[WaM14gunner]

Never heard of the movie so I looked it up, looks cool! Now I need a set of those bullet loop suspenders for my turn of the century larp kit!

Its not a great movie, but mostly for Africa nuts. Has some neat period guns in it. The lions are evil. Good music. They created a character named of all things, 'Remington', to come and help out with the lions.
This being based on a true story of course, The Lions of Tsavo, by Col Patterson. Remington played by Michael Douglas is a bit cornball, but he was the producer so I guess he wanted some air time too.

 

[fastdadio]

Its not a great movie, but mostly for Africa nuts. Has some neat period guns in it. The lions are evil. Good music. They created a character named of all things, 'Remington', to come and help out with the lions.
This being based on a true story of course, The Lions of Tsavo, by Col Patterson. Remington played by Michael Douglas is a bit cornball, but he was the producer so I guess he wanted some air time too.

I thought the movie was great. Suspenseful and exciting. Yes, based on a true story. I read somewhere, there is much evidence to support the possibility that the real life character played by Val Kilmer was in fact a young contract hunter that would go on in life to become quite famous. Sir W.D.M. Bell.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._D._M._Bell

For those interested, this is an amazing book to read. I could hardly put it down.

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Tsavo Lions: The Story Of The Man-Eating Lions ✔️

The Tsavo lions - also known as 'the man-eaters of Tsavo' were two maneless, male lions that killed and ate an estimated 135 humans working on the

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[WaM14gunner]

Bell was Bell, Patterson was Patterson.
John Henry Patterson (author) - Wikipedia

Patterson died in 1947 in California, Bell died in Scotland in 1954.

 

[usmchistorian]

Interesting thing about the movie vs the book: the movie had lions as male when they were actually female. Which makes sense. Females contribute far more to the hunting. The lions where displayed at the Chicago Field Museum for decades.

 

[usmchistorian]

Here’s another of my favorites:

 

[Will t]

Never heard of the movie so I looked it up, looks cool! Now I need a set of those bullet loop suspenders for my turn of the century larp kit!

It is a true story and really depicts how beautiful Africa is and the amazing wildlife. I read Ernest Hemingway’s “Green Hills of Africa “ when I was 10. I went to Africa on Safari twice in the 90’s and retraced his steps and hunted where he hunted the animals he pursued. Unbelievable experience. It does make you realize that we still live in the greatest country in the world.

 

[WaM14gunner]

It is a true story and really depicts how beautiful Africa is and the amazing wildlife. I read Ernest Hemingway’s “Green Hills of Africa “ when I was 10. I went to Africa on Safari twice in the 90’s and retraced his steps and hunted where he hunted the animals he pursued. Unbelievable experience. It does make you realize that we still live in the greatest country in the world.

I too have been there on safari, started in Tanzania also, along with Botswana, 2 trips to Zim, and 2 each to Namibia and RSA.

 

[XM25Ren]

I have been to the Field Museum of Natural history and seen the Lions of Tsavo, where they are still on display.
The lions are not female, but maneless males found in that region of East Africa.

Enjoyed reading your story, and that rifle very cool….if only it could talk!

MORE THAN A HOBBY, A PASSION!
REN

 

[WaM14gunner]

Above is correct, they were maneless males, not uncommon to that area.

 

[mercman]

Sadly CO is going the same way, just a little slower it seems.

The difference between WA and CO is that most of the elected Sheriffs here refuse to enforce any Anti Second Amendment state or federal laws.

For instance, even though there is a supposed 'high capacity' magazine ban here they're readily available in gun stores. The only time that law is enforced is if a criminal is being prosecuted and the persecutor will throw that infraction in on the bad guy.

 

[usmchistorian]

Above is correct, they were maneless males, not uncommon to that area.

Well.. learn something new everyday.

