Roy Rogers- Handgun Hunter

This photo shows the great singing cowboy Roy Rogers in Rhodesia
on safari using a S&W model 27 .357Mag. Let me quote the writer
"Once I saw him kill a red forest hog running flat out with a single shot"....

if i'm not mistaken....his hometown was about 20 miles north of me(by road), in southern ohio.

I bet Gene Autry couldn't do stuff like that.

That's just too cool.

Roy hunted with Elgin Gates, longtime president of IHMSA. Elgin also used a .357 (mdl. 28) to kill a cape buffalo, after it had treed him.

He was a pretty fair wingshot, too.

Very cool.

Before he went to Hollywood (and became Roy Rogers), he had a radio show in Roswell, NM (my home town).

Very cool!

Elgin Gates used the old pointed Winchester "Armor Piercing" load. I remember reading the story.

Thatta boy Roy!

Thanks for sharing James!

With "Rogers" for his last name you know he has some natural ability with a handgun, ... right Larry? LOL