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Osa Johnson's Mauser Model 98 Type A Sporter 9.3x62
inscribed: Specially made for Chas. A. Heyer & Co., Nairobi
Waffenfabrik Mauser - Oberndorf A/N

Thread here on Africa Hunting: Osa Johnson's 9.3x62

Martin & Osa Johnson Safari Museum
Chanute, Kansas

Osa Johnson with her Mauser 9.3x62

CZ 550 American 9.3x62 [RSA 2005]
handload: 286 gr Woodleigh RN at 2395 fps MV

Remington Model 700 Classic 8x57JS [RSA 2005]
handload: 220 gr Woodleigh RN at 2400 fps MV

Ruger M77 Mk II .30-06 Springfield (#1) [RSA 2002]
handload: 220 gr Woodleigh RN at 2460 fps MV
Limpopo Bushbuck on a bank of the Limpopo River

Ruger M77 RSM .375 H&H Mag [RSA 2000]
handload: 300 gr Hornady RN at 2480 fps MV

Ruger M77 Mk II .30-06 Springfield (#2)

Ruger M77 Mk II .338 Win Mag

Ruger M77 Mk II .280 Remington

Ruger M77 Hawkeye .35 Whelen

Husqvarna Model 46 9.3x57

CZ 452-2E American .22 WMR

All of my rifles shown above were customized and/or tuned by my friend Todd Johnson, proprietor of Lone Star Armory in Pearland, Texas. He also did the preservation / restoration work on Osa Johnson's Mauser 9.3x62 rifle. Terry Wieland asked Todd to build a rifle to be showcased in his book, Dangerous-Game Rifles, Second Edition ©2009, which resulted in a .375 H&H rifle built on a FN Supreme action. Todd also restored Wieland’s Savage Model 1899-H .22 Savage Hi-Power which was featured in the article “A New Life for the Imp” in the September 2011 issue of Rifle Magazine.
--- Todd Edward Johnson, Mar 14, 1959 - Sep 17, 2020. Rest in peace, my friend. obituary link

(L) .30-06 Sprg 220 gr Woodleigh RN at 2460 fps MV
(R) .375 H&H 300 gr Hornady RN at 2480 fps MV

"It began with one Land Cruiser, big dreams, and a lot of prayers . . ."

". . . at last he came to the banks of the great grey-green,
greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees . . ."
-- "The Elephant's Child" (1902) by Rudyard Kipling

9.3x62 and .375 H&H

Savuti Marsh, Botswana

Ruger M77 RSM .375 H&H Mag
handload: 300 gr Hornady RN at 2480 fps MV
Eland yearling (cull, meat hunt) at Camp Cooley Ranch [2001]

Some curious Camp Cooley Ranch residents. [2001]

Camp Cooley Ranch
(owned by Klaus Birkel from 1991 to 2010)
The 1,000± acre exotic game preserve was once utilized by Texas tycoons and politicians, including President Lyndon Johnson and Texas Governor John Connally.

Camp Cooley Ranch - Wildlife Game Preserve
video posted to YouTube on July 11, 2011

video posted to YouTube on July 4, 2011

I was born in Beaumont, Texas and lived there until I moved to Houston in January 1986. I was the Systems Administrator for the John M. O’Quinn Law Firm from March 1992 until I retired in July 2018. "In total, O’Quinn is estimated to have won through settlement and/or verdicts, more than $21 billion for his clients." (source)

I have traveled to Mexico, The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, Monaco, France, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and South Africa. Photo safari in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia in 1998. I hunted plains game in the northern area of the Limpopo Province (near Maasstroom) of South Africa in 2000, 2002, and 2005 with Mabelingwane Safaris.

I have visited the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington.

I'm a member of the Houston Astronomical Society.
BBA in Accounting, cum laude 1985, Lamar University (Beaumont, Texas) www.lamar.edu

Birthday: September 25

Location: Houston, Texas

Country of residence: USA

State/Province of residence: Texas

Gender: Male

Have you hunted in Africa?: Yes

Number of times I have hunted in Africa: 3

My favorite African country: Botswana

Hunted: South Africa (3x), Texas

Species I have hunted in Africa: Bushpig (1), Gemsbok (2), Impala (6), Limpopo Bushbuck (1), Red Hartebeest (1), Southern Greater Kudu (2), Steenbok (1), Warthog (6) // Guinea Fowl (5)

My favorite African trophies: Limpopo Bushbuck taken on a bank of the Limpopo River
Southern Greater Kudu (56 inch field measurement)

My preferred weapon(s): ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
Ruger M77 Mk II .280 Remington
Ruger M77 Mk II .30-06 Sprg (#1) ●
Ruger M77 Mk II .30-06 Sprg (#2)
Remington M700 Classic 8x57JS ●
Ruger M77 Mk II .338 Win Mag
Ruger M77 Hawkeye .35 Whelen
Husqvarna Model 46 9.3x57
CZ 550 American 9.3x62 ●
Ruger M77 RSM .375 H&H Mag ●

Ruger No. 1 .300 H&H Mag
Ruger No. 1 9.3x74R
Winchester 1895 (Miroku) .405 Win

CZ 452-2E American .22 WMR
Winchester 9422M .22 WMR
● used in South Africa
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My other interests: Astronomy (I'm a backyard stargazer.)
Internet radio and shortwave radio listening (SWLing)
Aircraft, ships, trains, model railroads
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I prefer classic rifle cartridges. Some favorites: .30-06, .300 H&H, 8x57JS, .35 Whelen, 9.3x62, .375 H&H
See the About section of my member profile for some photos and a list of my rifles.
"Things are very simple in the African veld. You is or you ain’t." - Robert Ruark (Esquire - March 1952)

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