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Head to Head: 8x57 Mauser vs. .318 Westley Richards

Both cartridges are classics, have been used for all sorts of game and are easy on the shoulder, but which offers the best performance for hunters? Contributor Philip Massaro compares the two and picks the winner.

African Experience, Season II: Episode 11

Chad and Tyler Martin follow professional hunter Sean Holloway to their first-ever blue wildebeest and Hartmann’s mountain zebra in this latest episode of our web-exclusive “African Experience” video series.

Review: Sako Model 85 Bavarian

The Sako 85 Bavarian is a fine, accurate rifle made for people who want a gun capable of hunting as much as they do.

Head to Head: .35 Whelen vs. 9.3x62mm Mauser

The .35 Whelen and the 9.3x62mm Mauser have cases within a millimeter in length and a bullet diameter just a few thousandths apart, so which cartridge would a hunter choose?

Review: Wilson Combat .458 HAM’R Ultimate Hunter

Chambered in Wilson Combat’s brand-new .458 HAM’R cartridge, the Ultimate Hunter was built from the ground up to be the hardest-hitting, most powerful AR-platform rifle on the market today.

African Experience: Episode 9

In this episode, we learn about iconic species of Namibia like the Hartmann’s mountain zebra and the red hartebeest from professional hunter Sean Holloway.

Review: 33 Nosler

Maybe bigger is better, after all?

African Experience: Episode 4

The team from African Safari Outfitters is determined to guide American hunter Nash Pagliai to his first-ever zebra. Do they succeed?

Bullets for African Plains Game

You’ve probably heard that African dangerous game can absorb five hits from an Abrams tank and keep on charging. You’ve probably heard that kudu, eland, wildebeest and even impala are so tough from evading lions and leopards they’ll soak up bullets that would floor a North American brown bear. Nonsense.

Behind the Bullet: .375 H&H Magnum

The .375 bore is the legal minimum for dangerous game in many African countries, and with good reason: it generates just over 4,000 ft.-lbs. of energy at the muzzle, and offers a bullet with enough Sectional Density to get the job done, and done well.

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