Recent content by Piet Brood

There was an old non pc Afrikaans saying which roughly translated would be: rather a king in a land of peasants than a peasant in a land of kings. I believe the quality of life that most farmers enjoy in SA far exceeds what they would have in the US. The average US citizen is much wealthier...

I have a friend who is having knives made and selecting pipes from Ebenharts to match all of his custom rifles. It is a fine journey he is embarking on.

A great man and a great pipe! If you enjoy smoking a pipe this would make a nice souvenir from your trip to SA https://ebenharts.co.za/product/oom-paul-pipe-136-of-2023/ I own one of his pipes and am about to purchase another one (or two if no one is looking). His pipes are very light and mine...

Take it!

On my one and only visit to the UK six years ago my wife and I showed up at the Rigby premises unannounced. I figured we could just show up like we would at any dealer in South Africa. We rang the bell and on opening they asked how they could help and asked if we had an appointment when we...

Lovely animals! I also had the privilege to take my old man along on my first buffalo hunt which meant a lot.

Thanks! Dunno wtf happened there. Looks like it gets messed up whenever I use a number. So what I meant was that I believe this calibre should be based on a Mauser ninety eight action. My action is quite rough as it’s seen very little use. Built in the nineties but I only acquired it two years...

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Nice. On your next trip you can follow it up with the latest notes that are in print.

I shot two old bulls with my Winchester M70 using 270gr TSX. This one was recovered and weighed 270.2gr afterwards. They worked perfectly well on both bulls.

Lovely animals! Thanks for all the pictures! The Norma Oryx is a good bullet. I use 170gr in my 7x64 and they have never disappointed.

But what did it actually end up doing in Botswana?

Dreamt of these rifles growing up. I used to see them in African Hunting Gazettes which were quite rare in SA in my youth. I’ve never seen one in person but this one looks remarkable. GLWS

Lovely bull!

My sights are too low to accommodate QD mounts as they are obscured by even the lowest bases I’ve attempted to source. Decided to add a scope this year after an altercation with two springbuck in March. I bought the rifle as is and would still like to ad a barrel band and have the stock...