I would be interested in professional hunters' opinions, but I would not want that heavy cocking safety on a stopping rifle. It is fine for hunting, when you have time to get into position and line up your shot, but in thick bush serious trouble can appear instantaneously just yards away. I would find the effort to cock/disengage the safety too distracting and clumsy when milliseconds count.
I posed a similar question to the South African PHs I spent some time w/ & for each game / predator animal(& the jackal rates up there @ the top for cunning and instilling fear in a farmer's flock) the bullet is the 1st concern(within a certain diameter of course). Next is the cartridge which will basically determine the platform be it bolt, double, single, etc. When I mentioned a DR chambering they always, always lost favour & sort of cast it aside / dismissed it. But the PHs want you to use something that is 2nd hand to you; an extension of yourself. Something that you perform all the task on the bells & whistles on the platform without thinking. After being in a bona fide "iffy" situation, I now know I would prefer a hammer DR(SxS) because that is mainly what I shoot. I can shoot a stacked arm well but I for one would not rely on a single trigger by no means.
I was too spent to go on an all night Jackal hunt, but that is now on my list.
Lovely Krieghoff and there's nothing short 'bout it nor the chambering. Shoot it well & often and become intimate w/ it. Then travel w/ it to the Dark Continent & put it to the test.
Cheers,
Raimey
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