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[John Duarte]

Bob,
I took a 30+" waterbuck, an ancient Burchell's zebra stallion, a warthog with huge tusks, the left one was broken, but he still looks great. Fred the PH wanted a non-trophy oryx for meat and bagged one with a broken horn.
As far as rifles go, I've only brought one one each trip. The first two trips I used a .300 Weatherby Mk V loaded with 200 grain Nosler partions hand loded to 2820 fps. The next two hunts I used a .300 Win Mag. M70 Stainless classic loaded with 220 grain bonded core bullets of my own make. They were loded to 2660 fps. This last trip I used a new Remington M700 in .30/06 with a 220 grain bullet like the others, but not bonded. These had a MV of 2360 fps.
I took animals ranging fron springbok to eland with mostly one shot - four required two shots. The 30/06 seemed to perform as good as the magnums.
I've watched guys register two rifles in Windhoek and it is not too difficult. You can down load the form at www.napha.com.na. The real pain in your itinerary is going to be Cape Town. The new gun laws for RSA are Draconian. I did the Cape Town thing just once and will avoid it if possible forever. There is a flight from Frankfurt am Main to Windhoek, did you try to book it?
John