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If you had the opportunity (and means) to acquire any famous/infamous rifle (or shotgun, I suppose) from history which would it be? Oswald's Carcano (kinda creepy)? Pattons Colts? Bell's .275 Rigby? My own choice would be this: http://www.thegungeek.com/SGP/viewtopic.php?p=941#p494Unique, beautiful and enough power for any enraged, charging elk or deer! 
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I held Tom Horn's rifle, pretty interesting.
I certainly wouldn't want Oswald's carcano hanging around.
And especially don't want some gun writer's over priced iron...
Wouldn't mind having the one that is going to shoot Bin Laden dead.
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Either .270 would do for me. Or Hemingway's '03.
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Jack O'Connor's Winchester Model 70 Biesen Custom .270 Winchester
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell
Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Last edited by colorado; 03/05/11.
Regards,
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Just to be different, Hank Williams Jr's 25-06 from the 1987 Gun Digest. 
Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
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well, my picks,,, The Duke's 300 Roy,
Hathcock's '06
Sgt. York's 45
Teddy R's 1895
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My Dad's Parker Hale 1200C in 7mm Rem Mag.
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My fathers' Colt 45ACP from June 6, 1944 and thereafter.
Seeing that I already have that, JOC's #1 or #2 .270Win..
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I already own it..My grandfather's Winchester Model 94 in 25/35 that he bought in 1911 when he was 18 years old. It was made in 1907 and still shoots lights out...that one stays in the family...
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Selby's 416 Rigby would be neat.
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Mojo, I am confused. I always thought that Bell used a 7x57 Mauser for most of his elephant work. Have I been wrong? Are the 7x57 Mauser and .275 Rigby the same?
Patton's Ivory handled 3 1/2" S&W in .357 would also be a cool handgun.
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I'd take JOC'S 30-06
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Eleanor O'Connor's 7x57 - Czech VZ33 action, 22" barrel put together by Tom Burgess and stocked by Russ Leonard.
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EK's 1st Model Newton in 256.
Any of EK's 44 Specials.
Eleanor O'Connor's 7x57.
Some of John Barsness' cast-offs.
Roy Chapman Andrews' Savage 1920, #5640, in 300 Sav.
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I'd take JOC'S 30-06 Okay, then I'll take his custom .375 H&H.... Actually I wouldn't mind owning any of rifles used by JOC, Keith, or many of those other 'Old Timers'.... Speaking of JOC, and although it might be a little 'off topic', the below is kind of an interesting picture; Writers at First Winchester Seminar, Nilo Farms, Illinois in January, 1960 This group is: Top Row, L to R; Bill Edwards(Guns), John Amber(Gun Digest), Pete Kuhlhoff(Argosy), Warren Page(Field&Stream), Jack O’Connor(Outdoor Life), Elmer Keith(Guns). Bottom Row, L to R; Ray Ovington(Guns&Game), Larry Koller(Guns&Hunting), Tom Siatos(Guns&Ammo), Pete Brown(Sports Afield), Jack Seville(Sports Afield). Bet you won't find many pictures of JOC and Keith standing so close together and actually smiling...... ![[Linked Image]](http://dogsdoom.com/PI/oldtimewriters.jpg)
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Croldfort,
They are indeed the same. I believe I read somewhere (possibly Boddington's SR II) that Bell DID NOT use the Mauser for most of his elephants. A healthy number, for sure, (and more than I ever would!) but he didn't kill the majority of them with the Mauser. Boddington claims that the greatest number were killed with the .318 W-R. If anyone knows otherwise, please speak up.
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One of Roosevelt's Springfields, or his .405's was the first thing I thought of on this thread. Now his Holland & Holland double rifle, of course, I would probably shoot a couple of times, then auction it off and invest the millions I made at auction
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