21 November 2004, 15:36
OldsargeRe: How's this for an African battery:
Don't for the twin engine Sikorsky amphibians they used to get around in.
21 November 2004, 15:46
JefferyDenmarkI also have that book
I puts things in perspective. But then again their safari was for more then 14 or 21 days
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1 English Rigby- .505- Mauser action
I would like to have that.
Cheers,
Andr�
21 November 2004, 14:23
BSAJoe3 English Blands- .470- double rifles
1 English Bland- .275 - Mannlicher action
1 American Springfield - .303- Mauser action (
as in text)
1 English Rigby- .505- Mauser action
3 American Winchesters- .405- lever action
1 American Winchester- .32- lever action
2 English Jefferies- .404- Mauser action
1 American Winchester shotgun-.12- repeating
1 American Parker-.12-double barrel
1 American Ithaca-.20-double barrel
1 American Ithaca-.20-sawed off shotgun, called riot gun
1 .38 Colt revolver
1 .45 Colt revolver
Guess what expedition this was for?
Martin and Osa Johnson, the famous American photographers, in their 1923 African expedition. This list was taken off page 9 of "Safari- A Saga of the African Blue" by Martin Johnson published in 1928.
Care to guess how many porters it took to carry the 250 cases of stuff they moved to their base camp at Lake Paradise on the Northern Frontier (Kenya) and Abyssinian border?
Joe
in Houston
Always looking for BSA factory sporters