| Ash |
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| 31/08/19 07:34 AM |
A very different .450 BPE.
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Interesting!
https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-f...un_id=101273728
| 85lc |
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| 01/09/19 03:42 AM |
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Ash, thanks for sharing this. Very interesting and nice workmanship and finish.
However, the loading seems awkward; it is like you have to turn the rifle upside down to drop two new cartridges in.
| casper50 |
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| 01/09/19 04:40 AM |
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Looks like it would be awkward as heck to load.
| 93x64mm |
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| 01/09/19 07:17 AM |
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Most unusual!
Elegant engraving & beautiful work overall to say the least!
Would imagine that the maker really only wanted 2 shots fired - ejecting would appear to be easy, but after that it would get rather messy........very quickly!
| 3DogMike |
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| 01/09/19 07:31 AM |
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.450 Express in England/Scotland essentially a deer, or in India the Black Buck, rifle calibre......I suppose speed and ease of a reload was not really a factor.
| tinker |
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| 01/09/19 08:47 AM |
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By way of it's engraving scene subjects the rifle advertises itself as a lion and tiger rifle.
I'd prefer a quick reload.
We've seen a similar action type here before.
I'll have to scratch my head a bit and dig through the archives - I think the rifle was also a 450
| MikeRowe |
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| 01/09/19 10:15 PM |
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If one couldn't down a charging cat with two shots, reloading is probably a moot point anyway.....