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Originally Posted by Leanwolf
Thanks for posting that film of Ruark's safari.. I wonder what a three month African safari would cost today? Maybe what it would cost for a new Rolls Royce. wink

I do wish Ruark had mentioned the rifles and calibers used.

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I’ve read that Ruark’s first safari cost $10,000. I think that was in 1951 or 1952.

I’m glad everyone enjoyed this video. I did too.

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Originally Posted by Leanwolf

I do wish Ruark had mentioned the rifles and calibers used.
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Ruark employed a Westley Richards .470
M70 .375 and Remington 721 .30-06...and
looks like Gordons was his choice of Gin.

We see Selby with a SxS and I am curious
since he had already lost his Rigby RS .470
when it got destroyed by the wheels of the
Landrover some yrs back. He had a backup
M70 .375, but very soon replaced the double
by acquisition of .416 Rigby Mauser (from
May & Co, Nairobi.. though other reports say
Shaw & Hunter, Nairobi.)
That being a rifle a game warden by the
name Don Bousfield had ordered but not
gone through with the purchase.

The Selbys did come into the possession
of a Jeffery .450/400 that had belonged
to WDM Bell (taken on first year of safari 1902)
but that was not until late 1956, just after
Ruark had visited WR London to aquire
for himself a .318 WR.
Ruark employed that Jeffery as his light
double for elephant during 1962 Kwaheri
horseback safari with Selby.


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Thanks, Starman.

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Really enjoyed that! Quite refreshing after recent weeks of political antics.
Made me ready to go back to Africa. Maybe in a few more years.


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Great video, been a Ruark fan since my uncle gave me a copy of Old Man and the Boy in the 1960's. Nice to have a chance to see what he (and Selby) looked like on safari - he had lost his eastern NC accent by then.


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Great vid. Saw that two weeks ago. I remember buying his book Use Enough Gun when I was a teenager back in the eighties at a gun show. Read about leopards and the Black Death. I have gotten some more of his books as the years went by. I was going to live out my dream and planned my African safari last year but was canceled due to the CCP Virus. Hope to fulfill the dream sometime soon.

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I've long been a fan of Ruark. Lost this girl in August. Perhaps she is finding birds for the Old Man and the Boy.

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Edited: Well, I guess that attempt to post a photo failed. I need to figure this out.

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Thanks for posting the video. I very much enjoyed it. I've been a long time fan of Ruark's writing. What a time that would have been to experience Africa in the 50s!

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Thanks for posting the video...I have several of his books, and eventually I made it to Africa. I was amazed tho, at the poor gun handling, muzzels pointed every where.

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Love this! Especially the guys getting off of the plane with rifles in their hands!

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Thanks for posting, Awesome video. Great to see Ruark and Selby. I too enjoy his writing over Hemingways.
Ruark types like me.

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Whittail_in_Mt. fixed my problems. Here is my photo connection to Ruark. We took our bird dog to Southport to visit the home of "The Old Man". On the way, we stopped to pay our respects. This was a while ago. We lost our girl in August. May have to take the new girl on a road trip.

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I enjoyed that. It reminded me of the early Gordan Eastman films too in Canada and the U.S. in the way he narrated his work.

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Terrific video thanks for posting it. Something of Value was one of my favorite books as a youngster.


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That video shows how much things have changed.

110 pound elephant? Or even 80 pound elephant? Can't find them any more.

Even his buffalo is larger than you'll probably find today.

Rhino? For the purposes of hunting, they're extinct.

And you don't spend days driving to the hunting areas any more.


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Originally Posted by IndyCA35
That video shows how much things have changed.

110 pound elephant? Or even 80 pound elephant? Can't find them any more.

Even his buffalo is larger than you'll probably find today.

Rhino? For the purposes of hunting, they're extinct.

And you don't spend days driving to the hunting areas any more.




For sure.

I saw that 49" buff, they said 45" was good.

Good bud shot a 41" in Zem last year, thought it was pretty good, as it was. Looks good on his wall.

Those were the days, for sure.

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Was great to watch this again. I no longer have the DVD and so grateful to be able to watch it again! Thank you for sharing!

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Thanks for posting, great video


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Originally Posted by Docbar
I stumbled across this little gem today and thought I’d share.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Cim-4tWkw

Thanks for sharing the video buddy.


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I remember when I first read “Horn of the Hunter”, I thought to myself ...”Boy this guy sure drinks a lot”. In checking his biography I discovered he drank himself to death at the age of 49. Cirrhosis of the liver is NOT a fun way to peg out.


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