Recent content by Pondoro

I have never seen one..do any of you own one..? Your impression..? It seems to have lost popularity to .450NE and .470NE..

I get 2170fps out of 23,5" barrels on my .470 Krieghoff double...with Hornady factory ammo.. That is 5200 foot pounds.. I really do not think more is neccesary.. Maybe a .500 give you a little more margin.. But then there is recoil..recovery time etc.. .577 and .600 was made for professional...

Forget Sabatti..Krieghoff´s have a more straight stock design than Merkel (ie. less felt recoil and muzzle jump..)and you get the extra safety benefit of carrying a loaded but not cocked rifle.. Sabattis are too light for calibre.. My .470 Krieghoff is scoped and a pleasure to shoot...

.375H&H is by far the most versatile cartridge for big game.. By far the most african game I shot with my .375..up to and including elephant. These are both ZKK 602´s.. Mine to the right.. I shot elephant with both these rifles.

.450/400 3 1/4..

A lot of pie in the sky regarding velocities on Kynoch ammo.. I get an average of 2048fps from 28" barrels from my .450/400 3.25 double with 1970 vintage Kynoch ammunition... splendid regulation though..

RIP

Washington Post: A leaked document indicate that Trump will cut all finance to NATO and the UN and half the budget of DOS..? Signed by Douglas Pitkin and Pete Marocco..

Ready for the hunt with HTK Safaris!

No military targets in Sumy...nothing less than terror bombing.. I hope Germany will release Taurus missiles (500km range) to Ukraine shortly.. I assume Trump is still holding back the last shipment of military aid that Biden gave...still in Poland..?

So much effort in making that series...and they used a 9,3 Sabatti..?? Heck, I could have loaned them ie. my pre-WW1 .475 double..

Its a one off..by a toolmaker..

My .416 Rigby 602, McMillan

Stay with the 25" barrel..I have a Brno 602 with the original barrel...never felt it being to long..even in dense bush..

2 weeks ago Hegseth was to cut US defence budget with 40% over 5 years.. Now, two days ago, Trump talked about raising it from 820 billion to 1 trillion..?? https://dsm.forecastinternational.com/2025/04/10/trump-teases-1-trillion-defense-budget-but-what-does-that-actually-mean/