Now that would be a fine gun to have for a private collector to show off to his guests, but I hope a donor buys it and puts it in a museum for its historical value and the tax write off.

Hemingway, as great a sportsman as a writer. The guns he owned, the places he traveled, and the life he lived are second to none.

Picked up a copy at the SCI Convention in Reno. Loved the photos of Gary Cooper and other celebs. A couple years before his death we sat at a nearby table at the Sun Valley Lodge. Do not recall eating a bite of food.

This may not make some people very happy, but I much preferred Robert Ruark as a writer and he was no slouch as a hunter either .

Hemingway spent some time in the Sunlight Basin area near Cody, WY writing and hunting so several local old timers knew him. His famous automobile accident took place on a trip leaving here. The genetic depression link in his family is interesting to read about.
I recently noted that the above and previously mentioned Fox gun which was owned by Theodore was recently given on loan to the BBHC here in Cody. If you are traveling through you must stop to see the "Smithsonium of the West" as you will be impressed. It joins one of two of Teddy's M-95s on display there along with thousands of other weapons.
Happy: Gary Cooper was my mother's silver screen hero so I have his name...

Moishe: I am with you on your preference for Ruark's writing. I think I have read just about every book that either man wrote, and Ruark appeals to me far more than Hemingway. Interesting to note that Ruark drank himself to death at age 49, and Hemingway was well on his way before he took his own life at age 62, if I remember correctly.

Clay: Almost any vintage Mopar with a Hemi (a real hemispherical headed engine not the fake polyspherical combustion chamber head motors Dodge likes to call Hemis made today) with matching numbers will be a quarter million or more. So will certain big block Chevys again in excellent condition with matching numbers. I also am amazed at this as I bought some new way back when for only $4000-$5000. Time sure changes things...

ishawooa, first thing I look for in a ride is, where am I going to put the gear, scuba tanks or guns!

This is going to be interesting to watch BY'GollY!

As I recall from the Green Hills of Africa, Hemingway didn't like the trigger on the double rifle, so he preferred using his Springfield whenever possible.

You follow a post about excessive recoil and detached retinas with a post about a rifle chambered .577 Nitro. Interesting juxtoposition.

..... But, much more than a nice writer.

Hmmmm. International traveler, lover of fine wines, women, firearms, and master or the written word: Dave and old Ernie have a lot in common. Dave, have you ever been to a bullfight?

Even if it is the Internet, good manners dictates never to be rude to your host, no matter how cheap the wine...

think I'd rather have Buckingham's "Bo Whoop",,,,

And they teach us in high school that Hemingway is just some boring old guy who wrote books and killed himself.