You begin carrying a pack, canteen, food, full-weight rifle and a handgun strapped to your waist. After 14 days you don’t even want to carry the handgun.

A brief review of mine has just appeared on TheTruthAboutGuns.com.

Well, my friends Ken Buch and Jérôme Lanoue of Kebco/Verney-Carron along with Colby Phillips and Jacob Nash from South Fork Hunting Preserve have done it again.

Growing up reading the wonderful books on hunting in Africa, I dreamed of shooting an ‘elephant rifle’.

This is a bit of a throwback because I just realized my mistake of not alerting folks to my first review of a Turnbull Restoration Co. firearm.

My latest gun review just appeared. Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did working with this lovely Janz revolver!

Early tomorrow morning, I’ll be heading to the range to try out one of Kerry O’Day’s MG Arms Ultralight rifles chambered to .416 Taylor.

While Colby and Jacob again swapped equipment, I acquainted myself with one of the leaders of the next stage of our hunt, an 11-month-old “Rockstar” (Colby’s descriptor) named Louise.

Well, once again, I was very fortunate to be asked to review a high-end firearm. This time around it was a custom-built revolver made by the German company, Janz.

I have been extremely fortunate to be given the opportunity to review many excellent firearms, including guns from Nosler, Blaser, MG-Arms, Turnbull and more.

Josie and Jessie, much to their dismay, were placed into their enclosure while Jacob suited up as the backer and Colby prepared to act as the guide.

My newest review, this one of the Turnbull Government Heritage Model 1911 just appeared. It can be accessed here!

The men from the French counterterrorist unit, Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale (a.k.a. GIGN), raced toward the hijacked Air France flight 8969.

I rely on Craig Boddington for advice and ideas as a former generation of hunters relied on Jack O’Connor.

On a recent Safari to South Africa’s Eastern Cape, I was introduced to a hunting technique reflecting an unusual skill of my Blaauwkrantz Safaris PH, Arnold Claassen.

They gave fair warning. In fact, it seemed that they exchanged a look, shrugged their shoulders and then looked back as if to say, “Please don’t look for the bird on the ground. Look up.”

The review of the Turnbull Model 1911 will be in memory of one of my very best friends, Grover Edward ‘Buddy’ Swinson.

What is not reflected in these accurate, but one-dimensional, facts is the superb craftsmanship evident in the details of this double rifle.