Recent content by BFaucett

If one gets the opportunity, I'd like to encourage everyone to go visit the Martin & Osa Johnson Safari Museum and visit the city of Chanute, Kansas. My friend and I certainly enjoyed our weekend trip to Chanute back in 2008. The museum is kind of small but it contains many interesting items...

Good deal! (y) I think you'll enjoy Four Years in Paradise. I did. Lots of photos in my original copy. I haven't read any of Osa's books for children. I might need to look into that. Cheers! Bob F. :)

Great! (y) I don't think you'll be disappointed. She was quite a gal! Cheers! Bob F.

When I was at the Martin & Osa Johnson Safari Museum, back in 2008, they only had one rifle on display. It was a Winchester Model 94 in .30-30 Winchester. It was donated to the museum by Osa's mother. At the time of her death in 1953, Osa had only two guns in her possession; an Ithaca shotgun...

Yeah, Osa certainly kept everyone well-fed. And one time, she even had British royalty stop by for lunch! Cheers! Bob F. :) Black Rhino on the ground. I believe Osa is holding a Thomas Bland double rifle in .470 Nitro Express. (A list of their rifles, while at Lake Paradise, is in her...

I'm not sure about Martin (at this moment) but you can try this link for Osa. I don't know if it's a 100% complete list but it's a good start. Link: https://www.washburn.edu/reference/cks/mapping/ojohnson/index.html BTW, for an excellent biography of the Johnsons, I highly recommend this...

Well, of course it does! :D But just remember... Osa was one tough gal!! (y) Osa takes a lion with her custom 1903 Springfield in .30-06. (Photo Credit: Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum) source: https://www.nrawomen.com/content/osa-johnson-always-in-the-thick-of-it Osa with...

These are the remaining three of the original photos that I purchased. I believe these are publicity shots for the film I Married Adventure (1940) but I'm not 100% certain. Notice the date (12/29/1939) written on the back of the first photo so the timing is right for the release of the film...

Scroll down. It's on page 2. #114. Cheers! Bob F.

Just to add: My Remington Model 700 Classic (2004 release) in 8x57JS really likes the S&B 196gr SPCE ammo. Good stuff. Remington's 8x57 Classic By Layne Simpson https://www.rifleshootermag.com/editorial/featured_rifles_classic_062804/84564 Cheers! Bob F. :)

The most recent Relative Burn Rates list on Hodgdon's website: https://hodgdonpowderco.com/reference-data/ (scroll down) Direct link (2 page pdf file): RELATIVE BURN RATES FROM FASTEST TO SLOWEST (rev. JULY '24)...

' The photo below is one of five original photos that I purchased. This one is from a fashion shoot for the March 1940 issue of Hollywood Magazine. (It's one of my favorite photos of Osa.) Notice the handwritten note on the bottom that states, "In coat made of Gazelle [that] she shot...

Notice that Osa is standing in the rear of the airplane looking at the lions. Cheers! Bob F. :)

Thanks! And the original covers of two of her books match their airplanes. My two copies: Cheers! Bob F. :D

:D:D:D(y) This isn't the Johnsons' S-38 but it is an actual S-38 painted to look like the original Osa's Ark: 1929 Sikorsky S-38 Osa's Ark (Jimmy Buffett flies her.) RIP, Jimmy. Sikorsky S-38 "Osa's Ark" Sikorsky S-39 "Spirit of Africa" I believe both replicas* of the Johnsons'...