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The latest news on Jeffrey Lendrum this month... Predictable, a few years on.... https://www.outsideonline.com/2378786/egg-thief-jeffrey-lendrum-falcon?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=onsiteshare The latest add to the crimes of falsifying breeding data of raptors in the Matobo...

It is all the more important that this history has been published, especially as what Brian Nicolson pioneered in the Selous is a textbook example of a conservation plan write large. Bruce Kinloch wrote the Shamba Raiders, which is a fascinating read.

Hi Red Leg just read the account of Jim Corbett's .450/.400 auctioned from the late Elmer Keith's estate. Fascinating history. You mention there in passing of 2 Selous rifles now owned by Bill Jones. Do you know, or know who to ask, what has become of Selous' infamous .425 WR? grateful thanks...

POST 2: The poor quality of reporting on elephant conservation issues [in general] in this sad incident has indeed been magnified by the lapse of ethics and gross immaturity in attacks on the safari industry, which many active conservation scientists support as a sound model of land use policy...

POST 1: The regrettable standard of media reporting of this incident by writers employed as professional journalists is astoundingly poor. I hope Africa Geographic demonstrate some initiative in setting the record straight. This first demands some respect for scientific realities, especially...

Here follows 2 recent posts from the Africa Geographic Blog (under a report of last week’s death of Ian Gibson in Chewore) where at least some respondents are hitting the trolls with earthly realities. Minor copyedits for clarity. It quotes one of Peter Medawar's classics, and it takes no...

It is refreshing to read more and more of a rising appreciation of the .425 on AH and elsewhere on the web. There has also been a few magazine articles over the past couple of years that single out its strengths, and emphasize that those who criticize the calibre do so in ignorance or because...

It is great to read of fellow fervor coveting these fine rifles in all their splendid nuances. Here is the first post following the building of a bespoke gun using the combined CNC and traditional methods: http://www.theexplora.com/101-parts-the-gunmaking-starts-a-westley-richards-28g-droplock/...

The choice between detachable lock and rising bite is a tough one. So would would have to own one of each to decide this! Guess that's what how the late Elmer Keith did it, and he owned a .476 WR NE single trigger droplock that was among his vast collection auctioned earlier this year. I...

Agreed 100%. Alongside .425 the .318 is another African Classic (to quote an article on this calibre by Charley Haley that's available on AH

This is being posted under a general theme, as it's not strictly any category of rifle (and obviously also includes scatterguns). For a couple of years I have gained sublime pleasure and learnt equally much from my favourite blog on the www. This is under the auspices of Westley Richards and its...

Dear All After PM exchange with the kind and dedicated gentleman at the helm of AH admin and now reading this thread, I am re-posting an abridged original (from the Memorial thread for the late Ian Gibson tragically killed last week). Having seen the obscene trolling on the condolences thread I...