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  1. Oldsarge

    Safari Express rifle pic thread

    I wouldn't hesitate to take anything in Africa with the 577/450 below the pachyderms so long as it was undisturbed! The problem would be in stopping a charge. The frontal area is perfectly satisfactory but the bullet just doesn't move fast enough to stun an angry potroast. However, with...
  2. Oldsarge

    Show us your Guns!

    Yeah, they're a bit of a pain, but nothing a serious shooter can't work around. Besides, Arizona and Nevada are just a few hours' drive away.
  3. Oldsarge

    Safari Express rifle pic thread

    Africa can, especially for someone on the East Coast, be less expensive hunting than Alaska. It all depends on where you go and what you want to hunt. Yes, a tent hunt in Tanzania or South Africa for the Big Five will run you over a hundred thousand dollars and take at least a month. However...
  4. Oldsarge

    animal totems...

    Bears
  5. Oldsarge

    Show us your Guns!

    I like gatlings better, though why I cannot tell.
  7. Oldsarge

    Show us your Guns!

    So do I. A double gun just doesn't look right without 'ears'. Unfortunately, the rest of the world seems to have caught on lately and the prices have gone through the roof.
  8. Oldsarge

    Interview with former CEO of Wilis & Geiger

    Given how much trouble S&R is in right now, a good, aggressive team could probably pry the name out of them. If it ever happened, W&G, so long as it wasn't taken down the seamy path Abercrombie and Fitch was taken, would very quickly rise to the top of the market. Something along the lines of...
  9. Oldsarge

    Show us your Guns!

    Now that makes sense. Pity they didn't keep it up!
  10. Oldsarge

    Show us your Guns!

    Any product made outside the US must, by law, be so marked. Therefore it should be assumed your Colt is a Colt.
  11. Oldsarge

    Show us your Guns!

    Excuse me? There are 'Colt' reproductions and there are Colt continuation-of-the-original-series and serial numbers. If you have documentation that says Colt Patent Firearms didn't make those continuation pistols I'd like to see it. They were sold as original Colts.
  13. Oldsarge

    Giant Pith Helmet Thread of Doom

    :o :o
  14. Oldsarge

    Any Tips on safari outfit?

    A .50 Kodiak? Perfect! I'd probably draw the line just below giraffe (they're amazingly huge!) and wouldn't have the cojones to try a lion with one but the vast majority of your plains game including leopard (a very expensive hunt!) could be taken. And while a whole bunch of people have gone...
  15. Oldsarge

    Any Tips on safari outfit?

    And the fine double rifle in front? I presume it's a muzzle-loader since there is no top lever or hinge. What caliber? You are aware that safaris in RSA can be had for remarkably little money and flying from New Orleans is cheaper than from the Left Coast and that there are operators who...
  16. Oldsarge

    Any Tips on safari outfit?

    Actually, I got the band a couple of safaris before I shot a zebra. Where I hunted the first couple of times there weren't any zebra or I'd have gotten one first out. However, I did finally make up for my faux pas and that rug now adorns the slate floor in my guest room. BTW, many safari...
  17. Oldsarge

    Giant Pith Helmet Thread of Doom

    Damned noisy in the bush, though.
  19. Oldsarge

    Show us your Guns!

    My dad was in flight school with Jack Webb in WWII. I even have their old graduation picture.
  20. Oldsarge

    Any Tips on safari outfit?

    I didn't because I treated it as a bit of a joke from the get-go. However, I didn't actually hunt in it. They're too noisy. When you're in the bush, an Akubra Wentworth is the better choice and if you can score one, get a zebra hat band. Giraffe would be grand, as well, but much harder to...
  21. Oldsarge

    tweed run race

    Those brave souls who pedal around on penny-farthings can go ahead. I'll stick with safety bikes, myself, because they are well-named!
  22. Oldsarge

    Any Tips on safari outfit?

    Vietnam jungle hat? On a vintage safari? No, no, no! A pith helmet from Tag Safari or a broad-brimmed felt hat from Akubra, that's the headgear for a vintage safari. I speak as one who has done it. And if you want those boots for August from Russell, you'd better order them right now. A...
  23. Oldsarge

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    You might even have use for that outfit bird shooting in Hawai'i if you were high enough up a mountain and it was January. Most people don't know just how cold and dank Hawai'i can be because they stay on the beach. I was once up on the Pahakaloa Training Area with the 25th ID. 'Bout half...
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