[elcid1970]

Take a brown bear with a .348? I'd be more comfortable with the .375.

I have a classmate who hunts in Africa. Owns inherited fine double rifles. But his `bread & butter' rifle is a pre-64 Model 70 in .375 H&H. Works on everything up to and including buffalo. The `30-30' of Africa.

BTW, I fired his .375 with reduced `Cream of Wheat' loads, then full factory loads. Not that bad.

[AnAmericanMother]

My mama couldn't shoot anything heavier. Even her dove gun is a 28 ga. (I have it now - it's an old Rem 11-48 and it's the best natural pointer ever. I shot skeet with it for years and routinely broke more than 20 - took it out after an 18 year layoff to shoot sporting clays, powdered everything close but ran out of momentum on the long ones. So I had to invest in an 1100 in 20 ga. . . . oh well.) < g >

Dad was going to do the business with the .375. And you're right, that's the bread and butter rifle in Africa, although it's too much for almost any North American game.