If I Owned A Double Rifle

[D.M.V]

 

[D.M.V]

Imagine what a great time to be alive in the teens and 20s in Kenya.

 

[D.M.V]

 

[D.M.V]

Let's not forget about nice linen suits with great whiskey back at the Lodge after the hunt.

 

[D.M.V]

 

[Witold Krzyżanowski]

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Beautiful double rifle.
Witold

 

[D.M.V]

Beautiful double rifle.
Witold

I'm not rich. If I was, I wouldn't be very long with my taste in guns

 

[Jimbob]

I'm in the same boat. However, being only 28, I had an idea which is always dangerous. I am (very) slowly teaching myself all the odds and sods required to build rifles of that quality.
Currently at the very beginning of building a rifle completely from scratch, I figure even if it takes me 10 years I'll have a one off and who knows, maybe I can help other less wealthy people out with their dream in the future.

 

[D.M.V]

 

[D.M.V]

The real Karen Von Blixin

 

[D.M.V]

 

[D.M.V]

Some of the happy valley set between the war

 

[rinehart0050]

thanks for sharing all these nostalgic photos @D.M.V! Reading and hearing about those days are part of what got me interested in hunting in Africa. I will say that certain modern luxuries are appreciated though, like a nice lodge and a comfortable bed to fall asleep on after a long day of hunting!

 

[PARA45]

Gorgeous rifles D.M.V. Thanks for sharing!

I'd love to do a safari the old fashion way (If I won the Lotto), sleeping out in the field in a tent, with none of the luxuries. Cooking and eating what we kill, and so on. Not sure if it's possible, or safe to do, but it doesn't hurt to dream.

 

[D.M.V]

thanks for sharing all these nostalgic photos @D.M.V! Reading and hearing about those days are part of what got me interested in hunting in Africa. I will say that certain modern luxuries are appreciated though, like a nice lodge and a comfortable bed to fall asleep on after a long day of hunting!

I agree. One of the things I get nostalgic about is the mood. When you are in a specific geographical area to do this dance of the hunting lifestyle. Guns food sunrise sunset the animals the colors and sounds and smells of Africa whiskey perhaps a woman brought along. For most of us today it's a just a small proportion of our lives in a 2 week vacation that's planned and paid for months or even years in advance. Where people of the past lived it everyday or 100 years ago could go for months at a time. It's something I think most of us dream about and what makes us so nostalgic for those times

 

[ChrisG]

I agree. One of the things I get nostalgic about is the mood. When you are in a specific geographical area to do this dance of the hunting lifestyle. Guns food sunrise sunset the animals the colors and sounds and smells of Africa whiskey perhaps a woman brought along. For most of us today it's a just a small proportion of our lives in a 2 week vacation that's planned and paid for months or even years in advance. Where people of the past lived it everyday or 100 years ago could go for months at a time. It's something I think most of us dream about and what makes us so nostalgic for those times

Except for the Malaria, Blackwater, Trypanosomiasis and the million other ways Africa could kill you back in those days... I whole-heartedly agree... However.... 200 years from now, people will probably be looking back at us and wishing they had lived in a "Simpler Time"... or should things go the other direction, "The age of Light" as so many dark age scholars wrote of the civilization of the Roman Empire from the dank, candlelit interior of their windowless, 7th Century stone monastery. Those were the good old days, but I have to be thankful that Africa is still open to the hunters of my day! It may not be so in 100 years.

 

[D.M.V]

Except for the Malaria, Blackwater, Trypanosomiasis and the million other ways Africa could kill you back in those days... I whole-heartedly agree... However.... 200 years from now, people will probably be looking back at us and wishing they had lived in a "Simpler Time"... or should things go the other direction, "The age of Light" as so many dark age scholars wrote of the civilization of the Roman Empire from the dank, candlelit interior of their windowless, 7th Century stone monastery. Those were the good old days, but I have to be thankful that Africa is still open to the hunters of my day! It may not be so in 100 years.

True

 

[norfolk shooter]

Seen this one in the flesh and got to shoulder it!!

In 600 NE I wouldn't want to use it with that rather lovely butt plate

 

[D.M.V]

Seen this one in the flesh and got to shoulder it!!

In 600 NE I wouldn't want to use it with that rather lovely butt plate

Holy Cow !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rinehart0050]

@norfolk shooter beautiful rifle! I agree with you- definitely not a shooter if it's 600 NE and a metal butt plate.

I really like the inlays on the butt stock- a very unique touch on an exceptional rifle.