American Rifleman Patriot Review

August 2009

By Ron Spomer

Serengeti Rifles, Inc. dba Kilimanjaro Rifles

Serengeti is unique among classic rifle builders because they build not just on super-fancy walnut stocks, but laminated ones as well–except they don’t look laminated. A single, center slice is cut from a blank, double-flipped to reverse the grain pattern and the three pieces are epoxied together. It takes a trained eye to even see the joints. Actions are modified Kimber 84M or Montana 1999, and the rifles will shoot MOA or better. Those I’ve had the pleasure of testing in 6.5-284 Norma and .416-300WSM shot better than they looked and looked good enough to get down on one knee and propose to.

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Sporting Classics May-June 2014

Sporting Classics

May/June 2014

"Classy to look at and a pleasure to carry, the Kilimanjaro Tigercat functions flawlessly and promises consistent accuracy, outing after outing, year after year."

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Vapentidiningen March 2013

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March 2013

"My priority was to fullfil my hunting passion - to hunt down old buffalo bulls. I did, with great enthusiasm, with my new Kilimanjaro Doctari Professional Hunter rifle in .505 Gibbs..."

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Nov/Dec 2012

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Sporting Classics March 2012

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Mar/Apr 2012

Award Of Excellence

Kilimanjaro receives the Sporting Classics' Award of Excellence. "The Kilimanjaro rifle proves that old adage: There's always room at the top."

–Ron Spomer

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Mar/Apr 2012

John Barsness

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The New Doctari Rifle
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Sporting Classics

Nov/Dec 2011

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The Doctari 505 Gibbs has the handling qualities of a fine double shotgun and ballistics of a howitzer.

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Rifle Magazine

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Ron Spomer

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"Okay, so it's a dream rifle. We all have them, don't we?...

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May/June 2011

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Kilimanjaro's latest masterpiece, Kilimanjaro African .375 H&H, shown on the cover of this issue, features an Exhibition Grade Bastogne Walnut stock...

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Texas Sporting

November 2010

Jameson Parker

Any man with enough moxie to buy a failing custom gun company just as the economy lurches into the deepest ditch since the Great Depression is clearly a man who enjoys taking risks.

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September 2010

Jameson Parker

There are few words more evocative of adventure than Kilmanjaro, the name of Africa's highest mountain,

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American Rifleman Patriot Review

August 2009

Ron Spomer

Serengeti is unique among classic rifle builders because they build not just on super-fancy walnut stocks, but laminated ones as well...

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David E. Petzal,
Field & Stream Magazine, February 2006

"Serengeti… builds laminated walnut stocks that are stable yet look like natural wood…. How natural? My gun dealer, who handles many high-grade firearms...

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Rifle Magazine,

January 2006

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John Haviland,
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January 2006

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Wayne van Zwol,
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"The rifle came four months after the initial order, which is about two months quicker than the average turnaround. Having waited years...

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