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Alright, Gents. A discussion for you all. It goes without saying that those of us who've hunted with cup & core bullets... have all experienced jacket-core separation at least once or twice (if not more) in our hunting lives. Especially older hunters like me who began our adventures at a time...

It is truly with a heavy heart that I regret to announce the tragic passing of retired Tanzanian white hunter and game ranger, Mr. Terry Irwin earlier this month. I met him in Tanzania through a mutual friend in 2008 and we used to frequently correspond with one another via email and telephone...

U.N= Uneducated Nutcases

A friend writes hunting articles and thus asked me to post this thread on his behalf, so that he can collect data: How many famous African hunters can you all think of who used a .30-06 Springfield to take members of the African Big 5 ? Obviously, this would have to be in the years before...

Today, I received the following message from a new member. I told him that I would happily assist him in his research if he provided me with a photograph of his University of Cambridge ID card. But the poor fellow must have lost or misplaced it somewhere. When someone joins a hunting forum...

It is with a heavy heart that I must inform our fellow forum members that Major Poton Khan (Forum Name @Major Khan) has breathed his last at 8 AM on 8th January, 2024 in his home. He was 81 years old & very healthy for his age, but suffered from a lifelong fondness towards Keru (a locally...

To most younger generations of hunters, the name “Auguste Francotte” probably doesn’t mean much, but to those of us sportsmen who are of a certain age… the name is synonymous with a firm who was arguably Belgium’s finest manufacturer of sporting rifles & shotguns. I found this really...

It is with great regret that I write about the tragic demise of a great fellow sportsman & politician, Captain Gohar Ayub Khan (8/1/1937-17/11/2023). He had been suffering from dementia for several years before finally succumbing to his ailments one week back. So passionate was this gent in...

After returning from his life’s first African safari (to Tanzania) with me last month, my eldest grandson suddenly realized that he has become hopelessly addicted to hunting in the Dark Continent (much like what I unfortunately discovered about myself upon returning from Kenya in 1974). So I...

Hey, gents. Since a lot of you often get intrigued about how Royal Bengal tigers were hunted back in the good old days, I thought that perhaps this little article of mine might be of some interest to you all. Even though the hunting of Royal Bengal tigers became outlawed in our part of the...

It is with great regret that I must inform all of our fellow forum members about the unfortunate death of @SAFARIKIDD . He was a true sportsman and hunter to boot. A big bore enthusiast and a good man of solid character. He greatly assisted a mutual friend of ours in a time of need with...

Hey, gents. Finally got some free time on my hands since the weekend is beginning. So I decided to pen another one of my tiger hunting stories. I still don’t know if I’ll ever actually succeed in publishing a book based on my hunting adventures so far, but well… one must always be optimistic...

Hey, gents. A couple of months back, I shared an account of the hunt for the second of the 3 man eating Royal Bengal tigers which I had shot (1988), back when I used to be the DFO (Divisional Forest Officer) of the Sundarban mangrove forests. As I mentioned previously, I’m working with an...

Hey, gents. I’ve been throwing together a little book about my tiger hunting experiences since I’ve been told that there’s a market for this sort of thing. As many of you know, I used to be the D.F.O (Divisional Forest Officer) of the Sundarban mangrove forests from ‘81 to ‘89. After the...

At 10:37 AM this morning, my daughter gave birth to her second child … a boy and we (his parents & I) named him Rofik. Hopefully, he’ll turn out to be a passionate hunter and sportsman just like my other grandchildren. I hope to live at least long enough to take him on his first African safari...

The year was 1974, Kenya. Five of these Remington 300 Gr steel jacketed FMJ solids topped with an RWS 300 Gr TUG soft point in the magazine of my white hunter's loaned BRNO ZKK602 ( a .375 Holland & Holland Magnum ) were my setup for my African Cape Buffalo ( the first of several ). The soft...

In another thread, I see a lot of fellow members in despair now that the Woodleigh bullet factory has unfortunately been burnt down. For this reason, I decided to compile a small list of alternative bullet makers who ( I believe ) are currently in business to accommodate our needs: Monolithics-...

I recently picked up this box of Federal 175 Gr round nosed soft points for my E.J Churchill 7x57 mm Mauser. I’d really appreciate it if anybody here would be able to share their experiences with this make of 7 mm Mauser ammunition. In the past, I’ve used 175 grain Winchester Super X soft...

I saw a 7x57 mm Mauser today - The " Alpine " Model of the " Fire Arms Co. England " . What struck me as unusual , is that the rifle is proofed for a pressure of only 18.5 Tons Per Square Inch . Unless I'm very wrong , this amounts to only 37000 PSI or 2551 BAR ( I tried to do an online...