Recent content by Kevin Peacocke

I have the exact same No1 in 30-06 and it shoots well. I had one in 375 H&H and it wasn't bad on recoil.

One of the best looking cars ever built, what year is it? I also love the BMW 2800 and 3.0S sedans, pure elegance.

Look at how the light brings out the grain on that No1! And what a spectacular bull.

All of the above...

If the late Lon and Liesl who now runs the outfit use Mike then that would be good enough a recommendation for me. I visited Lon just before he passed away snd I believe I met Mike that evening, he had just guided a client on a successful leopard hunt.

Rook, I may get roasted for this, but I honestly prefer the lines of the No1 to the Model10. The thought of a 375 Flanged No1 is appealing. If that were to become a reality I would go to town on it, get a grade 9 stock, oxide colouring and a red recoil pad. Or if I could find it this Holland...

7x20 Swarovski pocket binos. Of course there would always be an Opinel No7 carbone in the opposite pocket, but that is taken for granted.

I shot my first buffalo with my Ruger No1 Tropical in 375H&H. It was fitted with a Leica Magnus 1-6.3x24i, a very nice set up. I wasn't concerned about the speed of the second shot, it was more using a single shot that appealed to me. It is just so correct. Now I use a double rifle for buffalo...

No CZ, I sold it to a collector here in Zimbabwe, to fund the Land Rovers.

I loved my MGA's, but now into series 1 Land Rovers as you know.

All of my ammo is self loaded, but even then the cost is of virtually no consequence relative to the pleasure of shooting. I chose 30-06 in Ruger No1 more because it was what I could get, but if one in 275 Rigby was lying next to it I would have taken that irrespective of ammo cost. I chose...

If you post interesting factual stuff about guns and hunts you advance to the next level. If you post nonsense on the politics thread you go back down.

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