Recent content by Andries Marais

Excellent quality rifle and an excellent buy. If I still lived in Colorado I would not have hesitated a full day - my only hesitation would be my preference of a 660 mm (25.9") barrel for dangerous game in South Africa, but in the USA that 100 ft/sec loss with a 286 gr bullet is neither here...

1. The Rigby was not "designed for cordite". Cordite was the smokeless propellant at the time with very stable properties and every British-made cartridge used it. When the newer kernel propellants arrived on the market it was immediately used. The cordite or kernel propellant is neither here...

One should consider the .375 Ruger / .416 Ruger / .416 Remington Magnum as having modern brass. Al three are very high pressure cartridges compared to the .416 Rigby, and they have almost parallel sides. Our experience is (and I read it in these pages as well) that visiting hunters think that...

Thank you von Gruff.

Thank you, huntermn15.

If an animal is lost either the bullet or the hunter failed. Both are unacceptable regarding hunting ethics. There is no way a hunter can miss the animal when shooting from an ethical distance - he may miss the heart, maybe. When doing a tummy shot beyond 300 metres the animal will not even...

Good day, I am a South Africa PH, been hunting big game for 60 years, lived and hunted and guided in Colorado and Wyoming as well. Regards.