If someone wanted one good versatile hunting rifle as opposed to multiples what chambering or cartridge would you suggest.

Where I’m saying hunting rifle I’m thinking hunting deer and pigs in Australia, Plains game in Africa, Deer in the UK or Elk or whitetail in the US or something in Europe. Generally any huntable species excluding varmints and dangerous game or rifles configured to those purposes.

The context is that the .308 common so if you wanted a nice scoped rifle in some other...

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The Mrs. is getting into the spirit of things but has asked me a couple of questions that I can't answer so I'll leave it to the old timers who have done it before:

1) Apparently SA has a lot of snakes, many of which are venomous. What is the likelihood of encountering something like a mamba, puff adder, or cobra? Are snakeproof gaiters recommended? We ran into a water moccasin last year while hog hunting in Texas. I blew it apart with my 45-70, which she found amusing getting rained on...

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I am tempted…I have two Rigby HS in 275 and 9.3x62. I also have a Rigby DR in 450 NE. I think I have all that I need…however I have found a really good deal on a Rigby Big Game in 404J

Please talk me out of this!!!

I was thinking I haven’t seen or heard a lot about Angola hunting since it opened up in July 2025. Who has been there since it opened up in 2025?

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