African Hunting Gazette

95 Years Young

Sometimes I must admit that I know that it does has a lot to do with it! My 67-year-old body is just about worn out, but with other things, such as rifles, sometimes age can improve them. I have a large diverse rifle collection with a mixture of modern and old firearms. I keep a keen eye out for any information to keep me up-todate on any old or new rifles and to help expand my knowledge. I am amazed at the amount of new technology out there today, such as in calibers, projectiles and rifles, some of which I am very impressed with and other stuff that I think is just sheer sales crap.

My new generation rifles are all synthetic stocked, stainless steelengineered marvels in modern calibers. They all shoot amazingly accurately and don't mind cold wet weather at all. Most are lightweight mountain

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