Recent content by Leadwood

Please send some pictures of your stunning double @ Matt85. I remember an article in Man Magnum many years ago by Brian Marsh featuring Bill Feldstein's 8-Bore H&H Double. He said it was the most effective calibre on buffalo that he ever used. And he went on more safaris than most. Ps: have you...

A Few from the Northern Cape ....I really like hunting old and broken rams......

I was hunting kudu on our game farm late afternoon in the hills......was 12 years old. Saw a big snake entering a hole.....ran to it and started pulling it back out. While trying to get it out I realised 2 things......one, the snake was bloody strong and two, it was most definitely not a python...

The Norma Oryx......but Lapua will work just as well.......

You cannot go wrong with that choice for PG including eland. I grew up with a Musgrave 30-06 and firmly believe it does it's best work with 200gr - 220gr bullets. Regards

Great video..... Superb PH......

Great bear @Flipper! Who is the guy sitting in the tree behind you? Above your watch......

Thank you for a great report @ Green Chile. Insightful and interesting......and good-looking bears ! Not likely to come across any here in SA...but seems like a trip is in the making for 2027. Would like to DM you for some references. Regards

Great rifle and caliber! Perfect for the bushveld with handloads. My late Grandfather owned one just like this.....used it on buffalo and PG till he passed away. I still regret not being able to trace and buy it.

Your choice will work.....use caution re shot placement and it will be smiling faces all-round. Most of my eland was taken with a 30-06 [ 180gr & 220 gr ], some with 375 H&H [ 270gr & 300 gr ], and some with the Rigby 416 [ 400gr ]. Never had any problems with the 30-06. Eland are not difficult...

Pleasure @ Spey......

PHC had a way with words few could match. He conveyed Africa through his writings in such a way that one could perceive the sounds, smells and sights through his words. He remains my favourite writer on African hunting. His best paragraph from all his books : " If a man will live his life in...

6.5×55 Swedish [ 140gr -156gr] 30-06 [ 180 - 220gr ] 375 H&H [ 270gr- 350gr ] 416 Rigby [ 400gr @ 2350fps ]

Hello @Lefty I started out with a Super Redhawk 44 Mag for a few years in the bushveld early 90's. Very comfortable and accurate enough at 50 yards off-hand. Moved on to a S&W 460 XVR. Hunted quite a bit with it....being from South Africa ammunition was/is very limited. Loading was only...

1. Altai Argali on horseback in Tajikistan/ Mongolia. 2. Polar Bear in the Arctic with local tribe. 3. Giant Coastal Brown Bear in Alaska. 4. Pygmy Forest Elephant Bull in Congo. 5. Twenty-one day foot safari for an ancient, broken-tusked elephant Bull in Nyae-Nyae Conservancy, Namibia with...