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Safari Rifles – Craig Boddington’s comprehensive guide to African safari rifles, cartridges and big-game hunting, covering double and magazine rifles, calibres, bullets, sights and rifle selection for African game. This 1990 Third Edition hardcover is a desirable specialist reference, offered as a worn but solid reading and collecting copy.
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Safari Rifles: Doubles, Magazine Rifles, and Cartridges for African Hunting by Craig Boddington is a substantial and highly regarded reference devoted to the rifles, cartridges and equipment traditionally associated with African big-game hunting. Written by one of the best-known modern authors on African hunting and sporting firearms, the book combines practical experience with historical and technical discussion, making it particularly appealing to hunters, firearms enthusiasts, collectors of sporting literature and readers interested in the history of the African safari.
Boddington examines an extensive range of sporting cartridges, from lighter calibres through the classic medium and large-bore cartridges associated with dangerous game. He discusses bolt-action and double rifles, ammunition and bullet selection, recoil, sights, scopes and other considerations involved in choosing a suitable safari rifle. Different African game species and hunting environments are considered, including plains game as well as leopard, lion, buffalo and the largest dangerous game.
Safari Rifles also explores the development and practical advantages of different rifle actions and provides guidance on assembling one-, two- and three-rifle safari batteries. Appendices and technical information add considerably to its usefulness as a reference work.
Illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs, Safari Rifles has become an established title within modern African hunting literature and is an excellent addition to a collection devoted to sporting firearms, big-game hunting, African safari history or hunting bibliography.
Condition – Fair
The cream textured hardcover boards show noticeable age-related soiling, discolouration and handling marks, with heavier wear around the edges. Both upper corners are bumped, with fraying and distortion to the covering material; the lower corners and spine extremities also show rubbing and wear. The page edges are noticeably spotted/foxed and discoloured.
