July/Aug 2022

Man Magnum

The leading magazine for the South African hunting and conservation fraternity.

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False Sense of Security
RECENTLY, while testing the Springfield Hellcat 9mmP pistol for this edition, I tried doing short shuffle runs with a weight to elevate my heart rate before starting the shoot. At my fitness level, age and (only slight) excess weight, this did not ta
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Editor Phillip Hayes [email protected] Contributing Editor Gregor Woods Contributing Editor Malcolm Cobb Senior Subeditor Gail Osborne [email protected] Art Director Clemens Smith [email protected] Gail Osborne classifi
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Campfire Tales…
IN OUR previous edition, I told of sharing a campfire with Dave Westerhout of Zimbabwe, but related only a part of our conversation. As that evening wore on, our discussions became more philosophical – as campfire talk is wont to do. Dave said he’d e
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Letters
I read with interest the reprinted May 1989 article “Bloody Imperative” by Gregor Woods in your Looking Back section of the May/June 2022 edition of Magnum. Part 1 is about gutting an animal, and I offer the following tip I received from a PH in Zamb
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Hard Hartebeest Hunt
I HAD wanted to hunt a red hartebeest for some time but never had the opportunity. Namibia’s severe drought during 2019/2020 made it even more difficult. Red hartebeest require good rainfall and grasslands to survive, and many had been lost to the dr
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Springfield HELLCAT Micro-Compact 9mmP
THE HELLCAT is manufactured in Croatia by HS Produkt (called the H11 there) who are well-known for their HS series pistols. These pistols are imported by Springfield Armory in the USA and sold under the XD and Hellcat names. The XD range of pistols a
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Russia’s American-made War Weapons
DURING the winter of 1871-72 Duke Alexis of Russia visited the United States. The young Duke was the fourth son of Tsar Alexander and the highlight of his Grand Tour was to go on a buffalo hunt in Nebraska. The spectacular event had been organised by
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More Mauser Mysteries
IT IS generally accepted by collectors that approximately 127 000 original sporting rifles featuring the famous M98 action were manufactured by Mauser at their Oberndorf plant, and this figure is often quoted in the literature. Production of these Ob
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Death Of A Shooting Brake
MY SHOOTING mate, Simon Neville, was the first to call my car a “Shooting Brake”. Having never heard the term, I had no idea what he was talking about, so I Googled it. It is a car for transporting shooters and their gear from shooting stand to shoot
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The Stately Water buck
MY FIRST encounter with waterbuck was in the old Eastern Transvaal near Klaserie. I was a student and worked on a game farm during the December holidays. While being showed around on the first day, we stopped at a waterhole and the farmer asked wheth
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Dot Torture Test
RECENTLY I have been asked by several readers which handgun drill/s I’d suggest for those who have very limited time to spend on the range but who want to use the time to get the best possible return on improving their shooting skills. This is a dif
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The .375 H&H
DURING the early ’90s I considered buying my first dangerous game rifle. After months of deliberation, my final choice of calibre came down to the .416 Taylor or a .375 H&H. However, I wanted a rifle with a standard length Mauser K98 action, as I int
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Carcass Recovery
THE MOST rewarding hunts are those which require you to work hard for your prize, and this often means hunting in rough, broken country where no vehicle can go. Even when the going is easy, a wounded animal can flee into the densest bush or the most
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The Lost Graves Of Kambula
WHAT do you do with your dead after the culmination of a battle? If you win, the decent thing to do is to bury them. If you lose, you’re too busy back-pedalling to worry about it – at least until later. This was true of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, du
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Differences between Male and Female African Elephants
The most obvious difference between male and female African elephants is their size. Males are much larger (heavier and taller) than females. However you cannot use size only, to determine an elephant’s gender because the herd you are looking at may
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The Florida Man
GEORGE wanted to shoot buffalo, elephant, sable and other plains game, so I booked him to hunt in Namibia, in the central area and Eastern Caprivi, and in South Africa. His wife, Liz, accompanied him. We first went to my friends, Fritz and Jutta Hein
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Fred Mouton
THE DEATH in early May this year, of the renowned and much-loved cartoonist, Fred Mouton, came as an immensely sad and serious loss to the world of art, cartoons and our local publishing industry. For more than 40 years, Fred’s incomparable cartoons
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A Real Long Range Outfit
THAT WAS the title Jack O’Connor gave to his May 1946 Outdoor Life Arms & Ammunition column. The gun was a 1943 K98 Mauser battlefield trophy that he had P.O. Ackley barrel and chamber for the .270 Ackley Magnum. Stocked in Tessier French walnut by K
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Nordiske Series 8HD 4–32x56 Scope
NORDISKE Precision products are manufactured under license in various parts of the world and since becoming available on the local market, the company has built up a reputation for practical and quality hunting and shooting gear. Their product range
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Uniglide Gun Gard
GUN GARD was developed in Africa for local conditions. The manufacturer claims using the oil on firearms will result in a smoother and more reliable action, potential enhanced ballistics, rust prevention, reduced carbon build-up and fouling of the bo
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HikMicro Lynx Pro LH25 Thermal Monocular
THE ABILITY to see well in the dark normally comes with a steep price tag. Real night vision is simply too expensive for most of us and we revert to infra-red (IR) or thermal devices. All three systems have limitations. With good night vision and IR
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Cartridges, Calibres and Bullets
SO YOU are an aspirant hunter, or an established small game hunter, who is about to expand his/her hunting horizons. The question now, is which rifle/cartridge to choose? It is incumbent on all hunters to dispatch their quarry as humanely as possible
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Part2
NOW TO skin the carcass. If you intend making your biltong at home, which could mean the carcass hangs in camp a day or so, it is best to leave the skin on, as this prevents flies laying eggs in the flesh. This will, however, render the skin worthles
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Gallery
I would be very interested to hear if anyone knows about this picture and what the length of this extremely large croc was? Judging by the number of people in the background and allowing about 400mm per chest area it would appear this croc was absolu
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Write for MAGNUM
Calling all readers…. Do you hunt, sport shoot, wingshoot, own a firearm for self-defence, collect firearms or ammunition, reload, and/or have some related technical know-how? Perhaps you have a story that would be of interest to Magnum’s readers? We

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