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458 Jungle Rifle by Harald Wolf
21 March 2007, 17:48
JefferyDenmark458 Jungle Rifle by Harald Wolf
Gentlemen
458 Jungle rifle/Karabin by Harald Wolf.
I am loking for a picture and article about this rifle.
Cheers,
André
Always always use enough... GUN & KNIFE
21 March 2007, 18:04
Chris OGreetings Andre !
Did you try Mr. Harold Wolf himself over at "hataritimes.com". I have gotten the magazine since issue #2 and LOVE it ! He has the back issues on CD form & I think there was an older article on this rifle.
GOOD LUCK !
Chris Openbrier
21 March 2007, 18:51
JefferyDenmarkChris
Do you have the article and pictures?
If so how about posting it?
Cheers,
André
Always always use enough... GUN & KNIFE
21 March 2007, 19:34
Paolo9,5x73Does it have 'Druckjadwaffe' sights. Synopsis of the article, please.
22 March 2007, 06:33
Charles_HelmGood to see you posting again. Are you getting ready to go back to Africa?
I could not get the Hatari Times website to come up this evening but I am sure you have tried to see if the article is available there.
22 March 2007, 07:19
Chris OHi Andre,
No I'm very sorry but I do not have them as most of my collection of gun magazines were accidently distroyed and I have just been recently trying to get replacement copies myself. But I do remember reading about the "jungle .458 Win Mag" as it had a very short, possibly an 18" bbl.
Sorry I cannot help much further.
Please take care !!!!
Chris Openbrier
22 March 2007, 11:07
Stu CHatari Times International No. 13.
Inside the Mystery issue. Pages 51 and 52.
PM sent
- stu
22 March 2007, 12:10
JefferyDenmarkThanks Stu
I knew that AR members could Get-R-Done
Charles - I it good to be back.
Cheers,
André
Always always use enough... GUN & KNIFE
22 March 2007, 16:57
Florian WegehauptHi andré,
i am from germany, so i have the issue from Hatari Times in german. But if you can perhaps read german, i could scan the pages from the magazin and send them to you per e-mail.
So if you are interessted, so feel free to write me.
Florian
22 March 2007, 19:09
JefferyDenmarkFlorian
I read German just fine!
Thanks.
Maybe you could scan the picture and post it here in the forum so that others could see it.
Cheers,
André
Always always use enough... GUN & KNIFE
23 March 2007, 16:59
Florian WegehauptAndré,
e-mail with the pages is send.
Florian
23 March 2007, 21:59
kayakerCan someone post the picture of this rifle on the forum....
Thanks
24 March 2007, 11:41
JefferyDenmarkAlf
Great thankds for posting.
Neat looking working gun for Close quarters hunting.
Now give that design some fine wood and make it .500 Jeffery.
Cheers,
André
Always always use enough... GUN & KNIFE
24 March 2007, 21:40
tin canquick questions-
was it re-bored or re-barreled?
military stock, and modified, or re-stocked?
what mauser is it?
thanks.
25 March 2007, 12:55
Florian WegehauptIn the german issue Harald Wolf didn't explain exactly what kind of mauser system it was. The Gun is rebarreled with a barrel he had in his working shop. This is a new laminated stock, because he didn't want to wast a good stock for a rifle to be used in the jungle
Florian
I too lost all my Hatari issues trying to share them with friends and my father.
That was one of the neater issues.
Harold is an intereting man. He zero personality over the phone though. Typically German!
I like the German people, they are clean, industrious, and some how manage to not destroy a tiny nation with 83 million people.
However, they all need a shot of English hospitality!
I thought Harald Wolf was Belgian.
25 March 2007, 22:23
BER007quote:
Originally posted by RIP:
I thought Harald Wolf was Belgian.
He lives in Belgium but he is born in Germany
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I see. If he were truly Belgian, instead of Kraut, then he would be more pleasant on the telephone.
26 March 2007, 10:44
Paolo9,5x73Very militarish, definitely not what I expected to see. I would go with Ruger 'Alaskan' instead of this
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26 March 2007, 20:31
AtkinsonEverybody had one of those right after WW2, when you could pick up a Mauser or springfield for nothing and have the local smith spif it up for $35.00. I had more than a few of them. They worked like a charm and some of those old smiths could put a pretty darn good trigger job on them. Never made a big bore, but maybe I will make me one like Harolds as I have a barreled action in 416/375 Ruger, that would be a neat and practical gun.
Ray Atkinson
Atkinson Hunting Adventures
10 Ward Lane,
Filer, Idaho, 83328
208-731-4120
rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com
I love this gun, I would love to have one like it, but probably in another caliber.
A short actioned mauser drop mag 450 Marlin would piss everyone off. Yep that'll do it!
18 July 2009, 00:00
clintsfollyquote:
A short actioned mauser drop mag 450 Marlin would piss everyone off. Yep that'll do it!
you mean like my savage 110 DGR in 450Marlin (them mi whitetails are hard to to stop!!!!!)Clint
For "old times' sake":
I let my subscription lapse due to lost issues, never replaced by Harald The Kraut.
Good mag when I could get it.
Is it still being delivered to any remaining subscribers?
Hatari Times anyone?
18 July 2009, 11:09
JBrownI believe there as only been a few issues in the past couple of years.
Quality-wise the bar was set pretty high from the start. A couple of the recent issues that I have received have not met standards of the early issues.
I understand that most read Hatari Times for the hunting stories, and I am in this camp. But I would not mind reading an issue of two centered on rifles. Harold's rifle articles are outstanding.
Jason
"You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core."
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Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt.
Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry
Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure.
-Jason Brown
