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  1. John Telford

    Would you give up a 100 pounder if asked to?

    If a country that allows hunting of elephants had to declare all big tusked and iconic bulls (those that are often seen by the photographic safaris and often named) “royal game” and thus frown upon the shooting of these or limit the trophy to say 80 pounds. Would you as a hunter rather not hunt...
  2. John Telford

    458 socom for charging cats?

    So I found myself in a Texas gun shop yesterday that had a big sign out front reading “ build your own AR...” . Since there were no classic rifles for me to fondle In this small but very interesting shop I got thinking about what ARI would build if it were legal to carry one as a PH back up? The...
  3. John Telford

    The humble 308 Win still a classic Bushveld caliber

    Their was a time in South Africa where hunters and shooters generally chose from 4 calibers if you were looking for a new rifle ie 3006 ,308 , 270, 243. Most hand me down rifles were usually.303 Brit or 7x57 mauser. Few hunters had a .375 in the safe. During the last 20 years Or so many new...
  4. John Telford

    Hello from Botswana and South Africa

    Like many other members on this forum I have been reading the posts on this site for many years and somehow feel that I already know many of you! I’m a collector of classic rifles, part time PH and Off road racing driver having done the Botswana 1000 km race a few times. Hunting is really a...
 
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