Recent content by Sika98k

The proof marks for Liege should be on the flats if this is the case. The British proof marks will be there also.

Hoo hooo ! Waidmannsheil! What did he weigh ?

“African Buffalo Trails” by John Burger. The scrapes these guys got into, came out the far side and lived to tell the tale !

I tried Tiber firfir in Addis Ababa. The coffee was good.

You read my mind . The Antono are pretty tasty as well.

I’ll add my 2C. The Kynoch ammunition is old, very old, and probably at this stage potentially unreliable. Fire it off at the range for practice. The PPU is far too soft a bullet for dangerous game. Barnes TSX, Trophy Bonded Bear Claw, Woodleigh and others. Have a great trip.

Get at least 40 yards closer. Thats where buffalo should be shot.

In my limited experience of freezing my gonads off in Sweden I found that the dry cold is not as bad as the damp cold we experience in Ireland. I sat one night for 5 hours in a highseat, boxed in, waiting for boar,-20C. Was I cold ? Yes. Was it bearable? Yes, but I was well wrapped up. 2 thin...

Very nice . I admire your handiwork. My attempts at cabinet making or carpentry look like a drunken baboon let loose with a chainsaw.

I am going to enjoy these. The problem is where to start .

These are excellent scopes. I’ve been using the same for several years and have had no issues with it.

Nice looking rifle ☝️. Dare we ask what it is ? A Mauser action by the looks of it. Could it begin with R ?

If you are down south in the Kalahari the shots in general will be long on springbok and oryx, 200 to 300 are the norm.further north the bush is denser so expect shorter ranges. The first photo is fairly typical of my experience of the Namibian Kalahari. The second is typical of several cattle...

A cuckoo in Kenya by Robert Foran. Not so much about big game hunting but a fascinatingly well detailed history of East Africa at the beginning of the last century. He arrived to farm in Kenya, joined the British East African Police and served in Nairobi and Mombasa amongst other places.

The Maneaters of Kumaon has always been a favourite book of mine. Some years ago myself and my wife went to India for a holiday. Part of that was my pilgrimage to Kaladhungi and Nanital where Jim Corbett had both his summer and winter homes. We met an old man, this was 27 years ago, who...