Recent content by Sika98k

Rogue River hat worn while checking out the recent evidence of buffalo

My first and only bull. I’ve hunted buffalo cows since. He came in at 42” and a wee bit.

@Red_Stag. Try the Stalking Directory there’s occasionally members there selling 375 bullets etc.

If the 275 Rigby was good enough for Jim Corbett it’s good enough for me. His book, The Maneaters of Kumaon, sent me on a journey. One day I aspired to own and use a 275 Rigby rifle. Eventually the stars aligned and I acquired a perfect example. Putting in a Timney trigger is the only alteration...

My first buffalo. Hunted with Game 4 Africa with Wik as my PH. He, the buffalo, was all I wanted, a Roman nose and a nice dewlap. An old boy that Wik said possibly had no more than a year left owing to his teeth being worn down. I was particularly pleased with my bullet placement. He went no...

The Silvers pad do a good job. A lot of it depends on the surface area of the base of the pad. The more surface area to spread the perceived recoil the better. A gunsmith fitted one for me years ago. I commented that it appeared a bit broad. His reply was that I could shoot the gun all day...

The first one looks like a Silvers Pad. Unobtainable nowadays, looks classy too.

These scopes are fantastic ! Made before the wall came down. Note the West Germany on the ocular end. So at least 37 years old.

They look pretty peppered !:ROFLMAO:

Oryx bullets always do a good job. Superb expansion and weight retention.

What length is the barrel ?

IIRC transiting through Oliver Tambo to Windhoek I attempted to buy some duty free. Not possible as the two countries are in the African Economic Area. Thus no duty free sales travelling within same. Things may have changed but that was the situation some years ago (6-7 ). I solved the problem...

Yes, midges. Midges in quantities and levels of ferocity you cannot believe until you have experienced them.

Vintage Guns in the U.K. is run by Diggory Haddoke. There is the Vintage Gun Journal in amongst all of it. There’s some interesting reading. It’s mainly about English shotguns.