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Vintage_Canvas
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Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?
18/09/24 05:04 AM

So,the story started about 20 years ago, when I went to a local gunsmith to sort out scope mounts on a old .303 Enfield. After chatting about calibers and what is best for our local Karoo hunts(the Karoo is a semi desert area in South Africa with lots of springbuck, kudu, and other plains game) where the shooting distance is anything from 150-350m! At that stage I only had the old 303 and a .22!
I asked the gunsmith what caliber he would recommend... he thought for about 10sec and out the blue said if I can only have one caliber for all hunting in Africa, it must be a 8x68! At that stage i never even heard about a 8x68! My response was a 'eight by what?'
so he explained to my young mind all the pro's and what a great caliber it is... but being a poor occasional hunter with only spare cash mostly used to buy reloading components and the odd hunting trip, I put it in the back of my mind and forget about the whole 8x68 thing!
So fast forward 15 years and i manage to get my hands on a collection of Man Magnum magazines. every edition from the first one in the late 1970's to the latest one at that stage. It was like a treasure cove full of info. In one of those Magnum magazines, there was a whole article about the 8x68 that Karl Stumpfe wrote before he was a big game PH in the Caprivi. I will try and take photos of the article and post it tomorrow.
To be continued....

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When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	12/07/22 07:55 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	m4220	12/07/22 08:58 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	12/07/22 05:50 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Vintage_Canvas	17/09/24 04:49 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	17/09/24 04:52 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	93x64mm	17/09/24 05:37 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	DarylS	17/09/24 09:17 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Vintage_Canvas	18/09/24 05:04 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	18/09/24 05:59 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	DarylS	18/09/24 08:13 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Vintage_Canvas	18/09/24 10:02 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Vintage_Canvas	19/09/24 03:40 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Vintage_Canvas	19/09/24 03:58 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	23/09/24 09:08 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	DarylS	24/09/24 02:58 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	26/09/24 03:11 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	26/09/24 03:23 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Vintage_Canvas	27/09/24 07:13 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Hoot	29/09/24 11:43 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	02/10/24 01:29 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Hoot	03/10/24 02:07 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	DarylS	02/10/24 02:02 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Vintage_Canvas	01/10/24 03:11 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Hoot	02/10/24 12:47 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	DarylS	01/10/24 09:07 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	02/10/24 01:22 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	Rule303	19/09/24 05:17 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	NitroX	23/09/24 09:00 PM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	93x64mm	19/09/24 05:55 AM
Re: When one has a 8x68S, does one need a ?	lancaster	12/07/22 03:30 PM

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