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South Africa's Best Kept Secret

Allow me to introduce our South African concession.

The property is High fenced and comprises 24710 acres of broken Rocky outcrops, Mopani forests, Savanna bush-veld combined with lots of dry river beds and sand washes, very close to the Limpopo river and neighbouring Zimbabwe.

THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL SOUTH AFRICAN GAME FARM. !!!

This is a place where hunting is still hunting, you will work for your trophy. The hunting is real and we mostly obtain our game by means of...

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Varget in 450/400 3”?

Anybody messed with Varget in the 3” 450/400? It’s right there in the RL15 / 15.5 burn range on the chart and I’ve got a ton of it laying around… can’t find any published data though.

How Many Guns Is Enough Or Can You Never Have Too Many?

One of my friends was giving me a hard time because I have more than a few guns. In her view, ok you have a rifle for hunting and maybe a handgun for self-defense but you don’t need more than that….

I took her view to heart and thought about it, briefly felt a little bad considering the cost…and to make myself feel better bought some more :) They just fill very different uses/niches, atleast that’s what I tell myself.

Anyway I did get to wondering if I am an outlier and need therapy or...

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Rigby 450 NE in Botswana

When I left for Botswana, I thought this trip would be about elephant hunting and my favorite double rifle. I took my 1901 John Rigby & Co. .450 Nitro Express Rising Bite, and over the course of the safari I was blessed to take two elephant and two buffalo. The rifle performed flawlessly, including two frontal elephant shots at less than 23 yards. Yet somewhere along the way, the hunt became about something far greater than the animals themselves.

What I will remember most are the people...

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