Safari Express rifle pic thread

[WH1]

I love my Whitworth .375 H&H. I first saw them in the late 1980's and finally was able to purchase one in 2008. I have since taken elk and mule deer with it. It is my favorite although it only gets shot occasionally, but it does attract a lot of attention when I pull the trigger.

 

[Yahoody]

.505 with integral rib.


engraved .416 Rigby

 

[fireman]

Great rifles Yahoody!! I see that the Rigby is a CZ...what maker/action on the .505?

 

[Yahoody]

Great rifles Yahoody!! I see that the Rigby is a CZ...what maker/action on the .505?

Thanks, Mike Kizler built both rifles on CZ actions. The 416 barrel shot so well out of the box I kept the barrel. Model 70 safeties and new triggers on both. Been awhile now but think we replaced the bolts as well.

Hard to beat the CZ actions as a start for the big calibers I think. 505 is a wild cat based on a Rigby case that duplicates or betters the original Gibbs specs with a Gibbs true .505 bullet. Both hold 4 + 1.
Chrono specs on the 505 are:
525gr Woodleigh soft, 100gr H4895, 2362fps
600gr Woodleigh PP soft, 86gr H4895, 2210fps
from my 21" barrel.

 

[fireman]

CZ's are great rifles. I bought a .375H&H when they were first showing up around here...and relatively cheap. I never could find a .416 Rigby or I would have bought it. I sold that CZ and went with M70's for my .375H&H fix. Around here, a decent used big bore CZ is $1500 or so for the standard model.

 

[Yahoody]

CZ's are great rifles. I bought a .375H&H when they were first showing up around here...and relatively cheap. I never could find a .416 Rigby or I would have bought it. I sold that CZ and went with M70's for my .375H&H fix. Around here, a decent used big bore CZ is $1500 or so for the standard model.

When I was building/having these built, dealer was right around $900 for the Winchester and a little less on the CZ. I had built a .416 Rem Winchester but chopping the barrel @ 22", new sights, new stock and the drop box bottom metal sent the project way over budget. That and no easy option on a .416 Rigby bolt head size made the Winchester less of an option for what I wanted.

Still use that 22" Win .416 though. That and the short .505 were intended to be used as Alaskan bush rifles.

 

[Mr. Godfrey]

.505 with integral rib.


engraved .416 Rigby

Nice pair of rifles and two fine looking books too. Is the bottom book Ostrich hide?

 

[Yahoody]

Good catch Charles. Yes, Ostrich and the other is Elephant.

 

[jkingrph]

I bought aa CZ 550 Safari American in .375 H&H a few years back, lovely flame figure in the stock. I had my pick of it, a .416 Rigby and .458 Lott at a Gander mountain, all on sale. I thought and chose the .375 so I could afford to shoot it more, and will never visit any place where I would need or want the bigger calibers. The first time at the range another gentleman showed up and said he was ready to buy it but it was gone when I got back. It does raise a few eyebrows when I show up at the range and everyone is zeroing their 7mm something or another magnum. No one wants to shoot it saying it would kick to much, not knowing the weight and big fat buttplate softens it a lot.

 

[Mr. Godfrey]

Good catch Charles. Yes, Ostrich and the other is Elephant.

Sorry I should asked but what is the title and who is the author of the Ostrich hide book? Nice pair though, any chance of photo of all your hunting books?

 

[Yahoody]

Sorry I should asked but what is the title and who is the author of the Ostrich hide book?

Hi Charles. The book is "Hunting the African Lion". One in a 5 volume set published as a "African Hunting Heritage Book" by Amwell. I gave that particular book to a dear friend dying of cancer. He had lived in Africa and loved the hunting there.

I've either given away or sold most of my safari library, sorry. But here is the original 5 of the Amwell set.

 

[Mr. Godfrey]

Hi Charles. The book is "Hunting the African Lion". One in a 5 volume set published as a "African Hunting Heritage Book" by Amwell. I gave that particular book to a dear friend dying of cancer. He had lived in Africa and loved the hunting there.

I've either given away or sold most of my safari library, sorry. But here is the original 5 of the Amwell set.

