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Classic Safari vehicles!
Believe me, if it were possible, I would! In a couple of years I do intend to go to Thailand where you can still take a photo safari on elephant back. Maybe by then I'll have found someone else to go with me . . .- Oldsarge
- Post #215
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Classic Safari vehicles!
My first two safaris in Mozambique were done via Unimog. I call them the diesel elephant. When you sit up in the client seat in the back your head is just about on line with the top of the elephant grass. Their one disadvantage is that they are the very devil to get down off of with your...- Oldsarge
- Post #213
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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The Adventurer's Gear Thread
Zimbabwe, RSA (Kwa-Zulu province) and Mozambique here. Get in your blood? I should say it does. I've often told hunters who say they want to go "and get it out of my system" that going to Africa only makes it worse. Go once and you will bend Heaven and Hell to get back. The only reason I...- Oldsarge
- Post #3,068
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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The Adventurer's Gear Thread
So, Mr. Godfrey, did you ever make it to Africa?- Oldsarge
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- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!
Renault, what kind of shop are you constructing? I'm finally recovered enough from December to be ready to get back into mine. I still have a couple of cabinets to finish and then I can restart work on my sporterized Krag. First it needs magnafluxing to make sure there are no hidden cracks...- Oldsarge
- Post #645
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Show us your Guns!
That would really be an oddity in the PWN, I suspect. My understanding is that those are almost a staple in the Pennsylvania deer woods and considering how much deer hunting in the farm country of the Willamette resembles deer hunting back East it would be a useful oddity. I've considered it...- Oldsarge
- Post #5,306
- Forum: The Display Case
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Classic Safari vehicles!
My mistake. It's a Volvo Sugga TP21 custom 1957. The Volvo Tp21 originally started life out as a rugged off-road radio communications vehicle for the Swedish Armed Forces. They were also nicknamed “Sugga” (meaning sow or pig in Swedish) due to its pig like snout. They were produced between 1953...- Oldsarge
- Post #208
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Classic Safari vehicles!
Well, I don't know too many details but I believe it's a Saab of late '50's/early 60's vintage. If I recall the caption correctly it was pretty thoroughly customized. I'll go back and see if I can find that picture again and get back to you.- Oldsarge
- Post #207
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Show us your Guns!
For reasons I have never been able to explain I may be the only shooter in America who has never owned a 30/06. I admire the round greatly and happily agree with the proposition that with that one rifle you could hunt all of N. and S. America, Europe, Australia, all the legal game in Asia and...- Oldsarge
- Post #5,297
- Forum: The Display Case
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The Nazi Gold Train
In any case, I am following the train story with interest. I hope it isn't booby-trapped because I've had friends in EOD and really hate it when they have to go deal with stuff like that. Having it full of gold would be amusing . . . and very profitable for the two who 'found' it! -
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Show us your Guns!
I've wanted one like that for years! At my current stage of life it isn't likely that I'll succumb to the itch but they sure are gorgeous. What caliber did he get? Something bigger than 45/70 I hope.- Oldsarge
- Post #5,292
- Forum: The Display Case
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Show us your Guns!
Aye! Those two plus the 30/40 Krag and the 6.5x54 have been referred to as the cartridges that "killed better than they should" by some muzzle blast besotted pundit. The fool seemed to equate mathematical energy with killing power. This was a common (and very erroneous) belief from about the...- Oldsarge
- Post #5,288
- Forum: The Display Case
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Classic Safari vehicles!
This one would be a good choice.- Oldsarge
- Post #204
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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How the classy hunter goes afield...
After I move north I'll probably become much more of a waterfowler than a big game hunter but a nice double in 9.3x74 remains on my dream list. Pedersoli's hammered Kodiak would be my first choice combining my love of double guns with all the power I need to hunt just about anything I'll ever...- Oldsarge
- Post #69
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Show us your Guns!
I'm less than enthralled with cartridges in the 30/30 and .30 Rem class despite the millions of deer they've taken. Still, I have to admit that the .35 would qualify very nicely as a Pacific Northwest woods gun. Within reasonable range it has plenty of knock-down and frontal area for elk and...- Oldsarge
- Post #5,286
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Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!
Phillip, if you haven't already seen it get a copy of "On Your Own in the Wilderness" by Townsand Whelen. Now there was a man who knew how to adventure!- Oldsarge
- Post #632
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Classic Safari vehicles!
Epic! Finland has lots of areas of wilderness of its own but trekking to the Kola? Lounger Adventure in spades!- Oldsarge
- Post #203
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Bush Jackets
Is the Houston office the Int'l HQ, their US distributor or have they moved their manufacturing to the US as well. A few years ago when I was talking with them at a Safari Club convention they were based out of Zimbabwe.- Oldsarge
- Post #370
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Show us your Guns!
I'm no great fan of lever guns but one of those in Krag would certainly get my attention. When I was younger I dreamed of taking one on a moose trip via canoe in Ontario. Not sure I'll ever make it. Besides, what would i ever do with a whole moose? It took the wife and me a year and a half...- Oldsarge
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Bush Jackets
Indeed. Quite the 'Happy Valley' look, isn't it?- Oldsarge
- Post #366
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
