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Now we are actually experiencing the only sunshine London has seen since this time last year, I'm about to board a plane for Africa - where it is winter!
My bag contains my Thompson hammer gun, a Kessler 16-bore boxlock and a Lang 12-bore SLE. Typically, only one is for me - the others are for a friend to shoot with.
We will be doing a lot of shooting so let's hope the old girls stand up to it again.
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Dig, A 16 bore? No troubles with ammo? I hope you don't forget us when you get back and give us a follow-up report on this trip. Good luck!!! 
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We supply all our own ammo for the trips - we brought in enough Eley 16 bore shells to keep the two 16-bore shooters happy. One of our party is taking his newly renovated Holland & Holland 'Royal' 16-bore.
I think I'm beginning to convince people that these old guns are capable of hard work!
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We, all pitched up in good order. A nice selection of nice guns in the field:
Holland & Holland 'Dominion' 12-bore
Thompson 12-bore hammer gun
Holland & Holland 'Royal' 16 bore
Webley & Scott 12-bore boxlock
Kessler 16-bore boxlock and........
Hatsan 20-bore semi auto
Browning 12-bore o/u
AYA No.2 SLE
We strolled out this morning and bagged a few guinea fowl and orange river partridges. Just had alate breakfast and then out for more.
Sun is shining, 25 degrees, light breeze. It could be worse.
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Is that temperature Centigrade or Fahrenheit?
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Excellent stuff Dig!!! Is that autoloader a camp gun? Were you guys in brush, heavy or light woods, behind dogs? Come on Dig we need more!!!
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Just got back from a great day - we finished with a flight on a big pan (shallow lake). I put the old nail to good use and ended up with 17 ducks of varous type (whistling duck, white face duck, cape teal egyptian geese and spurwing and a snipe). All shot with no choke and 1oz of fives.
Walking up the partridges and guinea fowl is in long grass and weeds interspersed with small bushes and a few taller trees. The autoloader belongs to one of the shooters.
The dogs are german short-haired pointers. We have a photographer here and a vide cameraman with a broadcast quality camera so hoe we'll have some good footage.
Off for a beer , a Petit Edmundo and a brai.
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Sounds like fun. Happy trails and safe home. Don't lose the pictures or you'll have to go back to make more. 
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Back and in need of a bit of a rest. I shot 233 pigeons this afternoon for 360 cartridges. Good birds over tall eucalyptus trees in a stiff breeze. Add to that several francolin and guinea fowl and then 12 ducks as the sun went down on a splash.
The old gun hasn't fallen to bits yet, though I had to tighten up the hand and breech pins on a fellow gun's AYA Number Two (aptly named).
All good.
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