I know I'm going to get beat up for even mentioning his name under this thread, but, a friend of mine has several of Capsticks rifles. I have shot them all including the first "original" 470 Capstick which was presented to Peter soon after production. My favorite to shoot is the Continental Arms 375 featured in his book "Return To the Long Grass". It really is a sweet gun. He should not be included with those names listed in this thread but he was one hell of a writer and a really neat guy.

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Originally posted by sevenmagltd.:
I know I'm going to get beat up for even mentioning his name under this thread, but, a friend of mine has several of Capsticks rifles. I have shot them all including the first "original" 470 Capstick which was presented to Peter soon after production. My favorite to shoot is the Continental Arms 375 featured in his book "Return To the Long Grass". It really is a sweet gun. He should not be included with those names listed in this thread but he was one hell of a writer and a really neat guy.

I'd mention him in any company. His contribution to big game hunting is immeasureable.

7 mag,
Don't worry I won't pound on you, I'm sure others will. Capstick always has and always will evoke different emotions from different people. To me his writings are priceless, and I look at him as my "Santa Claus", even though I dont believe in him I can still love Christmas. I bought his DVD series from Amazon after the last AR "Capstick war" and actually was dissapointed. He is much better in the written word I can even see myself on track with him in his books, I can smell the fires, swat at the mopane flies. "Priceless"

I checked this morning and mine is still in my safe

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I checked this morning and mine is still in my safe

I wish I could say the same!

I've had a chance to meet Berit Aagaard and see Finn's old Model 70 375 H&H. Berit is a wonderful person, recently re-published a book of their African diaries (which I also had a chance to look through, in the original).

The 375 is the epitome of a working rifle with lots of miles on it and lots of history.

Bob

James Sutherland's .577 Westley Richards droplock sold for over 50,000 at bonhams last year. also in the sale were two (a pair).450 Westley Richards boxlocks belonging to Blaine Percival.

John Ormiston had a Rigby boxlock double rifle that belonged to Denys Fitch Hatton. I saw it last year with my initials on the oval 'DFH' and aprice tago of '125' - made me look again auntil I worked out he had omitted the last three zeros!!

http://catalog.gregmartinauctions.com:8050/FMPro?-db=gm...=30&-skip=300&-find=
If you'll look at rifle #315 you'll find a real nice Griffin and Howe springfield that was once owned by the Hutton Family and used in Africa (not a famous hunter or guide I know, but a darn nice collector item). It will be auctioned off next tuesday.

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I know I'm going to get beat up for even mentioning his name under this thread, but, a friend of mine has several of Capsticks rifles. I have shot them all including the first "original" 470 Capstick which was presented to Peter soon after production. My favorite to shoot is the Continental Arms 375 featured in his book "Return To the Long Grass". It really is a sweet gun. He should not be included with those names listed in this thread but he was one hell of a writer and a really neat guy.

You'll get more hits on google with Peter Capstick than nearly any other hunter so I'd consider him a famous hunter. I would love to see detailed pics of that Continental 375. HAve always thought that a classy rifle.

Thanks guys for not beating me up on this issue. I got to know Peter "years ago" and he really was an interesting person. I give him credit for being a major inspiration to the modern day US african hunter.
I was at a conference several years back where the MC asked the crowd, "what famous person would like to talk to"? I replied, "to spend an evening around an African campfire with Peter Capstick". Everyone looked at me like "who the hell is that" except one guy who just nodded his head and said "amen".
If I could own one rifle in the world, it would be Peter's Continental Arms 375, no disrespect intended to the other greats out there.

A Purdey percussion 16 bore double rifle once belonging to the family of R. Gordon Cumming sold at the Julia auction in October. I think it was the one he used in South Africa.
All the best, SXS

I was able to handle Dennis Fitch Hattons 465 Holland Royal at the Beretta gallery in London last fall. Nice handling rifle; as one would expect.

Hello all while i love hunting my actual knowledge on ballistics and the more technical side of firearms is limited but today i was in a bookshop here in the uk with my wife and was bored and irritable like only a man that is shopping with his wife can be.I decided to have browse through the magazines and came across one which i think was called double rifle gazette and i happened to see an article that had a picture of Rodger Whittal with a rifle that he owns that used to belong to Courtney Selous it looke like it was in pristine condition.

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Originally posted by Small Bore:
James Sutherland's .577 Westley Richards droplock sold for over 50,000 at bonhams last year. also in the sale were two (a pair).450 Westley Richards boxlocks belonging to Blaine Percival.

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Sutherland's .577 brought 66,000 GBP. The pair of .450s weren't Westley's. They were Webley-built Langs, and were built for Philip Percival, not Blaney.

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John Ormiston had a Rigby boxlock double rifle that belonged to Denys Fitch Hatton. I saw it last year with my initials on the oval 'DFH' and aprice tago of '125' - made me look again auntil I worked out he had omitted the last three zeros!!

I was aware that Ormiston had Finch Hatton's old Lancaster "wrist breaker" sidelock .450 (which Finch Hatton had re-barreled by Lancaster from .475), but wasn't aware that he had another of Finch-Hatton's rifles. Are you sure it was a Rigby boxlock, or are we referring to the same rifle?

Maybe not a great hunter of all time but and interesting guide. I have George Hoffman's Dakota in of course .416 Hoffman. I sold a ton of rifle and English shotguns last years at auction ( a big mistake of my life) but somehow could not sell his rifle.

Ed

the sad thing is; all those "famous" rifles we covet were looked at by the various PH's much the same as a plumber looks at his favorite crescent wrench and other tools in his box.

Weird,huh?

Rich
DRSS
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15 days and a loooong plane ride from Harare airport and them Cape Buffalo

Wristbreaker it was! See how the memory fails one even after a year or so?!