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[Orion]

Rigby Tsavo Limited Editions

Interesting detail between the lioness's paws in the engraving on the magazine bottom plate!

 

[Tim.243]

Rigby Tsavo Limited Editions

Interesting detail between the lioness's paws in the engraving on the magazine bottom plate!

My friend Hennie went with his ranger friend on a border drive in the Kruger, they came across a trail of blood stained clothes, at the end of them was a man up a tree asking to be arrested as all his friends had been eaten...

Hope you are well.?
Tim

 

[Orion]

My friend Hennie went with his ranger friend on a border drive in the Kruger, they came across a trail of blood stained clothes, at the end of them was a man up a tree asking to be arrested as all his friends had been eaten...

Hope you are well.?
Tim

Yummy!

Very well thanks Tim - and my feathered mate.

 

[Island]

I have spent an awful lot of time on safari in Tsavo over the years, it is a truly magical place.

I rather suspect that the lioness in the engraving is, in fact, a lion. Tsavo lions are without mane. My assumption is based on the fact that the most famous Lions from the area are the two man-eaters that were hunted, shot and killed by Col. J. H. Patterson during the building of the Kenya-Uganda railway, which would tie in neatly with the human limb being portrayed?

It is a fascinating story, recounted excellently in the book by Patterson entitled "The Man Eaters of Tsavo" or, if you prefer it visually, "The Ghost and the Darkness" starring Val Kilmer as Patterson. The film I can take or leave, but the book is definitely worth a read...

 

[Orion]

Thanks for the clarification @Island - I’m halfway through Patterson’s book at the moment, a great read, as are Corbett’s.

Some more drooling material, this time from Westley Richards:

The Magazine Rifle

 

[Island]

Oh my...

I really do need to check my birth certificate properly. Given that my tastes far outweigh my ability to cater for them there must surely be a mistake somewhere?

 

[Lateral]

Not the same, but this was being engraved when I visited the Chapuis factory, a few years ago. Apparently, the owners "girl friend" !

 

[bullet chucker]

NOW' YOUR TALKING !!!!!

BC.

 

[Fabnosh]

Rigby Tsavo Limited Editions

Interesting detail between the lioness's paws in the engraving on the magazine bottom plate!

I'm probably going to be burned at the stake for heresy, but that's not great engraving. If I'd paid a kings ransom for that I'd be seriously upset. Once the novelty of the arm is gone the quality of the lions is really poor. They look more like a Disney storyboard than real life art.....which given it's from the Rigby stable is really surprising.

I'm on the pyre awaiting the torch.

FN

 

[Orion]

Oh my...

I really do need to check my birth certificate properly. Given that my tastes far outweigh my ability to cater for them there must surely be a mistake somewhere?

Whatever you do, don’t scroll back through the several years worth of short articles (some expand into more detailed pieces) on the Westley Richards Explora website. I think even Bill Gates would have to examine his credit card balance if the buying bug took hold!

 

[Island]

Whatever you do, don’t scroll back through the several years worth of short articles (some expand into more detailed pieces) on the Westley Richards Explora website. I think even Bill Gates would have to examine his credit card balance if the buying bug took hold!

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Dammit man, stop it.

My bank manager already hates me...

 

[bowji john]

Stop posting pictures of double rifles !!!!

I don't know about @Carl 's phone fairies but my rifle cabinet fairies are definitely getting restless and muttering 'you need another'

 

[Orion]

Apparently, the owners "girl friend" !

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A ‘left hooker’?

 

[Woodsmoke]

Rigby Tsavo Limited Editions

Interesting detail between the lioness's paws in the engraving on the magazine bottom plate!

Have you heard of the 'Maneaters of Tsavo'. A damn interesting tale that I won't even try to replicate here

 

[Orion]

Yes, recently read it, although for my money some of the Corbett tales are better for that, ‘Edge of the Machan’ sense of being there with a big cat only a spring away.

 

[Orion]

Try this one: