.444 MARLIN SHOTGUN BIG-BORE SLUGS FOR HUNTERS & SHOOTERS Classic Highland Stalker TESTS: Leupold VX-3i 6.5-20x50 LRP MantisX App Training System New Honey Badger Knives HUNTING: Shot Placement Black Panther Kudu Elephant Fallow Deer July 2018 Namibia N$43,50 R41,40 incl VAT 07472 PAUL SCARLATA ROBIN BARKES Heavy Metal Twist-Barrel Handgun Shootout Pocket Pistol 9 770256 067003
VOLUME 43 NUMBER 7 JULY 2018 SHOTGUN SLUGS WIN Honey Badger Knives MAGNUM MAN.444 MARLIN BIG-BORE FOR HUNTERS & SHOOTERS Rigby s Classic Highland Stalker TESTS: Leupold VX-3i 6.5-20x50 LRP MantisX App Training System New Honey Badger Knives HUNTING: Shot Placement Black Panther Kudu Elephant Fallow Deer ON THE COVER: The Rigby Highland Stalker in.308 Winchester. Read more on page 36. Photo supplied by John Rigby & Co. Long Range Shooting Part 1 July 2018 R41,40 incl VAT Namibia N$43,50 07472 PAUL SCARLATA ROBIN BARKES Heavy Metal Twist-Barrel 9770256 067003 Handgun Shootout Pocket Pistol Features 10 14 18 22 26 30 36 42 46 49 54 60 64 HEAVY METAL BATTLE ROYALE Paul Scarlata Five all-metal pistols shoot it out SO YOU WANT TO SHOOT LONG-RANGE? Sean I Ons The first in a series introducing this sport SLUGS FOR SHOTGUNS Charles Duff Great close-range killers in the right gun THE INCIDENTAL ELEPHANT Don Forrester Hunting in a time of danger TWIST-BARREL COAT PISTOL Robin Barkes An over-under carry-pistol? TOO CLOSE Bruce Truter You don t want kudu breathing down your collar RIGBY Johan van Wyk The famous firm and the Highland Stalker OF VITAL IMPORTANCE Gregor Woods Shot-placement: angles are everything THE.444 MARLIN IN AFRICA Leon Terblanche Big-bore for big bushveld antelope THE BLACK PANTHER OF BABA BUDAN HILLS Mark Young Black leopards: rare but just as dangerous TOE DIE SKOOT KLAP Pieta Oosthuizen Só word jy n lid van die uitgelese halfmaanklub HUNTING THE GREY GHOST Francois van Emmenes There is nothing quite like a kudu bull FALLOW DEER David Schoeman Challenging to hunt, excellent to eat Subscribe to our Digital Edition, go to www.manmagnum.com
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