Recent content by Sarg

Yes I did a similar look about (reading old books & on line) on 2 Bore rifles years ago & I don’t think anyone really used a real 2 bore Rifle back in the day, big 4 bores yes & some shoulder fired Shotgun guns “maybe” but mostly for use on a Punt, shooting Water Fowl. Wall & Rampart guns also...

Maybe Samuel Baker he supposedly had a 2 Bore called “Baby” that wizzed him around like a wind cock ? 1860s so a ML of around 20lbs I think Freddy Selous used a 4 bore that got double charged & split his face open & he later said he wished he hadn’t started shooting such a big bore as it blew...

I think you mean a Mannlicher-Schonauer ? I don’t think the Styer Mannlicher in modern calibres came out until the late 1960s ? I have several Mannlicher Schonauer & early Styer rifles but wouldn’t own a Styer Mannlicher, well I’ve had two, one an awesome little rifle in .222 Rem but crap...

How is this possible, the voted most dangerous of DG, Elephant with calf afoot being ridden, quieter then a farmed Friesian or Jersey Cow ! Thank you for your post on Hannibal’s Elephants, I was unaware they were of a African subspecies. If you look hard at true Forest Elephants they certainly...

Different subject but I must agree on old time writers making them selves famous by writing books on themselves, no doubt there were many hunters/shooters as good or better that kept out of the lime light ? On trick shots or amazing skills , I have had some amazing pistol shooters as clients...

The 9.5x57 Mannlicher Schoenauer = 9.5x56 MS = .375 Rimless Nitro 2 1/4in any one of those packets which are the same cartridge. Funny hard to find Kynoch .303 Brit here & there was - is thousands of them but .405win .35 Win & 9x57 by the 10s & just about never see a rifle ?

I collect cartridges & Kynoch packets, they have no great value & that packet is border line but still would be nice in some ones collection, some like full packets like I used to but over time the cartridges damage the packets or have potential to so, now I'm fine with empty's & with more...

Are people rethinking or postponing hunts to Cameroon this year ? We all thought it would get messy over the election as it seems in all African countries. I have have to change plans or cancel hunts from West to East Africa in the past !

Haha “time to rebarrel” well you aren’t going to wear that barrel out bud, maybe if you fell off a cliff ? Is yours a wood stock or the Black Synthetic stock ? A thing to watch on the Black Synthetic, I was in Namibia waiting up in a Kopje for a huge Gemsbuck Bull to move into a different...

Blasphemy ! Yes it can be done on a suitable strong actioned rifle but you will be ruining it & seriously effecting the rifles value ! No many cheap firearms are in .375Ex 2 1/2in more so if it will fit the .375 H&H Flanged Magnum, I have a few bolt guns in .375Ex 2 1/2in but non would fit...

Do you have a Zastava 9.3x62 ? I have a few 9.3x62s & one is a Zastava very light but the recoil isn’t too bad, my barrel is incredibly thin, like a .410 shotgun .

While I believe the .280 AI shows significant increases in velocity over the standard .280 the 30/06 AI that I had couldn’t do much more than a well loaded standard 30/06 . The 9.3x62 is darn near an improved case anyway & with proper loading will do anything you would want with that caliber I...

I have only shot flat nose projectiles up to .577 into animals, some subsonic & the flat nose (large Meplat) makes a amazing difference. I have a large 12bore Double rifle near 15lbs that i have shot a few animals with but used RB, they all died nicely but only up to Deer size, I also have a...

These look like a great idea for county's where multiple species may be encountered & on license at the same time of year, we can't take Shotguns or Rimfires onto public hunting grounds in NZ I think to preclude hunters from shooting Native birds, it was common for indigenous folks to shoot our...

Haha that’s exactly what I did to my sight but I soldered on as a fair bit of recoil in that little rifle, would you believe while dressing (why I have green masking tape on barrel) down & sighting I took one rub too much & it’s high again ! Martini’s are very strong rifles & action type...