatsoever. Up to wildebeest X2. I did shoot the zebra with a .416, and the dik dik cause I needed a solid. | |||
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GreyFox, 30-06 would be more than adequate what is more important is using a good bullet of solid constructions when you need to take a angled shot. Otherwise it would drop all plainsgame available in Africa with no hassle. Frederik Cocquyt I always try to use enough gun but then sometimes a brainshot works just as good. | |||
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Good advice there Mark. And if money is tight I would certainly be looking at a pre owned weapon. You cannot beat the .375 for versatility. ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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For plains game hunting in Africa the 3006 with quality bullets is a great combination. I have hunted a lot of plains game animals with the 3006 and 150gr Barns TTSX bullets. Should you wish to add another barrel to the Blazer you can add a 375H&H Gerhard FFF Safaris Capture Your African Moments Hunting Outfitter (MP&LP) Proffesional Hunter (MP&LP) History guide Wildlife Photographer www.fffsafaris.co.za | |||
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. Listen to what Andrew and Mark say, unless money is no object. A good second hand (CZ) .30-06 or more versatile .375 and use the change for more trophies. Skip the taxidermy, take great pictures and then go again for DG ! . "Up the ladders and down the snakes!" | |||
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Thank you for all the replies!!! | |||
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Sir, I have been outfitting Plains Game hunts in South Africa for 16 years now. Also a long standing member here. I value the 30-06 Spring so much as a Plains Game caliber that I now owe three of them! We use them for "camp guns" for visiting hunters not wanting to travel with their firearms. I am a big fan of the 165gr Barnes Bullets and they are devastating on all Plains Game, even Eland. The Blazer rifles are fantastic and you will enjoy your purchase a LOT! Have fun, and remember in Africa, aim low aim slow! Charl van Rooyen Owner Infinito Travel Group www.infinito-safaris.com charl@infinito-safaris.com Cell: +27 78 444 7661 Tel: +27 13 262 4077 Fax:+27 13 262 3845 Hereford Street 28A Groblersdal 0470 Limpopo R.S.A. "For the Infinite adventure" Plains Game Dangerous Game Bucket List Specialists Wing-Shooting In House Taxidermy Studio In House Dip and Pack Facility In House Shipping Service Non-Hunting Tours and Safaris Flight bookings "I promise every hunter visiting us our personal attention from the moment we meet you, until your trophies hang on your wall. Our all inclusive service chain means you work with one person (me) taking responsibility during the whole process. Affordable and reputable Hunting Safaris is our game! With a our all inclusive door to door service, who else do you want to have fun with?" South Africa Tanzania Uganda | |||
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