So, you want to get a Big Bore? Part 2 …
If here is one thing that I have learnt over the years it is that experience, personal preferences, and how we hunt will determine what rifle we buy. Although I collect rifles and ammunition, I consider myself a hunter before anything else, and the decision of whether or not I want to buy a specific rifle will depend very much on whether or not I can hunt with it. I also know many fellow hunters who would collect or buy a rifle purely for the sheer joy of owning it and would not consider, for a moment, firing their vintage double rifle or shotgun, for instance. To each his own.
The choice of which rifle configuration to buy is very much a personal matter – taste, the quality on offer, the intended use, future resale value – the list goes on… There are, however, a few very important considerations to take into account before you part with your hard-earned cash. As AHG is primarily a hunting magazine, I will look at this from the perspective of a hunter in pursuit of large and/ or dangerous game. Books have been written
