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Can you tell us more about the rifle in the photos, please. ____________________________ If you died tomorrow, what would you have done today ... 2018 Zimbabwe - Tuskless w/ Nengasha Safaris 2011 Mozambique - Buffalo w/ Mashambanzou Safaris | |||
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Sure. I got the rifle from PSmith who posts on AR. It is a 9.3x64 Brenneke that was built by Wilhelm Brenneke in Berlin. It was built on an FN action with a Bohler Spezial barrel. Engraved floor plate and trigger guard. If I recall correctly the barrel is approximately 25". Has a left side two position safety. In the next couple of days I will try to snap and post a picture or two. Mike | |||
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Mike. What an extraordinary hunt. As per usual, excellent read. You surely did well. Jytte | |||
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Very nice trophys and a cool adventure. Thanks for sharing. . | |||
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Mike, thanks for you report and congratulations on the fine trophies you took. Glad to know your wife is okay. I am headed that way next February. Looking forward to it... | |||
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Some photos of the Brenneke:         Mike | |||
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You know, Now that I have had plenty of time to get over the ride home and bask in the post safari memories. I don't know that I would want to change it "too" much. Like you said the accommodation's and food are better than a lot of wilderness camps. The small hardships and mishaps are what makes for a grand adventure. Now if mister money bags can get that highway repaved, Id be all for that. I have walked in the foot prints of the elephant, listened to lion roar and met the buffalo on his turf. I shall never be the same. | |||
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Hi Mike Another great adventure and report. Those chalet maids looked more dangerous than the buffalo  | |||
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Exactly . . . like playing Russian Roulette with a six-shot revolver . . . only with five loaded cylinders instead of five empty cylinders.  Mike | |||
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Well, those pictures of the rifle ruined my day. Paul Smith SCI Life Member NRA Life Member DSC Member Life Member of the "I Can't Wait to Get Back to Africa" Club DRSS I had the privilege to fire E. Hemingway's WR .577NE, E. Keith's WR .470NE, & F. Jamieson's WJJ .500 Jeffery I strongly recommend avoidance of "The Zambezi Safari & Travel Co., Ltd." and "Pisces Sportfishing-Cabo San Lucas" "A failed policy of national defense is its own punishment" Otto von Bismarck | |||
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Look at it this way Paul, you were just spreading the joy . . . for which I am very thankful.  Mike | |||
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You still have your Jeffery double...quit yer bitchin! :-) | |||
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Very nice rifle Mike,class, thanks for taking the time to post them. Great animals hard safari.jc | |||
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" Exactly . . . like playing Russian Roulette with a six-shot revolver . . . only with five loaded cylinders instead of five empty cylinders." Quite right Mike, definitely a time for having your cylinder remain loaded. Obviously your abilities as a speed shooter wouldn't be an advantage | |||
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I am thinking of getting a bar maid for camp.  ROYAL KAFUE LTD Email - kafueroyal@gmail.com Tel/Whatsapp (00260) 975315144 Instagram - kafueroyal | |||
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Glad your wife is well Mike. Sounds like a great hunt and one I would enjoy. It also sounds very similar to my previous Russian Brown Bear hunts in terms of language barrier, accommodations, food in camp, go with the flow mentality, airline issues and schedule, etc., up to including the DG in the last photo!  | |||
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Thanks Todd, I appreciate the comment, and the gesture. Definitely not the trip for anyone that thinks a safari should run like a Swiss watch or the German train system! Mike | |||
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Well done Mike, excellent view of BF and what to expect. Congrats, I like each of the trophy's. Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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I've always felt more memories are made on a trip like that than one where all is scheduled and scripted. Glad you had a good trip. John Farner If you haven't, please join the NRA! | |||
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