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Believe it or not, not far from our lease is an elephant preserve (no public access) where retired elephants are kept. I'm just waiting for one to escape!!

All this talk of hunting and shooting has given me the itch to head out to the lease. It's probably under water but I think I'm gonna give it a try.

Half the geezers in the Shenandoah Valley dress just like that, all year long.

You sure you're livin' in Florida?

Yeah, but it was cold so I had my winter clothes on.

Elk, about the time I said I was going out a monsoon hit. One of us is a jinx.

Cleared up a touch so here I am!

Rev,you're a man of the cloth,so,the jinx is me.

Neither of us, Elk. I took a fellow Priest out this evening. He took a nice boar, about 150 pounds or so. No jinx, you or me.

Rats,was going to add "jinx" to my resume.

Grab it!

I'm tryin' too!

Elk, I'm about to spring for a Ruger No 1 in 7x57. Think it'll drop a pig?

Only if you use it as a club.

Ha! I'll have to post a picture once I drop a little porker with it.

Great!

Not mine, but the fellow I was hunting with yesterday. After the monsoon passed, we went to the stands and this boar came out (approx. 140lb). Knowing my friend, one of the hams is probably already in the crock pot.

That is a nice old British rifle, but it won't have been made by Westley Richards.
(Notice they don't actually say it was made by them, but they have priced it very high...someone has salted a hole in the ground with silver?)

Without a maker's name attached to it, it is well over-priced I think, also considering the damage/repairs to the stock. There is no mention of bore condition at all: corrosive primers, cordite in the early days. It may not be a shooter is the risk.

I do not believe it is manufactured by Westley Richards. It is a generic Mauser of the day, not in original condition and the cartridge imprint on the barrel is tacky and definitely not a WR creation.

These things popped up in Oz now any again in better condition with Westley Richards engraved on the Knox Form/Reinforce/Chamber Section/Fat bit, and you would never see a crooked or upside down proof stamp.

The last good one I knew of (Generic Mauser not WR) was around $900. With this in mind plus the stock repair, a grand would or should stop this one cold, as the barrel condition is a lucky dip.

For a grand, you could have it rebored/rechambered, refinished, stock redone and still keep it under $2,000 and have a nice serviceable traditional style hunting rifle.

Where riflemen really get sucked in with these, is when you pick them up and note the feel, balance and it is a history book all in one.

You could buy this one, to make Ingwe jealous:

http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/ruger-no-1-7mm-mauser-r16793/#.U_d-32PeLx8

which will also keep me from buying it...

I handled it yesterday, it's a nice looking rifle. The grain is unusual, almost like Circassian mineral streaks, but with some feathering, too.

Or he could buy this one.

http://www.gunsinternational.com/Chapuis-SxS-model-RGEX-double-rifle-in-7x57R.cfm?gun_id=100358681

Pretty, with a nice red pad!!!