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limited, but, serious experience
Although I have only hunted in Africa under very controlled circumstances when providing meat for the "boys" at the ranch.
This September through the end of the year I will get a lot more of this type of experience and some "wild" experience too.
My partner owns a large ranch in central Tanzania where we have an office, so I get the odd chance to go afield.
I also have the luxury of being a dealer for H&H and owning several very nice H&H double rifles in 375 H&H, 416 Rigby and 470 N.E. So far the only one fired in anger is the 375 and the old (1931) girl performed perfectly. I have been shooting and practicing all summer with all three and hope to see how each works in the fall. It was a challenge to get the 375 to regulate, but, I finally found two very good handloads that work quite well. My partner owns a 458 Win Mag Holland double and he postively will NOT sell it. He promised to leave it to me in his will... now I just have to out live him!
Being a serious tradionalist, I shall shoot only double rifles in Africa and SXS shotguns as well. I carried the 375 H&H on a bear hunt in Canada and they all laughed at me. I didn't get a shot, but, they might have changed their minds if I had.
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