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S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S 4 9 through Boron, and the little community, never thriving, is slowly being reclaimed by the desert. In recent years its chief claim to fame is as an exterior set for some of the movie, Erin Brockovich, starring Julia Roberts and Albert Finney. Yet over the years legions of well-heeled gun enthusiasts have of the town itself. In 1894 the company tried to replace the mule teams with a new-fangled, steam-powered traction engine (that's a tractor today), which they fondly and optimistically named Dinah, but the mules ended up having to tow the broken-down Dinah back to town. It wasn't until a railroad spur was built that the mules were finally replaced. Today, just as the railroad replaced the mules, a new highway bypass has replaced the old road p o r t i n g L i f e S Jameson Parker "B uild a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door." It's equally true of custom rifles. Boron is an unprepossessing little town in California's Mojave Desert. It's famous for being the home to the world's largest borax mine and Twenty Mule Team Borax. The company took its name from the mule teams that moved the borax from the original mine in Death Valley 165 miles away to the railroad line in the town of Mojave, and that iconic image is emblematic California craftsmen Butch Searcy specializes in crafting exquisite double rifles for dangerous game. S earcy combined spectacular wood and fine engraving to enhance these rifles: a falling block single-shot in .375 H&H (top) and a double in .470 NE.