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..

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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.

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