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IJLIII
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Martin and Osa Johnsons' Rifles
#269995 - 04/09/15 07:28 PM

There have been some posts here before about Osa's rifles. A ".32 Winchester" was mentioned on the Lake Paradise safari. Could be a .32 Winchester Special in an M94, or perhaps a .32-20 or .32-40 in M95? Not getting a lot of feedback from the Safari Museum, thought I'd try here. Many thanks.

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnsons' Rifles [Re: IJLIII]
#270009 - 05/09/15 10:11 AM

There is a ton on info on their rifles in this thread

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/4296435/1

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnsons' Rifles [Re: VonGruff]
#270015 - 06/09/15 02:23 AM

Osa Johnson Mauser
http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=120755&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1
my trip to the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum
http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=119526&an=&page=0&vc=1
Martin Johnson African Expedition Corporation
http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=105327&an=&page=0&vc=1
Osa & Martin Johnson - Photo Archive
forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=44371&an=&page=0&vc=1
Good link to Martin & Osa Johnson pictures
http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=176293&an=&page=0&vc=1

Osa & Martin Johnson's Lake Paradise arsenal
http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=57680&an=&page=0&vc=1

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Martin and Osa Johnson spent four years at "Lake Paradise" in Northern Kenya on the Eithiopian (then Absynnia) border. This was their second sojourn to the Lake to take photos and film of the wildlife.

They armed themselves with the following 'arsenal':

3 English Blands - .470 NE - double barrel
1 English Bland - .275 - Mannlicher action
1 American Springfield - .303 - Mauser action
1 English Rigby - .505 - Mauser action
3 American Winchesters - .405 - lever action
1 American Winchester - .32 - lever action
2 English Jeffrey's - .404 - Mauser action
1 American Winchester shotgun - 12g - repeating
1 American Parker - 12g - double barrel
1 American Ithaca - 20g - double barrel
1 American Ithaca - 20g - sawed off shotgun, called riot gun
1 .38 Colt revolver
1 .45 Colt revolver

Reference: "I Married Adventure" by Osa Johnson, 1940

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Re: Martin and Osa Johnsons' Rifles [Re: NitroX]
#361636 - 07/02/22 03:52 PM

Bttt for interest

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