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Kevins books goes for premium prices these days. Glad I bought mine for a silly dollar back 14 years ago. The books are recommended. Love particular his book on buffalohunting. That one I have is a limited edition from Safari Press. Not many for sale but one. Why the typing is with fat letters...

The .450s is build slimmer than the .470s. Enough for most. Lovely rifle as expected from WR.

If there ever was one .375H&H to own it must be it.

added a few more here this week.

New(old books) in the stable. Got a good deal on all of them. Collecting books from the NA continent for me is new. Will get a few more to be represented of that continent.

Hootee bad guys in boats,.:lol

I have shot these Heym Express models in .375H&H and .500Jeffery. The action is the slickest action I`ve ever handled.

Well Phil. Its like asking for a car that works well on offroad and racetrack. A M98 in .30-06 or 9,3mm and you are close. If bear, lions and elephant later show up on the menu, then a 458 LOtt might be what you really want.

It would be very difficult to make a poll in Russia to get a truthful picture of how much the russians trust their media. Most media in Russia are Stateowned media that will never speak against the regime. The few independed media who do excist have a tradition to get their journalist killed if...

Many went.....even more yet to go.

Its not a smallring Mauser for one thing. But its a nice rifle for sure. There were a few gunmakers that made the 6,5mm Schönauer in M98 action in that period. The proof codes can usually tell whether this rifle was a commercial or a military action to begin with. For me it is a commercial gun...

I have no evidence in regards to whom actually was behind, however the rumours goes that the US had a strong interests and had the type of Equipment to pull of such operation in a monitored sea. I doubt there will be a pipeline Russia in any near future and you`re right it is a waypoint. I am...

The reaction is silence. Angela Merkel who made the agreement with Russia was a communist in discuise. She has done more damage on Germany than Hitler ever did. All the European Union followers(the establishment) wanted the pipeline. I would say US has done us a favor. I would much rather buy...

Gosh I wouldn`t even know where to start....:LOL Na,,, you haven`t paid for the westerns worlds defense since 1944, But I admit it does sounds good. The government in my country doesn`t decide how long I should work. The time of hours of work is agreed between the employer and the employee. I...

Yep. Wunderbar!!. In regards to the Russian "man pool" 1940s vs Now. I wonder if the plan is to get as many young russians killed as possible so the nation will never recover. The plan is to spread the infomation the wests ammunition storages are emty and that Putin believes this and keeps...

I have handled a Midland .303 doublerifle in Copenhagen. Very heavy for a .303 but for a boxlock it had "purdey" wood. Very attractive gun but again one would feel one is hauling around with an anvil. My C&H .500ex is much lighter.

I have had the time to go through this new book. Yes there are a lot about over/under guns, but equally about anything else too. If one is into SxS and english(Woodward) gunhistory then this book will be a good addition to the gunlibrary(if there are anymore left).

Did you secure your copy?..Only 250 copies is made. Author is Purdey House manager.

Lots of fine guns doesn`t move. I have seen a nice Purdey dr in .400 Purdey I would love to own however the seller wants some + 40Ks for it which is what that is. Its been for sale for over a year(might even two years). However If I buy it and one day want to sell. How long would it take me to...

Supersized rookrifle. Beautiful it is.

Posted before. .450cal G. Gibbs. Webley P-HV action. According to the educated the best boxlock action ever made in those days.

From Kgalagadi. All my pics was taken with a simpel pocketcamera made by Sony.

From a few moments in Freestate.

Neither of the calibers you mention are bad. All good. The question is whether you want to go " full brit" for your African safari battery?....Then the there is no point of return. The .300HH, 318WR or .333Jeffery is a good companion to your .450/400 Jeffery. I would go for a straight wall...

Nobodys says ".30-06".....(I know Its not exotic but it works).

Love rifle indeed. This H&H is made on a "Climax" action which was patent in 1878(If I recall correct) which H&Hs real first succesful hammerless system. I doubt many full nitroloads went into these type actions. Blackpowder express cartridges and shotgun/paradox primarily. It was replaced...

Interesting. Normally after the proofact of 1887 all english gunmakers had to mark the borediameter in inches.....a la .500 instead of "38" or .450 instead of "52". My 10bore is marked .793"...

"Memories of a gameranger" by Harry Wolhuter "From Cape to Cairo" by Ewart E Grogan "African hunter" by Bror Blixen ...and the list could go on and on.

Interesting. I have met Mark Neil a few times and had the pleasure to spend a full day with him, Mark really wanted to restore "Rigby" to its past time glory, I had 2 Rigbymausers we agreed to copy, A 400/350 and a .303. Mark had unfortunatly allied himself with conartist named Peter Nerving(now...

Thanks you all. Looking so foreward to betrot african soil. Yep. Renting a car or borrow one.

Heading for SA in the 20th of JUne for just 4 weeks. This time I will just borrow a rifle. My main hunt is as simpel as it gets....Hunting springbok on the open grassveld for some 4-6 days. Maybe some warthogs and duikers too. Ever since I was diagnosed with Leukemia(survived so far)) my only...

Looking closely in center the "Zout Pan"(now Sout Pan) there is a place called "Lang Laagte" in the left corner. That salt pan just under is that very salt pan seen in the photo. I have hunted springbok there many times and are going again soon...very soon!..

The map I posted was given to me by my father-inlaw from SA. The book is a map only. Sort of a vintage version of a SA "Rand McNally". Such map as this one could have been used by all the famous persons we read about in the African hunting litterature. I wouldn't know if the british army would...

overhere we used to joke that if a guy needed to lose weight, one could ask "Are you pregnant?" or "at what date are you set to?".....

Yes. With a bit of reloaders magic. However, one does not buy a .30-30 thinking:" I can get it up to a .30-06" or one buys a .375Win thinking: "I can get it up to a .375H&H".. The 10,75x68 Mauser is made for boars, stags and bears or similar size animals on other continents. If one wants a...

I found "Transvaal" but no OFS.

Guess a year this map was made?. I don`t know but my guess is in the 1880s. When was the last time someone in Southafrica referred to "Orange River colony"?.. Transvaal and OF state are not yet to be found either. The now North West Province is called "British Bechuanaland"...

I would consider my .500ex a "lowpower bore"(if that catagory excist) . Yes I know .500cal is normally here in 2023 considered a big bore and it is. However powerwise it does only 2300 ft/ibs with a 370grain bullet. It means I would not consider use it for anything larger game than if I hade a...