If pressed to the wall and forced to prescribe one “best” rifle for Cape buffalo in all circumstances, it would be this: A bolt action chambered in .458 Lott or .450 Ackley, weighing no more than 10 pounds all in (loaded, with scope and sling) and with a low-powered scope in a German claw mount.
The past few years have seen many rifles come on the market purporting to be for dangerous game, and many cartridges, factory and wildcat, but most of
