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xausa
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Re: Hello the fire...
26/08/08 10:37 PM

As I recall, Hemingway bought his Springfield from Abercrombie and Fitch, so I would assume it was a Griffin & Howe product. (I just confirmed this from Carlos Baker's book "Ernest Hemingway"{p. 258}. The "heavy Springfield rifle" was custom made by G&H under the supervision of Hemingway's friend Milford Baker.)

Evidently G&H fitted the rifle with a scope of some kind, since Hemingway took it to Wyoming on a hunting trip prior to his African trip and used it with the scope to kill a mountain sheep at 350 yards. He also used it to kill two bears, with or without the scope.

Another purchase from A&F was a 6.5 Mannlicher which also went along on the Wyoming trip and to Africa. It and the Springfield were both mentioned in "The Green Hills of Africa", Hemingway's quasi-autobiographical book about the trip.

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Hello the fire...	Squarebridge	26/08/08 12:10 AM
Re: Hello the fire...	mehulkamdar	31/08/08 10:14 AM
Re: Hello the fire...	tinker	26/08/08 06:06 AM
Re: Hello the fire...	Squarebridge	26/08/08 06:41 AM
Re: Hello the fire...	xausa	26/08/08 06:52 AM
Re: Hello the fire...	Squarebridge	26/08/08 09:31 AM
Re: Hello the fire...	A10ACN	26/08/08 11:26 AM
Re: Hello the fire...	Squarebridge	26/08/08 01:47 PM
Re: Hello the fire...	xausa	27/08/08 05:02 AM
Re: Hello the fire...	Paul	26/08/08 02:06 PM
Re: Hello the fire...	xausa	26/08/08 10:37 PM
Re: Hello the fire...	Paul	27/08/08 01:55 PM
Re: Hello the fire...	xausa	28/08/08 05:00 AM
Re: Hello the fire...	Paul	31/08/08 02:20 PM
Re: Hello the fire...	Squarebridge	02/09/08 03:08 PM
Re: Hello the fire...	buckbrush	07/09/08 08:51 AM
Re: Hello the fire...	Squarebridge	07/09/08 03:43 PM
Drop in stock.	bonanza	11/11/11 11:13 PM
Re: Hello the fire...	buckbrush	28/08/08 03:45 AM
Re: Hello the fire...	xausa	28/08/08 05:13 AM
Re: Hello the fire...	buckbrush	30/08/08 07:27 AM
Re: Hello the fire...	Cinghiale	26/08/08 10:56 PM
Re: Hello the fire...	dale	26/08/08 03:36 PM
Re: Hello the fire...	CptCurl	26/08/08 06:39 AM

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