Good books

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Many years ago before the 1st World War there was a bloke from Scotland who came to be known as "Karamojo" Bell. He took off into what was then unexplored country around what is now known as Uganda and Kenya on Safari's for 14 months at a time, and would return with great quantities of ivory.

He was well known for hunting Elephant with calibres such as 7x57, 6.5x55 and 318 which was the biggest of his calibres. He seldom needed more than one shot to bring down an elephant. I suppose we can criticise him in retrospect for killing all those animals, but it was a different time in every way.

Along with an intimate knowledge of Elephant anatomy he also had an uncanny knack of understanding how the African people operated, and while mostly a very long way from any form of civilization, he seldom had any trouble with local tribes who had often never seen a white man before.

If you get a chance to read one of his books then I can recommend them to you as a really great read.

He died back in Scotland in 1951.
JD

[Baldrick314]

Been trying to track down some of his books for a couple of months now. From the little I've read he lead a very interesting life

[Westy]

Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell (1880–1954) has been a long time hero of mine and he even visited Australia back then !!! Hence the love affair with the 6.5 x 55 kills everything even Bull Elephants dead, man nice to see someone else recognising him here!!!

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Blokes there are reprints of his books available on line. To buy an original in any sort of decent condition you may have to sell your house.
JD

[tactice]

Also a fan of the .220 Swift and promoted that through his deer hunting in Scotland

[Old Fart]

Bell of Africa (1960)
Karamojo Safari (1949)
The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter (1923)

Are the titles of the books for those interested.

I have a copy of Karamojo Safari but it went in the wrong pile at a garage sale and got sold on me

[inervate]

Blokes there are reprints of his books available on line.

I dunno what's happening here.

I looked on Amazon a few days ago after the post and another book site which had them all.

Looked again today and all gone from both sites

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I dunno what's happening here.

I looked on Amazon a few days ago after the post and another book site which had them all.

Looked again today and all gone from both sites

Someone's been lurking about and seen the post, then bought 'em all up. I just finished the book yesterday and there's an interesting section in the back dealing with calibres and suitability for game.

JD

[inervate]

Grrrrrrrr.

Stick 1 on the wishlist and see if they restock for now I guess

[Arth]

Doesn't seem like it'll be the kind of book that comes up alot

Good luck.

[Hinky]

Looked again today and all gone from both sites

It's those Green bastards trying to keep them out of our hands!

[brett1868]

Books??? What are they?

[Chronos]

http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9781 ... Aubm8P8HAQ



here's a book i thought would be an interesting read so i bought it...then gave it away before i had a chance to read it

steve

[Westy]

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You did what now??????
He ends up shooting people in the end ,hope that didn't give the ending away Steve

[Chronos]

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You did what now??????
He ends up shooting people in the end ,hope that didn't give the ending away Steve

Damn it westy, i was waiting for the movie

Chronos

[Kelix]

Books??? What are they?

It's like 100 kindles stacked on top of each other with a few paragraphs on each screen