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[6pt-Sika]

Never set foot on the dark continent but ....... there are a few select ones I’d like to plunk . Number One is Sitatunga , then a Greater Kudu , a Bushbuck , possibly a Buff Buff and last and certainly not least Blue Duiker with a Parker stoked with my handloaded buckshot . Had a big one for a Blue Duiker ever since I watched a video of someone hunting them using Jack Russells to push them and shotgun loaded with buck to knock them over .

[Mills]

Parker with buckshot. . . . Ideas.

Now what kind of animal can I take with that?

[6pt-Sika]

The favorite rifle issue for me has covered a lot of ground in the last fifty years . First I was hung up on Ruger 77R’s with tang safety’s think I had twenty of them . Then I went to Pre 64 Model 70’s along with Kimber 89BGR Super Grades . Then I decided stainless synthetic 700’s were the thing , then Marlin lever actions , then
a pile of Ruger #1’s . Now I’ve kinda settled in with Remington 700 rebarreled rifles , few factory 700’s , a few Savage factory rifles , a few AR’s and of course my covey on Mannlicher Schoenauer’s . Had a taste for Sako rifles in there somewhere but only 7 or 8 of them long since down the road .

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Mills Morrison

Parker with buckshot. . . . Ideas.

Now what kind of animal can I take with that?

Blue Duiker !

[Mills]

That would be way cool!

[BRDHNTR]

Rich, I shot a zebra in south africa with numzaan safaris. We hunted a small herd of 6 zebra all day long. Did not get a clean shot with my model 70 in 30-06 until very late afternoon. Zebras have keen hearing and other senses. One of the hardest to stalk on foot. Imho

[C.O.B.]

They are indeed tough Allen. I used a 338 once and a custom 416 Taylor on the other one. People not in the know think they are like a barnyard animal nothing is further from the truth.

[charlie cleveland]

mills there could be a lot of things you could take with a parker shotgun over there...bet they got lots of birds....i bet a fellow could even take a lion with 00 buck in a 12 ga parker... i can see you now foot propped up on that big lion parker in hand what a picture that would be...i bet you could makthe front page of parker magazine..ha..charlie

[Dollar]

MY favorite rifle is Browning 78 in 25-06 it has served me well dropping many deer.
Also very partial to ruger no 1 in any any caliber.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Bob Hayes

MY favorite rifle is Browning 78 in 25-06 it has served me well dropping many deer.
Also very partial to ruger no 1 in any any caliber.

I remmember first seeing a Browning 78 in 22-250 when I was about 12-14 woulda been around 73-75 anyway I always thought they were nice looking . I got a 78 octagon barreled gun in 25-06 about six years ago , did very well on paper but I never hunted it before I sold it . Ruger #1’s on the other hand have killed a veritable pile of deer for me . I did however get one of the semi recent manufacture Winchester 1885’s in 270 WSM and I did knock over a deer with that one . I wish I’d chronographed my handloads in that rifle , I suspect with the 28” barrel they were doing pretty well .