Recent content by SWS1

That 500 looks lovely Well done

Aren’t they between Wanaka and Cromwell? I’m lucky enough to live down here and commute between Invercargill, Wanaka and Queenstown for work. Beautiful countryside. I’d always recommend people who make the trip to add on a side trip to Doubtful Sound; and do some trout fishing. Love Wanaka...

Are you looking for free range reds or estate? Tahr as a good foot hunt or would you want one taken with the helicopter ? I’d look at Sambar, and rusa too whilst here. For a good foot hunted tahr you’d struggle to look past Hardyards Hunting. Sambar and Rusa - Chris sharpe trophy hunting

Sarg - what is the antique looking mount on the bottom right? A small Gaur ?

I was going to say surely it’s just a matter of getting the weight and speeds of the load that it’s been regulated for ? Then match that with whatever combination of brass, projectiles and powder you want to utilise? I’ve got a 470 being built that’s at the moment being regulated with Hornady...

Thank you.. yes very happy with what they are producing for me! Already have my eyes on the next project for them!

I started off my international hunting chasing the various Capra species around the world.. in fact the passion for that was one of the driving factors around us emigrating half the world away to New Zealand where I could happily chase Tahr and chammy to my hearts content. Unfortunately a rather...

I’m always curious why if it’s one buff skull you couldn’t put it in a bag and fly back with it - then pay for fumigation etc when you land in the uk? I was resident in the uk for 30 odd years and emigrated to NZ. I quite regularly bring skull mounts back into NZ with me (non cites species)...

I've been fortunate enough to hunt them three years running. Year one I hunted with Simon Kyle-Little. An absolute legend of water buffalo hunting. Font of knowledge and a great first big game hunt. Last two times i've been with Walkabout Safaris. Wonderful and managed to take great banteng as...

Would that be the ones that KDT built? If so they look gorgeous!

Assuming they’ve not regulated it yet and as such haven’t confirmed what Grain bullet she’ll be using and as such will engrave that on after ?? Having said that are there that many bullet weights to choose for a 470?

A thing of beauty!! well done indeed. Is she off to be Colour Case Hardened at St Legers?

I got my Lancaster .375 London best in about 16 months which I thought was incredibly quick! My 470 from them will be around 3 years.. so yes it’s definitely possible for some of the top makers to perform to a set timescale.

Nice work The Territory really is a sportsman’s paradise I was up there in late October this year and was amazed at how much more humid it was then my usual September visit

Australia is a pretty straightforward country for me to hunt being based in NZ. I can leave home at lunchtime, be in Darwin by midnight and be in camp by lunch the next day - its a convenient way for me to hunt big game and with children and a business much easier for me to get approval for from...