silly question

We were watching GITD this afternoon. What type of rifle was Patterson (val Kilmer) carrying in the movie?


thanks

I watched the movie a long time ago so I may be off but I think it was a British Enfield in .303.

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It has been a long time since I saw the Movie but I think I remember thinking it was a Westly Richards looking Lee-Metford rifle.???

Did they sometimes call that rifle the Lee- Speed???

I think I remember it had a shorter magazine with the little chain on it.???

Price around 1914 25 Pounds.

Price of Best Quality WR double rifle in 450 or 476 Nitro 80 Guineas.

Yes, it's a Lee Speed.
Regards
Hector

The Ghost And The Darkness

Not "The Ghost in the Darkness". The name refers to how the laborers named the two lions, one being "The Ghost" and the other being "The Darkness".

Philip Caputo's book (can't think of the exact title right now) is an excellent exploration into the story of the Maneaters of Tsavo and the biological uniqness of lions in the Tsavo area that may make them prone to focusing on human prey.

Stonecreek: may I ask who published Caputo´s book?. I have a long time interest in this story and don´t find any references to that writer.
Thanks

nainital,

GHOSTS OF TSAVO
STALKING THE MYSTERY LIONS OF EAST AFRICA
by
Philip Caputo, 2002

Adventure Press
National Geographic
Washington, D.C.

www.nationalgeographic.com

The .450 he borrows off the doctor was a Gibbs Farqueson. It is for sale at Holts in London in march?? but on display now

Philip Caputo's book (can't think of the exact title right now) is an excellent exploration into the story of the Maneaters of Tsavo and the biological uniqness of lions in the Tsavo area that may make them prone to focusing on human prey.[/QUOTE]

I also watched something on TV in the last few years that showed how the drought conditions at the time may have also been a contributing factor to the lions' behavior. One point that was made was that they drank the blood because they were thirsty. It was interesting to hear those theories.

I believe there was also a theory that as the train gang moved along the track the dead workers were left behind creating an easy meal for the predators happening upon them. The lions may have simply come to think of the humans as a meal on wheels so to speak. I believe the History channel had a special about the building of the track and lions that came to be call the Ghost and Darkness.
Frank

A truly engaging movie. And I have a copy to watch on occasion. What chilled it a bit for me was when I learned how much of an anti gun nut Michael Douglas was. He has made his fame and fortune with guns in movies, yet he decries them for us mortals.