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Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"
11/08/21 11:43 PM

Saw this on Farcebook this morning.. thought it was interesting on several fronts.. First, double rifle.. Second, article was in PLAYBOY magazine 1965.. WTH, guns and hunting were once acceptable by many .. Third, great story on how the rifle has been passed down. IF that gun could talk..

From PLAYBOY magazine --1965..

229696538_385015239675591_4623851372911321135_n by A Hoffart, on Flickr

I believe the double is a W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3” that Ruark bought from one of the London gun shops handling the sale of W.D.M. Bell's rifles for his estate after he died. Ruark gave the rifle to Harry Selby to give to Ruark’s godson, Mark Selby, when he was old enough to handle it. In the meantime, Ruark used the rifle whenever he came on safari with Harry. Mark used it as his heavy rifle on safari for a number of years in Botswana. This is Mark with the rifle and a buff taken by Ken Elliott in 1987 in Botswana during the Bob Petersen safari.

232392632_10220126270490623_8770592024862759132_n by A Hoffart, on Flickr

Mark Selby on safari in Botswana in 1987 at Mecom Camp in the Khwai Concession, north of the Okavango.

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Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	Ripp	11/08/21 11:43 PM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	NitroX	12/08/21 01:13 PM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	Ripp	13/08/21 11:52 PM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	NitroX	14/08/21 01:45 AM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	Waidmannsheil	14/08/21 08:03 AM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	Ripp	17/08/21 02:10 AM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	Retex	17/08/21 01:27 PM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	NitroX	15/08/21 03:18 PM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	NitroX	15/08/21 06:38 PM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	degoins	12/08/21 03:00 AM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	85lc	12/08/21 03:43 AM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	DarylS	12/08/21 07:04 AM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	93x64mm	12/08/21 07:44 AM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	9.3x57	14/08/21 08:12 AM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	mckinney	14/08/21 10:47 AM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	PatagonHunter	15/08/21 07:13 AM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	93x64mm	15/08/21 07:57 AM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	bwanabobftw	15/08/21 09:26 AM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	Vette447	15/08/21 12:29 PM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	NitroX	12/08/21 12:50 PM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	Ripp	12/08/21 02:09 PM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	degoins	13/08/21 12:14 AM
Re: Ruark's W.J. Jeffery & Co. .450/400 NE 3"	Louis	13/08/21 02:08 AM

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