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Thinking of a SA rifle for little stuff to match my 7mm Mauser, 300H&H, etc Ideas? Thoughts? Hunting: Exercising dominion over creation at 2800 fps. | ||
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Not sure about your definition of "small stuff" but the .425 Westley Richards happens to be the original Short Magnum cartridge of them all... | |||
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500 Jeffery doesn't require a magnum action. J B de Runz Be careful when blindly following the masses ... generally the "m" is silent | |||
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I was thinking of getting the Ruger African in .223, but most of my rifles are Model 70s and I have an action sitting idle and pondering something along those lines in a more 'African' caliber than .223 Hunting: Exercising dominion over creation at 2800 fps. | |||
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How about the 1915-vintage .250-3000 Savage (2.515" COAL)? If you have to have an English cartridge, the.244 H&H (3.58" COAL)? George  | |||
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+10000000! Yessss!
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Not sure what everyone else considers a short action, but I think a suitable short action is 375 H&H  | |||
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.275 H&H Magnum? "If you’re innocent why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”- Donald Trump | |||
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nope...375. Its as short as I go. I have issues to make up for | |||
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Ditto LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show. Not all who wander are lost. NEVER TRUST A FART!!! Cecil Leonard | |||
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And pair it with a 9.5x57 M/S...Jim  "Life's hard; it's harder if you're stupid" John Wayne | |||
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..............................................................9.3X62......................................................................................... ....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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Give me a pair of 6.5x54s with a pair of 9,3x62s and a pair of 12,7x70mm Schulers....then I'll hunt the world for life. I will probably also need 2000 rounds of ammo per gun. | |||
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Hah what a question! .22 LR in a Mauser. Wonder how many small antelope, and of course guinea fowl and francolin have been taken with this rifle/calibre combination. Every young boy's dream! Yes a short action, and cartridge length does not get much shorter | |||
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.22 Hornet in a Model 54 Win or 70 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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6.5x54 275 Rigby aka 7x57 275 H&H and the more and more popular 9.3x62 | |||
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275 " 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 don't know about traditional but I think the most useful caliber for "little stuff" to augment your "7mm Mauser, 300H&H, etc" would be the .22LR rimfire. . | |||
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It is obviously the most used cartridge in Africa, and is a short action-- 7.62x39 Not widely used in bolt actions --------------but adaptable "The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane." Mark Twain TANSTAAFL www.savannagems.com A unique way to own a piece of Africa. DSC Life NRA Life | |||
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.475 No. 2 (Eley). About as short as I want to go. I like to hunt eles. Dutch | |||
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I have exactly that combination! I wish I could take them to Africa and actually hunt with the great Mannlicher Schoenauer rifles.
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458 WM Have used bullets from 200gr up to 500gr and taken game from Duiker to Eland to Buffalo. What more could you ask for in one rifle? And its shorter than the 375 Specialist Outfitters and Big Game Hounds An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill | |||
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Get a 6mm Musgrave rifle built on a Siamese Mauser action, styled to look like a classic English rifle.  Good hunting with whatever you decide to buy / build. Mehul Kamdar "I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."-- Patrick Henry | |||
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the ruger is a little smaller than the hh and so same size as the 458 win mag a good combo for sure ... | |||
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+1 Regards, Chuck "There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit" Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness" | |||
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My vote is for the .22 Hornet. John Taylor mentions it a lot. | |||
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