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Summary: Nice book but...
Review: A great book on African game hunting with many -hard to find- pictures amd facts, but when the writer talks about the guns themselvs and the gunmakers, you can spot some mistakes that shouldn't have come from such a skilled writer. In general, worth buying.
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Summary: Our finest gun writer.
Review: Boddington's experience and skill with guns and a pen have fired my imagination for the sport since I first read him several years ago. Above all his enthusiasm for Africa was infectious. I read this book many times as I prepared for my first hunt on the dark continent. His recommendations on caliber and bullets were proven out by me in the field. They were also agreed upon by the PHs that I encountered as the discussion always arises around the night's fire. The book is also very helpful in it's mention of African animal behavior. Easy reading, fun, valuable and important. I hope to cross his track one day to thank him myself.
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Summary: GREAT stuff
Review: Craig obviously really knows how to hunt and must have done heaps of it
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Summary: The most comprehensive book on guns for Africa.
Review: Finally, there is an up-to-date work on what guns to take on safari. Not since John Taylor's African Rifles has there been such a comprehensive book on guns for Africa. This is not a coffee-table picture book, but an information book of monumental proportions. What you will gain from this book is a wealth of knowledge on the safari rifle: historical and modern double-rifle makers; ballistics for the large bores; what TODAY'S professional hunters use; the ideal one-, two-, and three-rifle safari setup; bullets, components, and second-hand dealers; and much, much more. A full 431 pages! If you ever wanted a comprehensive book on guns for Africa, THIS IS IT. Boddington is a veteran of over twenty African safaris.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I am a fan of Craig Boddington's writing. I think he is an honest gun and hunting writer (and I don't have a lot of respect for most gunrag writers). I appreciate his insights on "Safari" rifles and found the book a great read and helpful for subsequent reference. I very much appreciated the time and trouble it took to obtain surveys of what guns Professional Hunters reccommend for a Safari. I also purchased "Make it Accurate", "American Hunting Rifles", "Shots at Big Game" and "Where Lions Roar: Ten More Years of African Hunting". I really have enjoyed them all. I wish Mr. Boddington would publish a compilation of all of his hunting and rifle articles in one book or perhaps a CD. That would be some great reading!
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Summary: Great book
Review: I am a fan of Craig Boddington's writing. I think he is an honest gun and hunting writer (and I don't have a lot of respect for most gunrag writers). I appreciate his insights on "Safari" rifles and found the book a great read and helpful for subsequent reference. I very much appreciated the time and trouble it took to obtain surveys of what guns Professional Hunters reccommend for a Safari. I also purchased "Make it Accurate", "American Hunting Rifles", "Shots at Big Game" and "Where Lions Roar: Ten More Years of African Hunting". I really have enjoyed them all. I wish Mr. Boddington would publish a compilation of all of his hunting and rifle articles in one book or perhaps a CD. That would be some great reading!
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Summary: Comprehensive and informative
Review: I consider this to be a "must read" text on hunting rifles. I have read many books on rifles and shooting and this ranks high in my estimation.
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Summary: Top read and lasting reference book
Review: I could not put it down, and read it cover to cover in one night. After that it became a reference. The endless detail on calibers, cartridges and loads may put off some but it helped me choose a gun, gave me cartridge selection ideas and got me involved in a South African safari. It is a reference book that reads like a novel.
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Summary: Top read and lasting reference book
Review: I could not put it down, and read it cover to cover in one night. After that it became a reference. The endless detail on calibers, cartridges and loads may put off some but it helped me choose a gun, gave me cartridge selection ideas and got me involved in a South African safari. It is a reference book that reads like a novel.
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Summary: Worth buying, but dry as a "DESERT SOUP-BONE"in some places.
Review: I liked this book, mainly because I like the topic and the style of Craig's writing. But this one wasn't one of his better ones. It is dry in some parts, that seem to go on forever; however, It is still WORTH HAVING IN YOUR LIBRARY.
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