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posted 12 September 2003 15:03
No, not mine. Does anyone know of pictures of Jeff Cooper's famous 460 G&A caliber ZKK? As far as I know, the rifle resides in Durban (RSA), not America.

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posted 12 September 2003 16:05Hide Post
Henry-In a way back issue of G&A, I remember a picture.Don't know if I can find it.Anyone know how to do a search of G&A archives?It was in
an article written by Cooper.Ed.
 
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posted 13 September 2003 02:44Hide Post
I know I'm not being helpful, but here's a photo of the REAL "baby".

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posted 13 September 2003 06:06Hide Post
HeneryC470, there is a picture on page 415 of the book Rifles for Africa by Gergor Woods! [Cool]
 
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posted 13 September 2003 07:06Hide Post
Marrakai- Is that Samuel Baker's "Baby" ?
 
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posted 16 September 2003 00:30Hide Post
fla3006:
It is indeed a photo of Jenna el Mootfah, Baker's 'Child of a Cannon', or 'baby' as he referred to it in his book "The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia". Sorry I couldn't help with a photo of Cooper's infant! (I did look...)!
 
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posted 17 September 2003 02:30Hide Post
Check out www.drake.net for some more "babies"
 
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posted 17 September 2003 14:20Hide Post
There's no cuter baby on earth than a two bore is there?
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posted 20 September 2003 09:13Hide Post
400 fps of recoil for a two bore.

Wonder if it doubled, if you would even know it???

gs
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posted 20 September 2003 04:29Hide Post
Mac,

That photo on p.415 of Gregor Woods' book is of one of Jeff Cooper's scout rifles. Baby was a .460 G&AQ custom made by George Hoenig on a BRNO M602 action with a drop box magazine. I always thought the lines were on the ugly side, but handsome is as handsome does.

Henry,

I have queried some sources in the Gunsite family, but no luck on an online photo of Baby. If I get one, I will email you.

jim
 
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posted 20 September 2003 15:48
There is a picture of 'Baby" in Jeff Cooper's book, I am pretty sure. My copy is in OKC so I can not be 100% certain.
 
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posted 28 September 2003 09:23Hide Post
Here is a photo of "baby" being fired by one of Cooper's students at a rifle course at Whittington:

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posted 28 September 2003 11:36Hide Post
quote:
Originally posted by Socrates:
400 fps of recoil for a two bore.

Wonder if it doubled, if you would even know it???

gs
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Baker's 2 bore 'Baby' was really a 4 bore. As Gregor Woods points out 'even back then gunwriters exaggerated'. [Wink]
 
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