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And therein lies the danger. It's impossible to go through that book, at any pace, and not feel a burning desire to acquire a new double bore rifle no matter what it takes.

And specific necessity need not apply!

The book is indeed a triumph. The amount of research, writing,travel and other logistics is staggering. A lot of work went into this book and it's a delight to own, as is the .600 book.

You need to be prepared for that wayward maneating lion, rogue elephant or marauding tiger. And if you live near a lake or river I hear tell of those who release their pet hippos and crocs when they become too large to care for

That's right. No kidding, in my area I can remember two escapes of tigers and one of an elephant from wandering circuces. Now, what if one of them wandered in my front yard? A 12 bore shotgun could possibly take care of a tiger, but an elephant? No way!

They work quite well for squirrels and other vermin too!

Fellas:
Thanks for your kind words and for ordering the bore rifle book and also the .600 nitro book. I will be in Dallas at the African Hunter booth for the first two days and maybe all four days. If you are planning a trip to DSC please stop by and introduce yourself as it will be my pleasure to meet you all.
Cheers,
Cal

PM is correct. For many, many years we had a cow/calf operation in central Missouri and one of my greatest fears was the appearance of a livestock eating tiger, lion or croc or a Cape Buffalo that suddenly took an interest in my cows. Consequently I've always kept a dangerous game rifle of some variety in my toy box and thankfully have never had need of it for that purpose. Evidently deterrence is effective. How I wish one of those was a Paradox or Explora. Sadly, either of them is beyond my means...but man do I love to read about them. Some day I would love to examine and shoot one.

Sharps4590:
Should you vacation in Alaska, or come here to fish, drop by and take a few shots with my 8 and 4. It's catching on! Like-minded gents are always welcome here to shoot and good times are had when a dozen of us double rifle blokes show up to fire a few shots.
Cheers,
Cal

Cal, that is a very generous offer and I thank you for it. Let me tell you what I know about Alaska. My sister and her husband took the inside passage cruise once and on another occasion had a short vacation up there. Tammy told me, "Vic, you better not go up there, you won't come back". So in deference to the population of Alaska I won't subject them to my presence....hehehe.

Seriously, I would love to visit the last frontier and should opportunity arise I will keep your offer first in mind. Thank you.

Vic

Vic:
My pleasure. Just keep my contacts and when you are ready, give a call.
Cal

Hey, another believer in that "tree rats" are vermin, and are great targets as well. Old time meat hunter once told me- "Son, you want to be a good deer hunter? Then first be a great squirrel hunter"! He'd buy a box of 20 shells for his .32 Special M1894- you could bet serious folding money he'd have 19 dead deer to show for those 20 shells- I like to hunt them, as I do woodchucks- as a sniper- good shadows, no movement- watch, wait and observe- and a .22 HV Hollow-point will do the job just fine- but every now and then, I take either my Sako M759 .243Win Sporter, or my G&H Mauser 98 BA custom .35 Whelan and "bark" the rodents- you put the crosshairs just offset to the rodent's head, works best if they are pinned against a solid tree section- do NOT do this with a large caliber rifles if they are on a limb or on rocky ground--and shoot so the bullet just grazes the head- and blasts the bark to smithereens- the concussion and the "shrapnel" from the bark sure 'ruins their day"--lotsa fun too!