Thank you kindly, lovely set of books, really nice. I used to have a thing about books and building a library, however marriage and children seemed to put that on hold and now I would rather have the space, I have kept my favourite books but like you have passed my books onto new homes and owners.


But I keep being drawn to Seerly-Lester's books!

 

[Yahoody]

Thank you kindly, lovely set of books, really nice. I used to have a thing about books and building a library....

Funny when you mention it. My Mom had an amazing library. I often envied it since before I could read. When my mother died my father had little use for "books" and sold many of them off by the pound. I had no way to move them or store them at the time. Still a tough memory. Two years ago we moved into our "last home". My substantial library for the most part still sits, sadly, unpacked. Don't have the two walls of built in book cases to put them out. And to be honest guess I don't "need" them as much as I use to. Things change and you move on. But wish I did have a place for the books to go without resorting to ebay.

 

[Mr. Godfrey]

And to be honest guess I don't "need" them as much as I use to. Things change and you move on. But wish I did have a place for the books to go without resorting to ebay.

I hear you on that one, buddy. Sadly all the second hand books shops have gone and the library never seems to stock the books I like read these days, although they did have a half leather bound Deneys Reitz book Kommando.

 

[dereder]

I have never had CZ. But I’m fond of it. Because it was produced in my homeland. I like boar hunting. My friend and I go to it every summer. I use a Hatsan riffle. It could last till the night and I have also bought a headlamp and belt holster. We hunt along the banks overgrown with reeds as a rule. This is a favorite place for wild boars. The most important thing is to observe safety precautions of course. You never know what to expect from a wild animal. I can share photos if you are interested.

 

[Correus]

Funny when you mention it. My Mom had an amazing library. I often envied it since before I could read. When my mother died my father had little use for "books" and sold many of them off by the pound. I had no way to move them or store them at the time. Still a tough memory. Two years ago we moved into our "last home". My substantial library for the most part still sits, sadly, unpacked. Don't have the two walls of built in book cases to put them out. And to be honest guess I don't "need" them as much as I use to. Things change and you move on. But wish I did have a place for the books to go without resorting to ebay.

I have a thing for books, have since before I could read as well. I was in college back in the '80s when schools were starting to pull books from their shelves do to 'concerns'. A good friend worked in the library there, she helped me rescue them - when they were removed from the shelf they went to my trunk instead of tge dumpster. I was also given a small legal library when an attorney friend passed away, easily 200-300 volumes. Since I didn't move on to law school I donated the books to a school.

Currently we do have a dedicated library room, several 7' tall bookcases. We have book cases, or at least a desktop case, of books in just about every room of the house. I tend to recall someone once saying "a room without books is a room without a soul".

The sad thing is... I'm trying to do some work in the attic (turning it into an adventurer's study type theme). As part of the process I started sorting through, and organizing, the books stored there. When finished there were 25 bankers boxes filled with books. Many of those books came from an estate sale of a gent that owned the largest private library I had ever seen - bigger than most small town public library and definitely bigger than our High School's. The hard back books were selling for either $0.50 or $1.00 depending on its size. A majority of the books I purchased were obscure military history ones whose resale value was on average of $50. One of the books was valued at $200 alone.

Fortunately I have a niece who is like me when it comes to books; she will more than likely inherit my library.

 

[Yahoody]

Safari rifles? My Nephew was over this last weekend. Haven't pulled the guns out of the safe in a while.

30-06
338 Win Mag
416 Remington
and my 505 all got a look see.

505 is the heaviest @ 8# 13oz. empty. Drop box mag holds 4 cartridges, plus one in the chamber. 525 or 600 gr bullets. Choice of softs or solids.

505 and a .45.

the 505 and 416 in Kevlar.

 

[MikePotts]

Here's a fun project:

Still a work in progress of course, but a cheap Stoeger 12 bore getting dressed up to impersonate a heavy double rifle......at least from a distance

 

[fireman]

Did you cast a round nose 12 gauge slug?

 

[MikePotts]

Did you cast a round nose 12 gauge slug?

No, those are these:

Dummy 8ga. rifle rounds that have been sitting on m mantlepiece for a while