[Guymullins]

Yesterday was a public holiday, so a pal and I took the opportunity to field-test our new rifle and scope combinations so as to be ready and confident for the upcoming season. A private game farm about 60 miles away invited us to come out and sample its pleasures. As it was pre-season, the game was very tame and approaching them was very easy. I took an Impala at about 120 yds and a Blessbuck at about 150 yds. The new scope performed flawlessly, dropping both animals with heart shots as if their puppet strings had been cut. My pal, trying out his new Parker Hale .270 was also very happy with his rifle, although both of his animals ran a fair distance before falling. He was using Hornady points and they mushroomed OK and held 60% of their weight and penetrated through shoulder bone ending up under the skin on the far shoulder. The new farm was nice with lots of game ranging from Buff, to giraffe, Sable, Eland, Oryx, Kudu and all the smaller species.