Hi,

for pure entertainment value, which iconic hunting personalities do you associate with the various hunting cartridges/chamberings?

I am thinking along the lines of well-known hunting personalities who were known to use, or are currently using these, through their careers, and are inextricably associated.

For example, my list thus far;

.270 Win. - Jack O'Connor
7x57mm - WDM "Karamojo" Bell
.30-06 Spr. - Teddy Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway?
.416 Rigby - Harry Selby
.375 H&H - Harry Manners
.458 Win. Mag. - Ron Thomson?, Richard Harland
.500 Jeffery - Fletcher Jamieson
.505 Gibbs - Kevin "Doctari" Robertson, Richard Harland

I wouldn't say this should be restricted to hunters and cartridges of old, e.g. who would you consider to be the icon of the .458 Lott? Is there one?

I would like to hear what your thoughts are.

Cheers

500NE- Sten Cedargren.
470NE-George Adamson.

9,3x62 - Ganyana
375-404 Jeffery - Saeed
.450 NE No2 - Ian Nyschens

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Originally posted by mouse93:
9,3x62 - Ganyana

& Osa Johnson?

...by all means

Not to forget the .577 NE (Jim Sutherland), or the 10,75x68 (George Michael, and not the one with a fondness for public toilets), or the .450/400 (John Taylor), or the .577 BPE (Sam Baker)...

.275 Rigby, 450-400....Jim Corbett

4-Bore Hollis Frederick Selous
45 Colt Elmer Keith
244 H&H Magnum Robert Ruark
I would add Wally Johnson for the 375 H&H
600 Nitro Mark Sullivan

Tony Sanchez-Arino championed the 9,3x64 quite a bit (along with the .416Rigby and .375)

I may add that the 500 NE was the war horse of nobody less than John A. Hunter. By the way, Sánchez Ariño also championed the 465 H&H.

.338 win mag Jim Carmichael

Elgin Gates --- .300 Weatherby Mag.

458 lott-shootaway

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.505 Gibbs - Kevin "Doctari" Robertson, Richard Harland

and Barry Duckworth

.333 OKH Elmer Keith

.416 Rigby - Jack O'Connor

.30-06 Eleanor O'Connor

I agree Carmichel should be associated with the .338 Win, but even more so the .458 Win.

338 Win Mag. Robert K. Brown

416 Taylor --- Will!!!

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Originally posted by phurley5:
Elgin Gates --- .300 Weatherby Mag.

Add Herb Klien to the 300 Weatherby.

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Originally posted by umshiniwam:
.30-06 Spr. - Teddy Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway?

You could add Grancel Fitz to the 30-06. He was(IIRC) the first person to kill record book heads of all NA game, and he did it all with a G&H 30-06.


Also, 7mm Magnum = Warren Page

8MM Magnum(or anything fast and flat) = Col. Charles Askins

458 Win Mag: Finn Aagaard
338 OKH: Elmer Keith
44 Rem Mag: Elmer Keith

404 Jeffery John F Burger.

Von Gruff.

30-06: Stewart Edward White before all of them.

.375 RUM - Aaron Neilson

Lord Grey and .280 Ross

50-90 Sharps--Billy Dixon

50-70 Springfield--Buffalo Bill Cody

SSR

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270 Win. - Jack O'Connor
7x57mm - WDM "Karamojo" Bell
.30-06 Spr. - Teddy Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway?
.416 Rigby - Harry Selby
.375 H&H - Harry Manners
.458 Win. Mag. - Ron Thomson?, Richard Harland
.500 Jeffery - Fletcher Jamieson
.505 Gibbs - Kevin "Doctari" Robertson, Richard Harland

I thought Teddy would be .405 WCF???

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Originally posted by ledvm:

quote:

270 Win. - Jack O'Connor
7x57mm - WDM "Karamojo" Bell
.30-06 Spr. - Teddy Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway?
.416 Rigby - Harry Selby
.375 H&H - Harry Manners
.458 Win. Mag. - Ron Thomson?, Richard Harland
.500 Jeffery - Fletcher Jamieson
.505 Gibbs - Kevin "Doctari" Robertson, Richard Harland

I thought Teddy would be .405 WCF???

Since as I understand it he was personally involved as president in the adoption of the 03 Springfield and the 03 and 06 cartridges it is fair to associate him with it. I am not sure but I seem to recall that he shot an elephant with the 06.

SSR

416 Hoffman - George Hoffman

8mm Rem Mag - Craig Bodington
458 Win Mag - Phil Shoemaker
308 Win - John Wooters

Single shot Blunderbuss - Elmer Fudd
44 Magnum - Clint Eastwood (as Dirty Harry)

375 JDJ -- JD Jones

373 H&H - Eugene Henderson ;-)

416 Rem. Mag -- Me -- In less than two weeks!

243-Warren Page

2 Bore (Baby)- Baker

458 Lott--Jack Lott why not?

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Originally posted by Cross L:
50-90 Sharps--Billy Dixon

50-70 Springfield--Buffalo Bill Cody

SSR

50-70 Springfield Government
as in the Allin Conversion of percussion musket to Trapdoor Springfield,in 1868, the first centerfire breechloader rifle of the U.S. Army.
As in "Lucretia Borgia" the "Needle Gun" of William F. Cody, which was a direct descendant of the first metallic cartridge (rimfire .69-caliber ) breechloader in the world.
"Needle Gun" referred only to the long and skinny shape of the centerfire Trapdoor Springfield rifle, not a pin-fire.

Yes, we here in the USA beat the rest of the world to it, in 1858, Morse conversion, of the Springfield 1816 Musket, flintlock to rimfire!!!
Then the Model 1865 Rifle, Allin Conversion of Springfield Model 1861 percussion musket to .58 Rimfire, First Model Allin.
Then the Second Model Allin Conversion of 1866, using Springfield Model 1863 percussion muskets, to .50 cal. centerfire, 50-70 Govt, with new .50-cal barrels, instead of barrel liner,
mass produced for USA from 1868 through 1872,
until 45-70 Govt. of 1873.

.395 H&H: Rip
An oddball for an oddball.

My apologies RIP,

of course you are correct, I was ID'ing the rifle and not the cartridge.

SSR

4 bore - Tom the safarikid
375H&H=P.H.Capstick
577 T rex-saeed
7mm rem.mag.& 243win.-warren page
405win-T.R.Roosevelt
35whelen-Townsend whelen
44spl.-skeeter
45colt-Jessie James/John Wayne
22-Annie Oakley
45-60/Tom Horn
45-70/Quigley
41mag.& 44magnum-Elmer Keith
357mag.-Jordon
7x57-WDM Bell
275.rigby-Corbett
260-Carmichel

Well, if RIP is taking the .395 H&H, I, Max, will lay claim to the .395 Max. However, as far as caliber, RIP is THE GRANDFATHER of the .395 and a legend for this hugely popular size.

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Originally posted by shootaway:
458 lott-shootaway

Thanks for that! Gave me a chuckle

"RIP is THE GRANDFATHER of the .395 and a legend for this hugely popular size."



500 Jeffery Improved: Harald Wolf and Tony Sanchez-Arino

Quigley didn't use a 45-70.