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Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 BFaucett #2639866 12/12/08
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OP BFaucett Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,780 Houston, Texas	A BIG thanks to 24 Hour Campfire member "Grogel_Deluxe" who told me about these photos!!!! ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- [img]http://www.bunduki.com/bob/osa/osa-mauser/04a.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.bunduki.com/bob/osa/osa-mauser/04b.jpg[/img] ---------------------------------- I believe these may be publicity photos for the movie "I Married Adventure". Cheers! -Bob F. "Whose bright idea was it to put every idiot in the world in touch with every other idiot? It's working!" -- P. J. O'Rourke

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Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 BFaucett #2640020 12/12/08
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Siskiyous6 Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,237 Josephine County, OR - State o...	Great piece of history. Thanks for sharing it all. Ignorance is not confined to uneducated people. WHO IS JOHN GALT? LIBERTY!

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 BFaucett #2640068 12/12/08
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,203 Nebraska J Johnny Dollar Campfire Regular
Johnny Dollar Campfire Regular J Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,203 Nebraska	Bob, that is super neat. Without the history, that is one beautiful rifle, but the fact that it was owned by Osa puts it over the top. As Seyfried said: "I love hunting with ghosts!" Thank you again for sharing with the rest of us! Johnny$ “My horn is full and my pouch is stocked with ball and patch. There is a new, sharp flint in my lock and my rifle and I are ready. It is sighted true and my eyes can still aim.” Kaywoodie

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 Johnny Dollar #2640179 12/12/08
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OP BFaucett Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,780 Houston, Texas	One more photo. -Bob F.

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 BFaucett #2640697 12/12/08
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hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC	Great photos of Mrs. Johnson Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

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Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 utah708 #2640705 12/12/08
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hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC	Originally Posted by utah708 I really wish I was good with photoshop. I would show you what rifle that would look like with a GAP camo McMillan, green cerakote, and a scope with 50 mm objective lens and turrets. That would get another three pages of comments right quick. Or get you arrested for public perversion Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 BFaucett #2640832 12/12/08
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George_De_Vries_3rd Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,094	Bob, I guess that's about as meaningful as a firearm can get. I guess the only thing that would top it for me would be something like Hemingway's 6.5 Mannlicher. But really there is no difference. What history!

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 BFaucett #2640843 12/12/08
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akjeff Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,030 Alaska	Wow! Great find, Bob! Enjoy your time, as caretaker of that rifle....what a treasure! The urge to take that baby back to Africa, must be unbearable! Jeff

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 akjeff #2641701 12/13/08
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johnw Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2002 Posts: 15,591 Turkey River Iowa	that's some cool stuff, bob... the rifle for sure, with all of it's history... thanks for sharing your trip to chanute as well... i do think that it would be great if you wished to take that rifle to africa... i suspect though, that you have rifles of your own with african history... rifles that you've invested some of yourself into.... those are just as cool..... "Chances Will Be Taken"

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 johnw #2641791 12/13/08
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medicman Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,576 Ontario Canada	Did you ever meet the couple, or just through film and reading? She sounds a lot like the kind of lady we need in today's world, very pretty and well, very accomplished. Randy Praise the Lord for full Salvation Christ Still lives upon the throne And I know the blood still cleansess Deeper than the sin has gone Lester Roloff

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Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 medicman #2646707 12/14/08
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OP BFaucett Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,780 Houston, Texas	Originally Posted by medicman Did you ever meet the couple, or just through film and reading? Just know of them through film and reading. Martin Johnson died in 1937 and Osa died in 1953. I was born in 1954. -Bob F. "Whose bright idea was it to put every idiot in the world in touch with every other idiot? It's working!" -- P. J. O'Rourke

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 BFaucett #2647069 12/15/08
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medicman Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,576 Ontario Canada	OOPS nice to see your interest in them and the honour you pay the rifle as hers. Randy Praise the Lord for full Salvation Christ Still lives upon the throne And I know the blood still cleansess Deeper than the sin has gone Lester Roloff

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 medicman #2647133 12/15/08
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EZEARL Campfire Tracker E Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,219 WV	This thread just keeps getting better! til later

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 BFaucett #2647155 12/15/08
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Stetson Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 6,004	Wow! That's an incredible find Bob. I'm sure glad that wound up in the hands of some one that appreciates the history and firearms. I'd buy the steaks and beer just to take a shot with that beauty. Some one mentioned the 1895 Winchester and you can see that her husband has one in the first set of shots Bob posted. Very cool and I now have that museum on my list of places to go.

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 Stetson #2647229 12/15/08
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OP BFaucett Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,780 Houston, Texas	I thought some here might enjoy seeing a few photos of Osa with other rifles: "Osa pictured in the Serengeti with her new Springfield rifle, 1928." Winchester Model 1895 in .405 Winchester Winchester Model 1895 in .405 Winchester Thomas Bland double rifle in .470 Nitro Express (Black Rhino on the ground) Possibly her Mauser in 9.3x62 - can't tell for sure. [img]http://www.bunduki.com/bob/osa/m198512570218-a.jpg[/img] Possibly her Mauser in 9.3x62 - can't tell for sure. I'd say Osa had pretty good taste when it came to rifles!! Cheers! -Bob F. "Whose bright idea was it to put every idiot in the world in touch with every other idiot? It's working!" -- P. J. O'Rourke

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 BFaucett #2647289 12/15/08
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Stetson Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 6,004	Pretty cool to see guns and cameras were a great combo even back in the day. The shot with Osa setting on that buff with the 1895 is one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing theese Bob.

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 Stetson #2648288 12/15/08
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Rolly Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,312 Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA	Where can I find the book "I Married Adventure" by Osa Johnson? I looked in an electronic card catalog and it isn't listed for her. Rolly

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 Stetson #2648289 12/15/08
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,312 Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA Rolly Campfire Tracker
Rolly Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,312 Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA	Where can I find the book "I Married Adventure" by Osa Johnson? I looked in an electronic card catalog and it isn't listed for her. Rolly

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 Rolly #2648321 12/15/08
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OP BFaucett Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,780 Houston, Texas	amazon.com has new copies (paperback) available. Also try www.abebooks.com OR go to the Safari Museum's gift shop and help support the museum with your purchase! http://www.safarimuseum.com/museum_shop_cart.htm (scroll down the page to find the books) I also recommend "Four Years in Paradise" by Osa. It's about four of the years they spent in East Africa. -Bob F. "Whose bright idea was it to put every idiot in the world in touch with every other idiot? It's working!" -- P. J. O'Rourke

Re: Osa Johnson's Oberndorf Mauser Type A 9.3x62 BFaucett #2648404 12/15/08
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Rolly Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,312 Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA	Thanks ! I ordered the "Four Years in Paradise". The library had that one. Rolly

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