Experts have proven less is suitable, long as the penetration isn’t traded off; that’s the one required constant that links them all lest for my last thought at the end.
Some are better all rounders than others, like the .375, it both works in close and reaches afar equally well, compared to say a .500 Nitro Express or .458 Win. The answer on range should be obvious, a dangerous game rifle can shoot far, but is optimized for shooting close. .375s also the usual African Big Five minimum, though some countries make exceptions. Some do it all, like the .458 Lott, but only Doglegs and other likeable masochists shoot them for full days. The last thing that links them? They put a sideways smile on your face. A sense of adventure when one is in your hands, whether that’s at home in winter daydreaming, or on your shoulder salmon fishing or taking wildlife photos. Or berry picking for that matter as recently established.
They’re tools of a wilder, mostly lost world, and a fondness of them is something I’ve been unable to shake even as I pack the camera now rather than the rifle chasing the allegedly highly dangerous game. There’s some creatures the concern’s less to make light of, and has a less imagined component, but they live on another continent I’ll look forward to returning to soon again. And you bet a .375 will be on my shoulder again, and that it will feel like life being lived… with a little sideways smile just the camera or berry basket doesn’t quite bring. I hope you can see the fun in this and these rifles riverrest, you’ve seemed an irritable soul in many directions through recent years. Quality time with a dangerous game rifle is a well known prescription for that.
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