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I have been fortunate enough to hunt elephants several times over the last 30 years and have experienced the various hunting methods. The ultimate experience, in every case, remains a classic elephant trophy hunt in an open area with unlimited tusk weight. Unfortunately, these hunts have become...

It is always very interesting to read about what someone want to shoot, the minimum of the desirable tusk weight and nothing less. But one have to find this trophy and above all to invest the necessary money to have a chance. To shoot cows or tusk-less elephants as an alternative, if the money...

As I already mentioned, you cannot absolutely rely on the burning rate charts when looking for powder equivalents. You need precise data on the very different types of powder to be able to compare them. Unfortunately, these parameters are very hard to find. You can ask the manufacturers, but...

I try to use the powders recommended by the manufacturers for the respective cartridges and the bullet. This is certainly not always easy, especially when it comes to powders that are not available in our countries or to reload big bore cartridges. For the latter, there are often little load...

Assessments of hunting areas are always very subjective. I also had many prejudices about some hunting areas, but after being there myself, I changed my opinion. The same applies to the Limpopo game reserve in South Africa. Certainly, there are a lot of fences there, but according to the PH's...

As I said, it is better one would have to see before some black rhinos in the wild to be able to compare them properly. I have never seen one. A PH once showed me a track in the Gwayi area of Zimbabwe, but that was all.

I have to agree with you. I am not a rhino expert, saw in my life only very few in the wild, but last week I was lucky enough to see six white rhinos in the Limpopo game reserve, four bulls and a cow with a calf. One bull with a big horn was standing broadside at dusk and, based on his...

The same style also existed for the Carabine Rival from Manufrance, but the name RIVAL should be written on the receiver and I only know in this version rifles caliber 10,75x68.

I am not an expert, but it could be a Zivilmauser rifle with a 3/4 stock African Type in a high quality version. If that is the case, there are not that many and are highly desirable by collectors.

I own a custom rifle caliber 460 Weatherby Magnum built with a Brevex Mauser action, with which I have fired hundreds of rounds over the last 30 years. No sign of any wear.

Interesting, but how relevant are such parameters in practice? It is certainly good to know that when you select a cartridge for hunting DG to be sure that you also bought a suitable firearm for it, but I would not do that only based on such criteria.

I am not so sure about that. Where did you get this information? Armes Prestige is the owner of Armurerie Elysées and is just a seller of high quality hunting rifles. It is for this reason not out of question that these rifles are built in Liège again. That seems to be the case if you search...

The cartridge 8x64 Brenneke was a good cartridge, but she never was really successful because at that time the cartridge 8x57IS was the placeholder in this caliber class. Brenneke had hoped that the Army would be interested, but that was not the case. Thereafter, she had to compete with the...