Wiley64
AH veteran
I’ve read most of his works multiple times, but for the life of me I don’t remember or can’t find what brand/make of rifle he carried in 375 h&h magnum in his stories. Can anybody help?
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He had a Mauser first of the Charles Daley/:Zastava action, but there is pictures of in a book with a M70 pte 64, later the fine Musgrave.
From “ A Return To The Long Grass “ :
“ I carry a custom Mauser-action, Blin-dee-barreled, bolt-action .375 by the Continental Arms Corporation of New York . “
Mr. Capstick’s .375 Holland & Holland Magnum was built on a commercial Fabrique Nationale Mauser action ( pre 1962 control round feed variant with the bolt guide ) . He had the magazine floor plate permanently rendered inoperable , by having it screwed shut .
@baxterbWhere did that last bit of info come from? Interesting.
When I went on my first African mixed bag safari to Kenya in 1974 , I saw the same thing as you did . My white hunters were complaining that .470 Nitro Express ammunition was no longer being made . I quickly found out why - Because ICI Kynoch had completely ceased manufacture of center fire rifle ammunition in 1972 . But I had absolutely no idea that British Nitro Express ammunition wasn’t even being produced in 1970 ."It also stresses the fallacies of double rifles which are chambered in rimmed calibres ( such as .458 Winchester Magnum ) ."
The last time I checked my Krieghoff O/U double rifle in .458 Winchester Magnum, it used rimless, belted cartridges. I used it reluctantly, because in 1970 when I ordered it, classic British double rifle cartridges were in very short supply and there was little prospect of their being manufactured again.
That said, it has never failed to extract and eject correctly.
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No problem , @baxterb . Out of all the questions my fellow hunting friends ask me , the second most popular one is “ How was Kenya during the good old days ? “ . My white hunter’s name was J. Cheffings and we hunted near Rift Valley . You can see some of my photos on my “ Media “ page .@Hunter-Habib Just curious who you hunted with (and where) in Kenya in 1974? You snuck in just before they closed.