SAFARI RIFLES: DOUBLES, MAGAZINE RIFLES, AND CARTRIDGES FOR AFRICAN HUNTING. By Craig Boddington.

1990 2nd edition. 8vo (161 x 243mm). Pp429,ad. B/w photographs, pictorial end-papers. Gilt buffalo head motif and titles in gilt borders to cream textured boards, spine titled in gilt.

"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 rifles and calibres for Africa." Chapters include; Part 1, big-game cartridges. Light cartridges, .22 through .270; the versatile 7mms; the all-American .30 caliber; the light mediums; .375, the medium bore; the lower .40s; big bores for repeaters; the big Nitro Expresses; some useful metrics; small bore versus big bore; expanding bullets; full metal jackets. Part 2, safari rifles. the double rifle - a historical perspective; the double rifle today; the bolt-action hunting rifle - a historical perspective; bolt-actions today; a question of extractors; single-shots and others; double or magazine?; stocks, related gear and recoil reducers; iron sights; scopes and mounts; shotguns on safari. Part 3, guns for game. Light to medium plains game; large plains game; leopard; lion; buffalo; the heavyweights; rifles for bush and savanna; rifles for forest, swamp and mountain. Part 4, the African battery. the one-rifle battery; the two-rifle battery; the three-rifle battery; the Professional's choice today. Appendices on present day and historical makers of rifles of various sorts, sources of ammunition and components, ballistics tables, advice on the care and transport of firearms on safari.