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The original bible of the topic. Most of what others say they know came originally from this book or the earlier editions. Including all the internet experts. So "ho him"I've found only one other copy for sale currently anywhere on the internet. On eBay new listed for Us$8500! Two or three...

i have a couple new copies. Will be selling by auction probably this week.

Some "loaners" can be absolute clunkers or setup in an annoying way. I remember one where the reticle of the scope was at quite a distinct angle. Also often if one has not been arranged there may not be a loaner in camp. Took a 9.3x74R double rifle once along with a .450 NE dr for a plains game...

Marius. most species of deer will go under a fence as well. 7 feet is fine for keeping most critters in. I do have some trouble believing a cyclone or wire fence will keep poachers out ...

Most people thankfully understand they are looking at a computer monitor .... ;)

Some others. Lots more could be listed. Some British and European cartridges: .375 Flanged .375 Nitro Express .318 Westley Richards - both in bolt actions and double rifles .333 Jeffery - rimless and rimmed .350 Rigby Magnum .400/.350 9.3x62 9.3x64 9.3x70 and a few other 9.3mms .358 Norma...

I've hunted on unfenced and also fenced properties. The best hunting has always easily been on free range unfenced properties. The fenced properties have included tame animals, animals being fed off the back of bakkies, animal bred in intensive pens and released at the beginning of the hunting...

Hi BillC, The trigger is a good point. I actually really like the set trigger on my Mauser M03. Pushing the trigger forward sets it to a very light weight. It allows very accurate shooting. But one must be incredibly careful not to fire by mistake, as that is easy. As my rifle has several...

BTW I once shot an older model Blaser in .375 which weighed a mere 6 1/4 lbs including scope and ammo and it was quite mean. The recoil numbers below do not really reflect how snappy that lightweight .375 was. Calibre / Bullet Weight in Grains / Bullet Velocity in fps / Powder Weight in Grains...

Good move. A .30 or 8mm makes a much better choice for a plains game safari, especially if one is not familiar with a .375 yet. A .375 is a "romantic" choice, and a good one if one is also hunting say buffalo or eland. In the end it is personal choice but also what one might be comfortable with...

Winchester Model 70 Featherweight in .30-06. Shot six to seven inch groups. Had it re-bedded. Worked on hand loads. Never improved below six to seven inches. Also I used to handload to have the bullet touch the lands of the rifling. This rifle ended up one time with the bullet pulling out and...

True. Always polite to post a credit or acknowledgement when one is known. The photo scan was once pinched by a "page" on the greatest photo stealing site that exists ie "Facebook". Along with a lot of other images. Facebook where huge whole profiles and pages exist almost entirely without...

"From my point of view, it is neither fish nor fowl, which caan make it just about right or not. Equiped with a good detachable scope system, it would be a fantastic all rounder. Perfect for lion, fine for leopard, buff, everything else and with good velocity ofr relatively flat trejectory. But...

Ah I see, it was a thread from six years ago, where when the comment was made LOTS of other members questioned it. I would think when it comes to double rifles, more members of NE would own medium bore ones than anywhere else on the net. And shoot them and hunt with them and the big bores more...

BTW that image is one I photocopied from a family's private history book and later scanned the photocopy to post on the net along with lots of other Indian and Asian hunting photos. They seem to pop up here and there in 'collections' occasionally. I know where it and many others have come from...

BTW why a .500/416 as listed? It is probably one of the least popular cartridges chambered into a DR. A .450, .470, .400 or even a .375 Flanged would all be more popular choices.

Haven't read all the posts, but if choosing, I wouldn't be considering the chamberings first, but the type of rifle. The .458 Lott would be a bolt action and the .500/416 either a DR or single. I would choose on that basis whether I had the need or desire for a rifle with the attributes (and...

Hi Mike, It is my first double rifle, a WJ Jeffery boxlock in .450 No.2 Nitro Express. It has worked well on a couple of cow elephant, a banteng, some water buffalo, some scrub bull, a fair number of boar, horses, donkeys, deer and all sorts! I've hunted cape buffalo more than one, but only...

Matt, I believe you got the wrong impression in your quotation above. The comment regarding the .500/416 and the .470 was not about the smaller big bores in .375, .400, .416. .404 being "too powerful for plains game and too small for DG -especially elephant". Nothing of that sort was said. It...

It's a pity people don't have the courtesy to acknowledge the origins of the images they pinch from elsewhere on the net ...

Came to read the thread and see what the story is about after seeing what Christina posted elsewhere. I am really dumb founded that a PH would recommend to a client to shoot a cape buffalo in low light or at night with the aid of a torch or other light. Irrespective of whether it is legal or...

Hell I didn't know Saeed was Scottish or Irish? :D Ray, surely you know how to spell your good mates name? ;)

I've shot two cow elephants only but like a .450 NE or larger for elephant. In reality no real difference between a .470 and a .450, a .450 to me is just that bit more "classic". Also can use other .458 bullets in it, more choice, of course depending on if the rifle can be shot to regulation in...

Hi Fred, Yes I understand the point re two sets of trophies. However there was actually only ONE trophy warthog, the tusks of which were on the manifest, invoice, billing, export documentation etc, just NOT in the actual shipment. The only SIX tusks were a curio shield, which was again listed...

Interesting .....

kuduman, Sounds expensive to me, especially in euros. Get quotes from others I suggest. I've had a couple of zebra felt rugs made, the last in 2002, but don't remember the price from back then.

As you have quoted my comment, I think I need to reply direct to your "general" comments. I think you need to actually read what I wrote, before writing in response to them really a load of BS. Or maybe the taxidermist should actually have decent systems in place, so they don't cut off the...

I used a 200 gr Nosler Partition "Semi-pointed" in my .30-06 for my eland. The semi-pointed Nosler Partition is no longer available.

BTW That means Trophaendienste sent to me a warthog skull, cape but NO tusks for a shoulder mount. How incompetent does a taxidermist need to be, to not notice the warthog tusks were missing for a warthog shoulder mount? I had to get an acquaintance to source another set from South Africa when...

Well I had a terrible experience with Trophaendienste . First they sent me a horrendously expensive bill for a dip and pack job, and SIX, note SIX warthog tusks mounted on a wooded board. After some "negotiation", ie saying they could keep the trophies at that price, the bill was marginally...