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Hello AH group, looking for your advice please. We have come across a 475No2 double by F. G. Scott, old and worn, but shoots. Assuming it was in good mechanical condition, how usable would it be on DG? Are brass and bullets available?

I have always been keen on air rifle hunting. In the early days we all used spring powered rifles like the Diana 52 side lever, really powerful as far as springers went. Then about 5 years ago I bought an FX Royale 5.5mm PCP and it was a whole new world of power and accuracy. It however stays on...

We left early around 04:30 to avoid the mess at Mbudzi roundabout, we being Woods, Daniel and I three abreast in the front of Carruthers. Apart from topping up the gearbox and transfer box, a sort of ritual now, there was nothing else to do. The rest of our group, being Barnie and his 12 year...

I was in S&O Rivonia on Saturday and saw some very nice Rigby Big Bores. Here is one with beautiful grade 8 wood, in 416 if I recall.

Hello All, does anyone here have experience of a 450/400 3" double as a stopping rifle on Buffalo? Up to the job, or not?

Hello All, a huge thank you to @Altitude sickness for having taken a batch of the kigelia cream back to the USA. Several of you wanted same, there are 10 testers and five larger pots. Please can I ask you to get in touch with altitude sickness directly to make a plan to get yours. Remember you...

Hello All, on the post about hats I mentioned the cream we make that remedies my sun spots. I got a huge response from folks requesting some, so we (my Wife Tess) has made up a batch for you. She has done a bunch of tester pots of about 10 ml and five bigger pots of 50ml. We are not charging...

One doesn't just pick up a double, one handles it, feels it, and it immediately talks to you. There is a balance that puts it between your hands, begging to be shouldered and inviting the eye to align those purposeful express sights to your quarry imagined or real, huge and menacing, and close...

I am not the world's best shot, but I am not that bad either. So on our monthly big bore shoot where we fire 6 shots at an array of targets that pose some sort of challenge, like move to point, shoot, move and shoot another, etc, I can easily hit the bull 5/6 and the other is just in the next...

There is that something special that sets a truly beautiful creation apart. Immediately recognisable, most get it, if not all. Sometimes it is the line, sometimes the proportion, like the Golden Rectangle. The e-type Jaguar had it in spade fulls, it was so beautiful that Enzo called it 'the...

These creatures, size for size, have probably had more of an effect in Africa than any other single bug or animal. Large swathes of the bush, fortunately, remained largely untouched because of them, and in the attempts to erradicate the tsetse large wild animal populations were culled. That...

These two 400 grain Hornady DGX bullers were retrieved from a buffalo bull. About 2160 fps, from bench set up. The first shot on the buff was with a 375 and it was badly placed. The buff took off and the follow up guy put in two rounds from his 450/400 double. The buff continued on it’s way a...

The new Shikari is up on Rigbys web site. I saw the prototype in the white when it was touring South Africa early last year and I had mixed feelings. It is certainly looking more the piece now, very well finished. A few of my friends have opted for it and have orders in. What do you think so far?

My friend is considering buying a second hand Kreighoff Classic 470. It looks in solid condition and shoots well. It is pretty basic, completely unadorned, but there is a charm to that. The LOP seems a little short, but I confess I do not know how to measure LOP on a double (would appreciate a...

Is anyone else finding that the AH site is very slow, virtually unworkable?

On my resent trip to London I popped in at Beretta and took a look at the little Holland and Holland enclave in their shop. It is small, not a patch on it’s former glory, but it is there. Apparently the gun room is next door, but I didn’t get a chance to visit that, will do next time. Taking a...

My daughter is a huntress and she would like to hunt a mouflon. What is the best place, time of year and can anyone please recommend an outfitter? A few hunt pics would be good too please.

These days there are so many reasons to feel anger, disappointment and frustration. I am not even going to list them, the object of this thread is not to get your blood up even more, but to give you some relief, as I have found. The biblical part of it is easy to read, but hard to get to grips...

Hi all, as you know I shoot double rifles mostly, and I really enjoy our monthly Big Bore competition. Problem is, I was not good at it and it was really frustrating. Being a time as well as accuracy event, much as real life situations would be, I had the tendency to rush and snatch - result...

Just come back from a week on Mafia Island off the Tanzanian coast. Nice place, coconuts and palms etc. Highlight was seeing a whale shark, the water is bath warm there, even I can tolerate a dip. Downside is those eco type places attract liberals, green sandals everywhere.

We have seen many posts on first buffalo hunt questions, best value buff hunt questions, a hunt in this country or that, but what I am asking here, and putting my own wish list up rhetorically, is the ULTIMATE! So obviously it will be subjective and it may borrow snippets from what you all have...

The wife and I are sitting in Nairobi airport waiting for a connection to Dar, delayed nearly two hours and counting. Yes, it is after midnight. Stick to your direct flights to ORT guys, African airports are not fun.

What is it about this pursuit, this sport, this way of life that grabs your interest and keeps your interest? It is more than just interest, it is passion, devotion, longing, all strong feelings. I think it is a lot of things, for some the beautiful animals themselves, others the rifles and to...

