A Cape buffalo, a subspecies of African buffalo, grazes in Kenya's Lewa Wildlife Conservancy with a red-billed oxpecker on its back. Photograph by Ami Vitale, Nat Geo Image Collection.

Dangerous game, like the Cape buffalo, drove development of big bore double rifles. Dangerous game keeps them relevant to this day. Ron Spomer Just as the lever-action .30/30 is iconic in the North ...