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When I think of a “Tahr Hunt” my mind conjures up images of a plane trip to “The land of the long white cloud” (New Zealand) and a journey into the “Lord of the Rings” country…

Sporting rifles need to have a degree of specialization for the type of shooting that the hunter will be engaging in. For example, for long range hunting where shots may need to be taken out beyond…

Although it is often thought that a double-rifle is such an expensive item that it’s not possible for the vast majority of shooters to own one, there is a good selection of double-rifles available from a…

If you are one of those blessed souls who is in the market for a stopping double-rifle then you are no doubt thinking about what caliber to have it built in. Nowadays there is an elegant…

Woodleigh bullets have established a strong reputation world wide for their big game and dangerous game bullets but the company is far more diverse than that as they make excellent bullets for smaller calibers as well,…

The movie “Out of Africa” stands out as one of Hollywood’s most outstanding creations. Meryl Streep and Robert Redford’s portrayals of Karen Blixen and Denys Finch Hatton were superb, and John Barry’s music was stunning. But…

The .375 Holland & Holland Magnum was the second attempt by Holland & Holland to create a belted big game rifle cartridge suitable for magazine rifles to be used on African and Asian dangerous game. Their…

Our ears were designed before guns were so they tend not to cope with gunshots terribly well. As a result many if not most people who get involved in the shooting sports finish up with some…

Scotsman John Farquharson (1833-1893) patented his legendary falling block action in 1872. He’d been working on improving single shot actions for a while including the Martini but his new design for his falling block action was…

At the Bonhams “Modern Sporting Guns” auction coming up in London, UK, on 2nd December there are four reasonably priced Mannlicher-Schönauer rifles on offer. The first, and for some the cream of the crop is a…