The year 1912 was a hallmark year for those of us who love the sport of big game hunting. Holland…
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In Part I of this article I talked about new ideas and advanced concepts relating to barrels and iron sights.…
In part one of this article several issues associated with barrels and iron front sights were discussed at length. Now…
The basic design for a Dangerous Game Rifle (DGR) was finalized by English gun makers such as Holland and Holland,…
He had mentioned something about “the monster” when he picked me up at the airport in late July. One of…
My hunting buddy Mike Jines and I had just finished another whitetail season in South Texas. Neither of us took…
The great 9.3×62 Mauser is recognised in Europe and Africa as one of the best big game calibres ever, yet…
Having recently completed a free-lance safari for a local hunter/landowner in the Gwaai Valley, I was spending my ‘down time’ with my good friend Stuart Campbell on his Lion Ranch. He asked me to travel to Hwange town to collect some extra groceries, in preparation for the imminent arrival of a small group of South African visitors. Late that afternoon the guests arrived and one of them, an Air Steward with South African Airways expressed his eagerness to ‘shoot something’.
I am often asked what caliber rifle to take on an African plains game hunt. My response is usually, “What do you have in your gun case now”? The reason I ask that is because almost everyone already has a .270 Winchester, .30-06 Springfield, etc.
The recent introduction of new .17 caliber cartridges has brought with it a rebirth of interest in this often misunderstood,…