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Are the Remington African Plains Rifle good rifles to take to Africa, such as one in .375 Ultra Mag. Are these good dangerous game rifles? Thanks. "Big ears doesn't make you a good listener, but big feet will tell on you." - Mr. Bill Clinton | ||
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If you don't mind hunt DG with a push-feed, get a Sako. George  | |||
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Sako had or has an "African" model with the bolt face open at the bottom. That may be CRF. Don't get a Remington for a DGR. Join the NRA | |||
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agreed. I happen to own one in 300 ultra mag. It was not by design, but by coincidence - I only purchased it b/c it was new and priced like a 700 ADL (came from an estate.) Shoots good, but for the retail asking price, there are better options available. | |||
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Not suitable for DG but OK for plains game as long as you don't keep a live round in the chamber. Of course you could have the safety changed to the M70 type. | |||
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If you like the gun go hunting with it. A lot of DG has been taked with the Remington. It would not be my personal choice because because I have other rifles, however my good friend used a Remington on his buffalo hunt and had no problems. In my opinion one needs to be sure that your weapon functions correctly prior to a hunt regardless of make or type. ****************************************************************** R. Lee Ermey: "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." ****************************************************************** We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!!!!! 'What the hell could possibly go wrong?' | |||
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Better yet, get a Winchester M70. Lawdog  | |||
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After I got into hunting plains game I wanted a bigger rifle in case.I had a model 700 in 7mm rem.mag.that no one would buy and I no longer used.My P.H.made the suggestion that I rebarrel it in .416 rem.mag.Everything I looked at and liked was out of my buget.It took a nice waterbuck and gemsbok last June with it.I really do not plan on it as a DGR,but its a hell of a wacking stick.If who you hunt with is ok with it why not.When I can afford to hunt dangerous game then I can afford a double. Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial. | |||
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