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THE .500 S&W MILITARY MINIATURES A SLUG GUN

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HUNTING
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SHOOTERS

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Bushbuck
Black Rhino
Tips and Mistakes
BERETTA
NUMBER 4 MOD 70
.22LR PISTOL

APRIL 2018
.270WIN
Christensen
Arms
‘Carbon’ Classic ll

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Features
10 CHRISTENSEN ARMS CLASSIC II
A “bearable lightness”
Morgan Haselau

14 FLATERS IN DIE JAGVELD

Lesse geleer – op die harde manier…
Dawie Strauss

18 THE BERETTA MODEL 70 SERIES PISTOLS

If it’s good enough for Mossad agents…
Jaco Fourie

22 THE LONG WAIT

A boy, a bushbuck, an ambition
Johan Van Wyk

26 COLLECTING MILITARY MINIATURES

And you thought toy soldiers were kids’ stuff!
Robin Barkes

30 THE PARADOX THAT WAS PONDORO – PART 1

Taylor: the most quoted name in hunting literature
Gregor Woods

36 BRITS ACT ON BOER WAR LESSONS

You can thank the Boers for the SMLE, P-14 and M17
Ron Bester

40 STUMPY, GRUMPY RHINOS

Dynamite comes in small packages
Roger Hissey

42 THE SHRINKING BULLET – PART 1

The first steps to smaller bores and higher velocity
Roger Ingle

48 BEGINNERS’ MISTAKES
Hunting tips to avoid disappointment
Francois Van Emmenes

52 HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES
Where to book your 2018 hunt

56 DEDICATED SLUG GUN

Junker to gem: low-cost conversion
Neil Harmse

60 THE HUNTING HANDGUN COMES INTO ITS OWN

.500 S&W Magnum – big wheel in Africa
IJ Larivers

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