 

[WaM14gunner]

Colorado's ban on large-capacity gun magazines is constitutional | 9news.com

Interesting article here about it.
We have a ban thats not a ban here as well of course but it is being enforced. There was recently a couple of stores still selling hi cap mags in spite of the new law, but our Weasel Face AG Ferguson went after them, and made them stop.
Like the Sheriff in the article above said and as I pointed out to our idiot Gov and AG, there is no way to tell when a mag was made or when someone may have purchased it. No SN or records kept of it.

In CO they seemed to have figured out a workaround by selling mags in parts kits. Buy both parts, take it home and put it together and Viola!, hi cap mag.

 

[XM25Ren]

Well.. learn something new everyday.

Thats a good day!

MORE THAN A HOBBY, A PASSION,
REN

 

[andyh1956]

A long time ago I read a book called "Death In The Tall Grass".
Them Lions are some Sneaky Critters for sure. Just as bad as them Crockagators snatchin them unsuspecting Water Buffalos under the surface!
Certainly a good lesson in the Food Chain.
I ant never been on Safari, I hunt Racoons & Rabbits. Less Dangerous...

 

[luigi]

.....
I ant never been on Safari, I hunt Racoons & Rabbits. Less Dangerous...

Rabbits can be very dangerous!

 

[Lucky#13]

Very nice pick up. I remember seeing the stuffed Tsavo lions at the Field Museum in Chicago, decades ago. I didn't know then, but the stuffed versions are significantly smaller than the live animals were, because Lt. Col. Patterson had initially had the skins tailored for use as rugs. He sold them to the Field Museum some 25 years later.

Patterson was a very accomplished fellow. He was an experienced tiger hunter in India before Tsavo, and had an exemplary military career. There is much more to his life than just the Tsavo railroad bridge and a pair of man-eating lions. Not all of it do I consider likeable. For example, he was an active opponent to Irish Home Rule before WWI, for example. A true Tory, I suppose! I'd have been on the other side of that debate, lol.

But on the other hand, he is considered the father of the IDF, based on his leadership of Jewish volunteer forces in the British Army during WWI. Gallipoli was among their assignments. His support of his Jewish soldiers, in a time when much prejudice was common, is said to have cost him higher rank. He also was involved in encouraging a similar force to fight against Germany in WWII. He supported the creation of what became the nation of Israel, and almost lived long enough to see it. Among his good friends was the father of Benyamin Netanyahu, the current and long time Israeli PM.

As for the Tsavo Bridge, completed at such great cost, Peter Hathaway Capstick probably gave the best description of its fate. (Author of the book andyh1956 mentioned above, "Death in the Long Grass.") In his forward to a reprint of The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, Capstick wrote:

"As for the Tsavo Bridge? Alas, the German forces blew it to atoms during the East African Campaign, wasting all the terror, death, and horror that surrounded its creation in the first place."

 

[WaM14gunner]

The difference between WA and CO is that most of the elected Sheriffs here refuse to enforce any Anti Second Amendment state or federal laws.

For instance, even though there is a supposed 'high capacity' magazine ban here they're readily available in gun stores. The only time that law is enforced is if a criminal is being prosecuted and the persecutor will throw that infraction in on the bad guy.

Colorado lawmakers to consider ban on semiautomatic weapons (msn.com)

 

[jemo4570]

As for the Tsavo Bridge, completed at such great cost, Peter Hathaway Capstick probably gave the best description of its fate. (Author of the book andyh1956 mentioned above, "Death in the Long Grass.") In his forward to a reprint of The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, Capstick wrote:

Capstck's books have many stories of great hunts and experiences. Both of his and other hunters. He had a gift that made you feel like you are there in the bush.

 

[WaM14gunner]

As for the Tsavo Bridge, completed at such great cost, Peter Hathaway Capstick probably gave the best description of its fate. (Author of the book andyh1956 mentioned above, "Death in the Long Grass.") In his forward to a reprint of The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, Capstick wrote:

Capstck's books have many stories of great hunts and experiences. Both of his and other hunters. He had a gift that made you feel like you are there in the bush.

You probably need to have another look at your post. You have the wrong quote.