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Originally Posted by Guymullins
After a four hour drive we arrived at the game farm. The good summer rains had been kind to the animals and they thrived in their thousands in the high grass. I took 3 big fat Impala and two Blessbuck and my buddy took the same with the addition of 4 warthogs (which I don't shoot). I had some puzzling problems with my Remington .375 in that it began shooting high over the backs of the game, despite being ranged in at the start of the hunt and not being jarred in any way. On going back to the range mid-hunt, I found it was shooting 17 clicks high at 100 yds. On re-setting the scope, it behaved well thereafter. Mounts were tight and it is a fairly new Leopold VX3. I used the 30-06 instead and it performed well with its ancient, and somewhat dim Weaver K4. It doesn't put the animals down with as much authority, but does the job.
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That sounds like a fun hunt.
Good grief, you guys shoot some cannons!
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