9mmP COMPACT HIGH JINKS DEPENDABLE

SIG P365 WITH OSTRICH 8x57

FOR HUNT OTERS

HUNTING
Tuskless Elephant,
Bushpig, Kudu,
Roan Antelope,
Grey Rhebok

TESTS:
• Lenser Headlamp
• Lapua .338 Ammo
• ZAR Black Powder
• Lynx LX3 1-6x24 iR

LONG RANGE
Barrett
RIFLE SCOPES FIELDCRAFT IN
6.5 CREEDMOOR

January 2019 R41,40 incl VAT

Namibia N$43,50
01478

9 770256 067003
 9mmP COMPACT HIGH JINKS DEPENDABLE
SIG P365 WITH OSTRICH 8x57

MAGNUM
MAN

HUNTING
Tuskless Elephant,
FOR HUNTERS & SHOOTERS

Bushpig, Kudu,
Roan Antelope,
Grey Rhebok

VOLUME 44 TESTS:
• Lenser Headlamp
• Lapua .338 Ammo

NUMBER 1 • ZAR Black Powder

• Lynx LX3 1-6x24 iR

JANUARY 2019
LONG RANGE
Barrett
RIFLE SCOPES FIELDCRAFT IN
6.5 CREEDMOOR
ON THE COVER:
Barrett’s Feildcraft ultra- January 2019
Namibia N$43,50
R41,40 incl VAT

01478

light rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor. 9 770256 067003

Photo by Phillip Hayes.

Features
12 SIG SAUER’S P365 NITRO COMPACT
A German-engineered, concealed-carry gem
Paul Scarlata

16 CONFESSIONS OF A MEAT HUNTER

“Let’s face it: we all wanna go back…”
Robin Barkes

20 LONG-RANGE SHOOTING – PART 7

Rifle optics – more than meets the eye
Sean I’Ons

24 IN PURSUIT OF PIGS
The bushpig’s wild and wily ways
Francois van Emmenes

28 TWO GREAT EIGHTS

The old 8x57 still does it all
Tom Caceci

32 TUSKLESS ELEPHANT AND TSETSES

Challenging, deadly… and fly-friendly
Tony Marsh

36 BARRETT FIELDCRAFT RIFLE

Ultra-modern, ultra-light, ultra-accurate
Phillip Hayes

42 OSTRICH (MIS-) ADVENTURES

My most dangerous hunts ever!
Gregor Woods

46 THE MERITS OF MULTITASKING

Lending new meaning to “rite of passage”
Royce Buckle

48 GUN-MAKING TOLERANCES
Manufacturers make allowances…
Roger Ingle

52 HUNTING THE SNEEUBERG

Down-under to up-over – g’d on yer, Bruce
Bruce ‘Ossie’ Oswald

56 AS IT WAS THEN
Call back the past…
Cleve Cheney

60 ROAN ANTELOPE SAFARI

Last, but by no means least
John Coleman

64 HARMLESS SNAKES
Highly important to the ecology
Johan Marais

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