Johan van Wyk
Johan was born in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and has hunted dangerous and plains game extensively across southern Africa. Now based in Australia, he has embraced the local hunting scene while still travelling back to South Africa to hunt. He also has a passion for classic older British and European firearms.

Author: Johan van Wyk

Johan was born in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and has hunted dangerous and plains game extensively across southern Africa. Now based in Australia, he has embraced the local hunting scene while still travelling back to South Africa to hunt. He also has a passion for classic older British and European firearms.
    Woodward Automatic: A British gunmaking classic
    The 1880s were a golden period for the gunmakers of Great Britain. Driven shooting in Scotland and elsewhere was immensely…
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    From battlefield to big game: The story of the M98 Mauser
    War, as detestable a thing as it is, has always been a great inspiration for technical innovation and advancement. War…
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    Why the Browning B25 became a legend
    John Browning’s B25 shotgun is an icon. Consult the internet on topics such as ‘best shotguns ever made’ and the…
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    The .300 H&H: King before the magnums
    It’s hardly surprising that the various .300 Magnums are some of the most popular hunting cartridges on the market today….
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    Inside John Rigby’s rifle revival
    Mention the name of London gunmakers John Rigby & Co. and visions of adventures in far-off lands filled with dangerous…
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