Limited Edition: 460 page, illustrated throughout with colour photographs and load data summary tables, faux blue leather titled gilt on upper cover and spine, a fine copy in the dust jacket.
A limited specially customized First Edition Copy of African Dangerous Game Cartridges published by Pathfinder Book Publishers
Signed 25 June 2011 by the Publisher (Richard Lendrum) & Author (Pierre van der Walt)
From Chuck Hawks review of African Dangerous Game Cartridge, (https://chuckhawks.com/african_dangerous_game_cartridges_review.htm), ‘Pierre van der Walt is a renowned South African professional hunter, author and (according to the book's dust jacket) the widest published gun writer in Africa. He is also an advanced level firearms instructor and the founder of South Africa's national gun and hunting show, the Aim & Wild Expo. He has been awarded more honorary life memberships by southern African firearm, hunting and gun rights organizations than any other South African in history. Pierre is known as an avid rifle and cartridge collector, reloader, wildcatter and ballistic experimenter. The point being, he is well qualified to write a definitive reference about contemporary African dangerous game cartridges and this book covers virtually all of them, old and new, that are in use today.
'African Dangerous Game Cartridges was commissioned as, "the definitive sequel on the topic for the here and now." Pierre van der Walt has produced a good read that includes much original thought. His book is a great source of information about and reloading data for almost all African dangerous game cartridges, from the 9.3x62 Mauser (of which he is a great fan, as am I) to the .600 Nitro Express.
'Scattered throughout the book are some gripping photos of African animals, including elephant and lion charges. This is, however, fundamentally a reference work, not a picture book. Here is a list of the chapter titles, to give an idea of the scope of this book and the subjects addressed:
Terminology
Dangerous Game Rifles
Comfortable Shooting
Dangerous Game Optics
Bullet Impact Velocity Bands
Expanding Bullets on Dangerous Game
Solid Bullets on Dangerous Game
Handloading Dangerous Game Cartridges
Transition Bore Cartridges (9.3mm to .378)
Large Bore Cartridges (.40-.458)
Super Bore Cartridges (.465 to .600)
- Size: 4to (280 x 255)
