Recent content by Kevin Peacocke

Folks shoot for different reasons, but they should only hunt with one objective, and that is to kill their quarry as fast and as humanely as possible. At the club we have the big recoil brigade who just enjoy the buzz of the big bang rifles. that is fair. But they seldom shoot them well into...

Medical sticking plasters, the antiseptic impregnated sort. Prevents minor wounds from becoming infected and creating issues. Put a few in your day kit. A pair of long shoe laces, to tie things, form a hat hold down or even replace a broken boot lace.

One of our Carruthers members got the Scottish Macnab in 2023, being a red stag, a salmon on fly and a brace of grouse, all in 24 hrs. We also have an air rifle version being a francolin, a bass and a hare all in 24 hours. This is called the Golden Macnab, and even that is hard to do . Two of us...

Hi Mark, I am so pleased that you tried the Hennenerger. I recently replaced the battery in my Trijicon RMR, which involves taking it off the mount. The POI remained exactly the same, due no doubt to the very accurate mating of the locating bumps to the indents in the base of the RMR and also...

Gemsbok, because it is so hardy, and handsome too.

Congratulations! That is indeed a petite little gun, much like the AYA 20 gauge I recently bought. It will be interesting to see how it shoots.

The Cabelas era is old history now and I have not heard any horror stories since, despite sticking close to double rifle news. Not even a mildly negative report. 450/400 is a fantastic calibre for a double especially, so I would say that you have landed well. Since you are on the right side of...

the PG, the PG!!

Well done Lyle, what a wonderful safari. And what a privilege to be able to end the suffering for those poor animals. What sort of range did you shoot the PH at?

I thought that the Iphisi was a plain or PH grade double, but that one looks well above that. Congratulations Dave.

Those of us that hunt DG choose to hunt DG and DANGER is written all over it. So I don't think that there is any onus upon an operator to restate that. Nobody wants to get hurt though, and the operator in particular doesn't need a bad incident and all the resulting fallout, as is happening here...

Nyakasanga in Zimbabwe is about tops, with CMS. There is nothing that comes close to the Zambezi Valley.

It would be so useful to know: 1. Was there a chance to fire any shots and if so by whom? 2. Was the buff hit? 3. If the buff was hit did it not stop due to insufficient stopping power or poor shot placement? 4. What could have been done differently, or better to help prevent something like this...

As I wrote in an earlier thread I recently had the pleasure to see and handle the Rigby Big Bore and the Heym Martini Express side by side and to me it is the Heym that is the Rolex and the Rigby the Omega. I know the definition of the photo below won't allow you to see the finer details, but...

Both are superb, Swarovski. It is not worth scrimping on glass.