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 Once I found the blood trail, this piggie was fairly easy to track. Will be sausage, ground pork, backstrap, and French bacon (pork belly on smoker). 300 grain wide nose cast at @ 1500 fps. Bob | ||
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Picture not coming through, Bob. | |||
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Hmm, need to go back to instructions to get it to show, thanks for letting me know | |||
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May not be able to see the picture, but I can sure smell the bacon! | |||
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I can smell the cleaning solvent! | |||
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Nice shot! How about some details of the rifle? I have a Hollis and in the past owned two others. They take a back seat to no other UK maker in the vintage years. Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Good shooting, Bobolink. Now let's see more photos and details of your rifle. | |||
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 Here is Hollis 450-400, built 1908 I think. Beautiful refinish by Dustin Mounts, extremely accurate with Hornady DGX and RL-15 and versatile with 300 grain loads and 5744 for reduced (pig & deer) loads. I was fortunate to find an original Hollis catalog that you see in picture. | |||
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Now that's a rifle! But, Playboy didn't get famous for posting one small pic of a beautiful girl. Don't tease us--a nice photo spread of a beautiful rifle gets us going. Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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Fortunate indeed. Beautiful double. | |||
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Nicely done Bob! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Look to my thread on mid winter toys and see my Hollis .577. Hollis was an under-rated maker. Both of us have fine rifles and, hopefully someday, there will be a book on Hollis rifles as well as other makers whose work is equal to the better known (but not better) makers. Let's see more pics!! Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | |||
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The research I have seen shows that Hollis and other "Houses" were supplied in large part by Harry Leonard of Birmingham. The reason the Hollis' that Bob and I own look like W.J. Jeffery's of the same period is that they were all made by Leonard. While Bob and I and others were doing research we found that the rifles were delivered as finished rifles to the "Boutique" Houses. The Leonard reference number stamped on the under rib near the barrel loop can be found stamped inside the action as well as on the wood for the forearm and stock. A look at the Jeffery Day book quickly show an example of the number of rifles built by Leonard for Jeffery.  As we have all seen Leonard made some beautiful, durable rifle! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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