Sporting Classics Digital

Jan/Feb 2017

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take into account that it has a 1-MOA accuracy guarantee, a threaded barrel, five-round, flush-mount rotary magazine, and a pillar-bedded stock. HORNADY ELD-X AMMUNITION While in the valleys, mountains, and plains of the Eastern Cape, Debney and his friends used Hornady's new Precision Hunter ELD-X ammunition. The ELD-X bullet has a revolutionary new Heat Shield tip, enabling the match-grade bullet to retain its shape in flight and expand dramatically and reliably on game. When Smith & Wesson CEO James Debney heads to Africa, he sometimes has a tough time limiting himself as to which guns he takes on the long trip across the Atlantic. That's understandable since Thompson/Center produces more than a few fine options. Occasionally, Debney also totes a large-bore Smith & Wesson revolver in a chest rig. His friends might call him many things, but "under- gunned" isn't one of them. LEUPOLD VX-3i SCOPE In Leupold's new VX-3i, the company's gear teStS innovative product design team has created the new standard with regard to low-light performance by a riflescope. Thanks to the new Twilight Max Light Management System technology, the days of missed last- minute shot opportunities, especially on overcast days, might be a thing of the past. T/C COMPASS RIFLE Thompson/Center's new bolt-action Compass, chambered in the venerable .30-06, is an outstanding rifle for African plains game. Incredibly, the model's MSRP is only $399—stunning when you S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S • 177 From left: Bruce Pettet and PH Peter Tam with a big wildebeest; Pettet and James Debney with a springbok; and Len Durandt and Darren LaSorte with a mountain reedbuck. Behind them is the camp's tracker.

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