375hhforplainsgame

[Steve Franks]

Last year I went on my first plains game hunt with two rifles. My primary rifle was a CZ .375 H&H. The other was a .338, Model 70. My PH, when I asked what rifle to take, he said the one I shot the best. I took two medium caliber rifles because I was after "elk" size animals for the most part. If my .375 went down, then I had an equally great cartridg/rifle as a back up. My brother did the same, except his .375, Model 70 took a dump. We shot duplicate animals and we couldn't tell the difference between the two.

I started off with 260 Noslers, but soon switched to 300 grain Swift A-Frames. The 260's were exiting on the larger animals. As you know, if there is a drop of blood, you bought it, and that is why I went to the heavier bullet.

I plan on the biggest animal I'll hunt and if it will drop it, then smaller animals are no problem. Good luck, just practice a bunch.