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I have an AT-4, if that is of interest. Otherwise: eBay is your friend. Search for 'aluminum guncases'. Be careful to avoid Chinese rubbish, which will leave your rifle rattling round like a pea in a whistle. Other manufacturers of similar suitable guncases: Tuffpak, SKB, Impact Case &...

The reason for that is that FMJ ('solid' or 'ball') ammunition will simply pass through a soft-skinned animal, without delivering energy or shock. It is for this reason that it is illegal to use non-expanding ammunition on deer in Scotland.

Mark Crudgington at George Gibbs Paul Roberts (of course) Lee Butler Mauser used to sell take-down rifles as part of their 'Diplomat' range, but - if they still make them - they are not on the website. On the basis that if you don't ask, the answer is going to be 'no', it might be worth...

Dear Gentlemen, thank you for your help. In answer to Mr. 375 Ruger Fan, the Mannlicher has a length of 42" (105cm). The two double rifles are essentially the same as dismantled shotguns. Bloody Richard Branson has also increased the outsize baggage fee to £200 ($250) each way. No wonder the...

Hello everyone - I am hoping that someone might be able to help with this inquiry. Ideally what I would like to do is to fit two dismantled double rifles and one Mannlicher rifle (length: 42"/ 105cm) into one rifle or shotgun flight case, which complies with the checked-in baggage dimensions...

WHAT A BALLS UP Watch awkward moment TV hosts are tricked into cutting to video of man using his testicles to eclipse the sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/27225061/watch-video-mans-genitals-tv-eclipse/

Personally, I would regard adding a telescopic sight as sacrilegious. They spoil the lines of the rifle and usually reduce its value. Telescopic sights are difficult to mount on an MS because of the split rear bridge and the high angle of the bolt handle when open. This means that the 'scopes...

My thoughts: (1) The best camouflage pattern that I have found for creeping around mopani bush is Polish Woodland camouflage. (2) The best shirt that I have come across is a British Army replica Aertex shirt. (3) Rigby make some good cotton piqué t-shirts in green and brown, but they are...

From memory, the minimum calibre requirements were brought in by the game departments in order to prevent tourists poking the animals with too-weedy calibres; probably the 1911 death of George Grey attempting to use a .280 Ross against lion was the catalyst. Pondoro Taylor writes - again from...

Ok - not a rifle, but a set of 'big 5' (lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, rhinoceros) bronze sculptures by someone called David Cemmick (whoever he is) and retailed by Holland & Holland. No doubt Hollands charged a fortune, and they are now coming up second-hand at auction...

Welcome, Harry. To a newcomer, my advice to you is: (1) avoid the Politics forum, which is full of lefties; and, (2) watch out for the Australians, especially the one called Bob.

The French have some interesting brands: ZRC - https://zrc1904.com/category/watches/ They are overpriced (and more than you want to pay) for what they are, being (I think) a standard ETA movement. They did some bronze-cased versions a few years ago which you might find online. Otherwise...

In London, there are specific gangs ('Rolex rippers') that target Rolex wearers. The modus operandi is apparently that a pretty girl (or boy - some of these muggings take place in Soho) acts as a spotter and you get jumped after leaving the restaurant or pub. Sometimes things escalate to murder...

1. Mannlicher-Schönauer 2. Everything else

Stippling. Its purpose is to prevent a heat mirage arising above the barrel. English double rifles typically have the centre rib stippled. It can additionally be used to hide damage.

Westley Richards have a GMA barrelled action for sale at $5,500: https://www.westleyrichards.com/usedguns/view/rifles/1698866306-granite-mountain-arms--500-jeffery/ For stocking, I'd use Mark Crudgington of George Gibbs.

Thinking about this a bit more, you might be interested in a Rigby Paso Robles rifle. They were built down to a price, but based on a German action, and were sold on the basis of the ignorant not realising that they were buying a considerably inferior product than they may have thought. There...

Somewhere in Pierre van der Walt's book, 'African Dangerous Game Cartridges' - I think it is, I don't have my copy to hand - he makes the point that he has two sons, one of whom uses a double and the other a bolt-action rifle. The one who uses the double would have been killed had he had a...

See also the original forum: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/for-sale-fixer-searcy-double-in-500-416-ne.44901/ My own thoughts on the subject are that Rookhawk demonstrated convincingly that that rifle had been incompetently repaired and Mr. Searcy did not cover himself in glory by...

See this forum: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/comparison-heym-89b-vs-searcy-classic.65739/

It's made the 'Daily Mail': https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13077549/Terrifying-moment-wounded-buffalo-hunter-air-South-Africa.html

The Spaniards (or at least the Catalans) have a good saying: ‘God gave him the gift of stupidity.’

