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Larry, Tell Bob Francis that the 375 Holland and Holland that laid in the bottom of the dugout for years is about finished after two years of restoration..the metal is at Doug Turnbulls for a best rust blue and I finished the stock about a week ago...the toughest job I ever undertook, but it looks like it came out of the showroom floor..I will send you guys a photo or bring it to Safari club. The bottom metal had lost its carbon content and was like welding rice crispis, it just could not be welded to repair the broken trigger guard, so Butch Searcy is cutting the trigger guard off and soldering another on below the wood line..very tricky job...A lot of folks had a hand in its restoration, and I have more than 400 hours into it...but now it is a proper Holland. Unfortunatly it can never be scoped least it would ruin the integrity of the original bolt handle. | |||
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Larry, WR, Tell Bob Francis the refugee 375 Holland and Holland from the bottom of the dug out canoe is almost completed after two years, and it is a proper Holland and Holland now. Two years and some 400 hours by self, plus the talent of such fine smiths as Jack Belk, Woody at Lothar-Walther, Doug Turnbull and Butch Searcy I got it done and done right.... I have never tackled such an impossible job and I could have bought a new one by now, but I feel good about saving this wonderfull piece of African and English history..I finished the stock about a week ago...Had to make a new one as the old one was rotted through, but I matched the wood grain exactly and the deminsions are exact with the original grip cap, oval and swivels and checkering... Still some pitting under the wood but it does not show and turnbulls blue is a thing of beauty..It is just beatifull...I will never be able to scope it as the Holland bolt handle will not allow a low mounted scope and I don't want to change the bolt.... The Cape Buffalo better watch out, because next year I will take it back to its home and hunt with it once again and that will be the final chapter...Its been a rush, and a project of pure love and affection.... | |||
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Larry, I think I remember seeing a 425 WR double at the WR booth at one of the Safari shows in Dallas TX a few years a go. I think it was the one that was held in a hotel in the downtown area, not Market Hall. If so it would be nice to hear info from the buyer if he has shot the rifle much. PS are ya'll going to be at the 2003 Dallas Safari show? | |||
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Ray I am new to the forum, but is there a story hear that has not bee told for a while? | |||
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Well folks, I'd sure like to get out of this fireproof suit, It's hot in Texas, and if the flame throwers are empty, then I'd like a breath of fresh air! ToddE, and I seem to get along, though we disagree on many things, but neither of us are totally wrong, or right, and we both know it. That's the key, in my view, all have something to offer, but nobody is perfect! Besides, ToddE is mild compared to some of the scum-bags we've had to deal with lately! I really would like to see ??? ToddE ???? stay here, but only if some of his radical alter-egos take a hike! I simply dislike arrogance, and disception in anyone. let the peace accords begin! ![[Big Grin]](images/icons/grin.gif){kind=icon} HOWEVER, I'll keep my fire extenguisher handy for some time to come! ![[Cool]](images/icons/cool.gif){kind=icon} | |||
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quote:Larry@WR, Westley Richards used to come to the Dallas Safari Club show every year, for several years. The last one they came to was at the Dallas Convention Center, about four years ago. I, for one, would like to see them return to our show, but that's certainly up to them! | |||
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quote:Yes, I know. But, *apparently* we did not benefit fomr the show to warrant going down there. And it's partially up to me, as I would be driving down there ![[Wink]](images/icons/wink.gif){kind=icon} | ||
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Todd E. I agree with Ray. You have a very good mind and I don't want to just start skipping over you like I have with some of the recent pests. You do need to practice disagreeing without being disagreeable. I am also an engineer (Civil, P.E.) so I feel like I can offer you these two things to think about. The first one was from my father, also an engineer, who was accustomed to arguing with me would often say, "You can always tell an engineer, BUT YOU CAN'T TELL HIM MUCH!" Something we need to think about when we get into the "heat" of battle in a discussion (argument to anyone else). The other truism came from the wife of a friend, also an engineer, she said that engineers are an interesting breed, not at all unlike Human Beings. Chic | |||
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