Jan/Feb 2022

Man Magnum

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

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Man Magnum
Tel: 071-329-7955 mail@manmagnum.co.za Editor Phillip Hayes phillip.hayes@manmagnum.co.za Contributing Editor Gregor Woods Contributing Editor Malcolm Cobb Contributing Editor Francois van Emmenes Senior Subeditor Gail Osborne gosborne@manmagnum.co.z
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Gun Shop Gallantry
The Covid-19 pandemic has been tough on the gun trade. At times, full lockdowns have banned gatherings and travel. Even during the ‘lighter’ restrictions, many shooters ceased to gather at shooting ranges and clubs. Likewise, many hunts were cancelle
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Letters
Regarding Mr Berkemeyer’s query about a five-shot Mauser Broom-handle (C96) pistol in Letters, Nov/Dec 2021, I must start by mentioning that Mauser never made five-shot C96 pistols – only six-shot, ten-shot and 20-shot. Given that the six-shot and 10
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Campfire Tales…
A PAINFUL but necessary aspect of the battle against Covid is that it keeps family and friends apart. It had been over a year since I was last in the Drakensberg, and I had missed ‘chewing the fat’ about the ‘old days’ with my good friend Royce Buckl
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Diamondback AM2 Compact Pistol
THE Diamondback AM2 pistol is a compact 9mmP striker-fired polymer-framed pistol. It is a double-action-only pistol and comes with a flush fitting double stack 12-round magazine. An extended 17-round magazine also comes standard with the package. Dia
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Prepare For That Hunt Part 1
PREPARATION for hunting involves more than the essential physical fitness. In this article I won’t include such aspects as choosing a venue, or booking the hunt after asking the landowner all the right questions – that’s an article on its own. Let’s
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Winchester’s Forgotten Rifle
I HAVE been a Winchester lever-action fan for as long as I can remember. I guess it all started when I was a boy watching Saturday morning cowboy films. Back then I referred to the rifles and revolvers used by my heroes simply as “cowboy guns”. I lat
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The Ubiquitous Grey Duiker
I WAS hunting duiker on Nico van Jagter’s farm Victoriasdal, just a 25-minute drive from Still Bay, where I now live. Rain and wind had delayed my hunt earlier in the day, but weather often changes rapidly in this area, so I was back again now. My pl
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Bad Luck Blesbuck
ON A cold July afternoon, a young man crouched beside me where we waited concealed in a shallow, bush-covered gully. We call it the sloot. Ahead of us stretched a large open plain. At the far edge of the plain, where a minute ago there had been no si
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Use Of Cover And Concealment
SPENDING time on the range has its benefits but most shooters never train for one of the most important aspects of surviving a gunfight: keeping concealed (if possible) and (once the shooting starts) using cover to your advantage. According to one of
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Savage B22 Precision
SAVAGE lists 160 different models in .22LR and .17HMR on their website. The line-up of rim-fire rifles covers all conceivable options from youths’ rifles to the latest precision rifles. Dozens of configurations in left-hand, compact, and packaged opt
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Shoulder Chop Potjie
Shoulder chops, be they from a dainty springbuck or an old kudu bull, slow cooked in a potjie together with a couple of vegetables are always tasty. The anchovy adds a flavour and fullness to the dish without any fishy taste. › At least one shoulder
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What Makes a Man-Eater?
IN HUNTING literature of times past, the popular reason given for lions turning man-eater was that wounds or injuries rendered them incapable of killing their natural prey; humans were easier to kill and carry off. This dogma was so often repeated th
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Goodbye Gordon
I DREAMED I met Gordon Cormack last night on the veranda of a country hotel in Dorset. Gordon has been dead for a good few years now, and although I have never dreamed of him prior to this, I’ve thought of him often. It’s worried me that I never form
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The Lighter Side of HUNTING & SHOOTING
A book of hilarious cartoons by Fred Mouton that showcases a collection of the funniest moments published in Magnum, together with choice extracts, a few articles and even some material only ever seen in the Magnum Annual ‘80/81. You don’t have to be
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The Blade And The Gun
IT MIGHT seem ludicrous for me to try to compare my samurai sword with a dog. Let me explain. To certain dog lovers a dog without pedigree papers is a mutt. The papers make the dog. To other dog lovers the fact that their dog does not have the papers
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Aim For The Heart…
DURING the mid-1950s, I was working as a PH for Lawrence Brown Safaris in Tanganyika (now Tanzania). I had just completed a safari and was on my way home to our family farm in the Mpanda District. Checking in at our company’s offices in Arusha, I bum
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Viper-Flex Styx Journey XL Shooting Sticks
DANISH made Viper-Flex shooting sticks have been around for a while and are very popular in European countries. Guns & Bows are now distributing these quality sticks locally and provided Magnum with the updated Styx Journey XL to test. A handle on th
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50 Years Ago at Mauserwerke Oberndorf
THE Schützengesellschaft der Stadt Schaffhausen (Shooting Society of the City of Schaffhausen) was founded in 1443 and for many years maintained friendly relations with the Shooting Society of Rottweil in Germany. During the 1970 interclub Autumn Sho
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Everyday Venison
LESLIE van der Merwe is well-known to Magnum readers as we have published a number of his delicious recipes before. This is Leslie’s second recipe book. His first book, South African Gamebird Recipes (reviewed in the March 2016 edition) was well rece
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Lynx LX2 3.5–10x50 Scope
WITH the advent of long-range and extreme long-range shooting, rifle scopes have got bigger, bulkier and heavier, and magnifications of 24x or 30x seem to be normal today. Rifles are also getting bigger and heavier and many are fitted with a chassis
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“He’s Coming!”
KEVIN THOMAS is one of Magnum’s most experienced contributors and his account of this dagha boy hunt in the Bubye Valley Conservancy conveys the frustrations – and joys – of hunting buffalo. (Original has been shortened.) “He’s Coming!” By Kevin Thom
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Gallery
It’s no wonder the Native Americans (previously known as the ‘Red Indians’) of North America, when first engaging colonial settlers armed with guns, referred to these as ‘fire sticks’ and ‘smoke poles’ (if the popular literature of the Wild West is t
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