This chap has some thoughts on hair-removal products: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3GDDEL1SC1QQ5

Don't pull it into your cheek too much: there is a lot of recoil on these heavy calibres and if you make too tight a weld the recoil transmits into your head.

Herr Miedler is the man to go to for Mannlicher-Schönauer parts: https://shop.miedler-waffen.at/Mannlicher-Schoenauer He may be able to fit you up with a new stock. In the UK, there are two gunsmiths who specialise in these rifles and might be able to source a stock for you instead of having...

Tacitus: The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. (Annals, book XV, ch. 50) Marcus Aurelius: Be like the rocky promontory against which the waves continually break, but stands firm and tames the fury of the water about it. (Meditations) Shakespeare: I dare do all...

You should be able to clench your knife in your mouth, so that you can dive into a river and swim with both arms unencumbered. I am sure there must be a Capstick story about how he wrestled with a great white shark in some nameless African river.

Sir Samuel Barker, author of 'Wild Beasts and their Ways' - basically the originator of sport hunting safaris - had a Scottish broadsword cut down to an 18" blade which he used. That would look cool. He also had a two-bore (black powder) rifle which - from memory - his servants called 'Child of...

LOP = Length of pull

In 1910, W.W Greener wrote (in The Gun and its Development): In no country are better sportsmen to be found than in the United States of America, nor does any country possess keener buyers or better men of business, yet is so much of the worthless of the (mass production) gun-factories offered...

I have used these from the late '70s. The first generation did not even have a rigid chassis, so it was quite easy to pick it up at a corner and pull and push it if it got stuck. The second generation, which is what we are on now, is heavier and more rigid. These are the go-to vehicles for...

To be fair, WAB, they are young, and the only way to get experience is to get out there and do it. And they have had the honesty to post - what seems to be - a fair account of what they got up to. That said, the way that they went about matters does not seem particularly sporting or respectful...

Paul Roberts has a Browning over-and-under with barrels in 9.3x74R and 20 bore, which may be of interest: https://jroberts-gunmakers.co.uk/rifles/browning-combination-9-3-x-74r-rifle-and-20-bore-shotgun/

A couple more: William Moore & Grey Paul Roberts

A copy of a book called, 'American Engravers, The 21st Century' by Roger Biele (whoever he is) coming up for sale at auction - perhaps of interest to those wishing to add decoration...

In answer to Hunter Habib's question - which British gunmakers still make boxlock double rifles - here is a list, possibly with some confusion regarding sidelocks, sideplates, and boxlocks. Boss (you want to drag a hand-built rifle through the thorns?!) Lee Butler E.J. Churchill (according to...

Chapuis also does a very highly regarded double rifle in 9.3x74R. Here for the original website. Here for the USA importer.

The scuttlebutt has been that Rigby's (non-Mauser) actions are fabricated by Mayfair Engineering, a specialist English gun trade CAD-CAM fabricator. They used to have a website - http://www.mayfairengineering.com/ - but it has mysteriously gone off-line. The forend latch on the Shikari rifle is...

Nooooo! Don't 'scope it at all!

The link is here. Does it have a doll's head extension (there are no photographs of the top of the action)?

Without accepting any responsibility for this advice, I suggest that the simplest thing to do is to get the serial number engraved on the trigger guard (where it ought to be anyway, in my opinion). That way, when you clear customs, all you have to do is turn the rifle over and show the customs...

I had a problem in Warsaw airport with a Beretta shotgun stock. It had been refurbished in Poland, and I had it in my carry-on luggage. Of course it was spotted going through the x-ray machine and I was told that it was inadmissible to be carried. In vain I argued that it was just a piece of...

re. chequering. The English gun trade considers that fine chequering is for shotguns - in the back of my mind is lurking the suspicion that it is at 24 lines per inch - and coarse chequering for big bore rifles. The reason for the coarser chequering being to allow a sweaty hand to get a good grip.

Another option is to approach Holts auctioneers and ask them to value the gun. Squinting at your pictures, a starting price for what you have there is somewhere around £10,000 ($12,500), but it is very difficult to tell without knowing more. As to the ammunition, first you need to know the...

For God's sake, the original poster comes from Sweden. Lundhags. Either of the Bjerg or Stuore models would be excellent. My son took a pair of low cut Stuore earlier this year and was fine with them. They did, however, need a considerable dosing in neatsfoot oil to soften them up beforehand...

So am I! Some rather alarming negligence in awareness where the rifle is pointing.

'The Tiger and Harry Black'... the first shot of the Land Rover (11 minutes in) has it with its bonnet up.

An alternative would also be Mark Crudgington of George Gibbs gunmakers. Also specialise in blinging-up Ruger No. 1s with side plates and pistol 'scopes, and so on. Very knowledgable. I see that he is quoting a price 'starting from' £14,000 (ex tax) for a new rifle in Gibbs .505 (but I also see...