Ruark also detailed that he had a .404 Jeffrey on a Mauser action-- but the wing safety went South- so the only way he could put that rifle on SAFE was to lift up the bolt handle.

Ruark was a gifted writer, even better on Africa than Hemingway (but not equal to Peter Capstick) IMO.. But he was a raging alcoholic, and miss-handled his firearms- Without Selby backing him up with his .416 Rigby, he would have been trampled to death by "M'Bogo" long before he died in Spain in 1965 from cancer.

Last edited by Run With The Fox; 02/13/19 05:20 PM.
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..