I have been thinking of him this morning -- of the unforgettable images of him with his lion and with a hyena, God rest his soul. I see there is a compilation of African cartridge profiles that he and Charlie Haley put together based on material from African Hunter. Is this a useful book to have?

I had a message from his daughter a few days ago.

They are living in Sweden and thankfully doing great.

Thanks for sharing that Saeed. Very good to hear this. I ordered the book.

Any chance someone has copies of above referenced pics?

I’d love to read more of Don’s exploits. Taken too soon

The last time I visited with Don in person was at SCI 2007. John & James Rosenfels, Nigel Theisen, Paddy Curtis, and a few other friends were having dinner at Sterling Steakhouse in Reno.

We were inbibing large quantities of Sterling's fine namesake vintage. Don walked in looking for someone else, found us, and helped us rid Sterling of the wine stockpile.

He stayed at my house before going to Sweden.

A really fine gentleman.

At the time of his death, I believe he was working for Norma, which is of course based in Sweden.

I always enjoyed his writing.

Yes, he was working at Norma when he passed away.

He was cremated there and his family flew through Dubai back to Zimbabwe.

Met him in Zim back in 2006 - he loaded some 9,3 solids for my Buffalo hunt. We parted after farewell party at then African Hunter Magazine end of 2006 season Sundowner...still have some of his writings and posts from AR and can put them up if anyone is interested.

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Originally posted by mouse93:
Met him in Zim back in 2006 - he loaded some 9,3 solids for my Buffalo hunt. We parted after farewell party at then African Hunter Magazine end of 2006 season Sundowner...still have some of his writings and posts from AR and can put them up if anyone is interested.

That would be great. Or, if you would like, I can pm you my email.

Regards

Anyone can find what he had posted by doing a search here.

Search by author Ganyana.

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
Thanks for sharing that Saeed. Very good to hear this. I ordered the book.

What is the name of his book?

I believe Bill is referring to this book:




which I've seen on Amazon here.

The Table of Contents, from the Kindle version:
Foreword
By Ganyana and Charlie Haley 4
Chapter One:
The 7x57 Mauser – A Classic Among Classics 6
Chapter Two:
The 9.3 Mauser 9
Chapter Three:
The .404 Jeffery 13
Chapter Four:
The .318 Westley Richards 18
Chapter Five:
The .577/450 Martini-Henry 22
Chapter Six:
The 6.5x54 Mannlicher-Schoenauer 26
Chapter Seven:
The .450/400 Nitro Express 29
Chapter Eight:
The .303 British 33
Chapter Nine:
The .416 Rigby 38
Chapter Ten:
The .375 H&H Magnum 42
Chapter Eleven:
The 4-Bore 46 vii

Because of an injury to his shooting shoulder that limited his ability to handle heavy recoil, Ganyana was a big fan of the 9.3x62mm.

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Originally posted by Michael Robinson:
Because of an injury to his shooting shoulder that limited his ability to handle heavy recoil, Ganyana was a big fan of the 9.3x62mm.

after few discussions in what he called still Salisbury the shoulder was not the problem and he has proved with no doubt that the 9.3x62 was already a potent caliber before the increase of the speed. remember the caliber was created and used before the 375hh and was way more popular all across africa up to the end of the second wwii ... even kenya authorized the users of the 9.3x62 to still hunt the big 5 ...

I meant to answer the question about the book.

It's really a brief pamphlet containing several of Ganyana's AH articles from over the years on classic African calibers.

I enjoyed it. The articles are not technical but are written more from a historical perspective and provide a lot of interesting information.