This was a short biltong hunt to the picturesque area of Craddock in the Eastern Cape. With just two hunting days our group of five descended from Maclear, Cape Town and East London with high expectations and excitement to give it our best shot, so to speak. This was my first chance at kudu so...

Our Marlin 336 is jammed with the lever down and the action back. There are four rounds in the tube, it looks like one of them has come partially back to be fed but wasn't in position and the case bent a bit when I tried to close the action. Can this be fixed by removing the lever pivot pin or...

We are about to head off from Maclear to Craddock for a three day biltong hunt. Springbok, fallow dear, reedbuck and springbuck are possibilities, let's see. Just wish my Ruger No1 was ready, but we will use a Sako 85 Barvarian in 30-06.

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I am partial to good wood on a gun stock, and whether actually seeing it in person, or seeing a photo you just know - that is spectacular. So whether it is your own stock, or someone who has posted a pic on AH that needs to be recollected, lets see what you have. Here is one from Westley...

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No, not the bronco tamers, but heel spurs. Many years ago I jumped down from a railway carriage and landed on the ballast, splitting the cartliege under the left heel. It was blinding flash painful and took a full year to be able to walk properly. Now all these years later a heel spur has...

Hi all, as you know I recently bought a special EE scope for my new Ruger No1 I have now hit a brick wall. Our channel through the Aramex forwarding system won't carry a scope! I hate to ask but would someone coming over in the next three months or so be willing to bring it over? I will come and...

Buffalo are special, they are iconic. They are dangerous and they epitomise the real Africa. Their smell is unique and they look proper, as dangerous game should, with those menacingly curved horns that can toss you to the tree tops with ease and that boss that will crush you when you land. Yes...

Every year our Hamba Bamba group enters four teams in the Kariba International Tiger Fish Tournament in October and a few of us try to get up there beforehand to investigate tackle and tactics. Last week the three of us set off in the little Harry Selby, our 1950 Series 1 Landy. The route was...

Up nice and early with the dawn having a half-hearted attempt in the east, sitting in a canvas chair with a cup of coffe and the subtle morning smells. Isn't it amazing how even a hint of a smell can bring on such powerful nostalgia, set you up to haul out the fishing rods or the decoys? Here...

Do any of you happen to have one of these top end fishing rods? What do you think of it?

Is there anyone modern day who can step into these shoes? What made Hemingway was that he really was larger than life, he didn't act the part, he was the part. Craig Boddington?

I can only speak of Zimbabwe but this may be true of South Africa and elsewhere. I am seeing an increase in the number of young people wanting to enter the PH and guides profession. This is good news as the PH population ages and there are willing souls to soak up all that expertise before it...

Presuming you had a day free in Johannesburg and wanted to do something different and interesting, here is an itinerary that may suit: we are talking a whole day and an evening. After checking into a hotel near the airport and depositing your guns, take an uber to the first stop being Melville...

Whether it be your retirement home, a getaway from the city, a little place far away where you can just be happy, what does your heaven on earth look like? For some it may be a log cabin in the woods, or by a peaceful lake with deer coming to see you. Some a tent under an acacia tree at the end...

Can one hunt large PG with a 275? Could you take that out to gemsbok? What about eland?

I have switched back and forth between wearing long trousers or shorts, both have their pro's and con's. The last time I wore long trousers it was in the rain and it was terrible, they got wet and heavy and flopped around the ankles. But then I have also worn shorts that got my legs scratched...

Many here own two, or even more double rifles. The category I am interested in here is those folks who have a heavier double for DG, and a lighter one for PG, and I know of at least five of you who have gone that route. The light double has always been around, I handled a vintage Rigby rising...

Has anyone per chance visited the Heym factory in Germany? Is it worth a visit? I am particularly interested in their CNC machining to see how they achieve what they do.

I am frequently asked by the local hunters here what they can get for US$10 000 or less? They are talking new and understand that there would then be the cost to land it in Zimbabwe, which by the time the dust has settled is 45% on top. Most want a DG capable (legal) double which is 375 minimum...

Hi All, has anyone chrono'd Hornady factory 450/400 400 grain ammo in their Heym please? Thanks, KP

Hi all, please can someone advise what charge I should use of Vihtavhouri N565 for 375 Fl 300 grain Woodleigh bullet 24" barrel 25 degrees C Many thanks

This gentleman lived is a special time and lived large. His books are legend, and this rare footage is a unique window into that wonderful era.

Hi All, my Heym 89b was regulated with Hornady DG-X bonded , last year. I have Bertrams cases and Hornady 0.410 bonded heads. What load will get me the closest please as I don't have them in abundance please

Confession time , I am addicted - to double rifles. Every time I open up AH and look at the latest posts the sun goes bright when there is a post about doubles, anything, and when there are a few pictures thrown in my happiness is complete. It is the form of these beautiful pieces, their history...

I have recently been searching for red dot optics and mounting solutions, and the choice of the sights alone is wide, but when you add the permutations of the various bases for each it gets really huge. Enter the internet, how did people ever source equipment and gadgets before? But living in a...