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So i have gathered what information i can online.......but there is very little.

So im asking you guys,with your vastly superior wisdom.....

What was the more popular of the bpe rifles in africa and india? the 8 bores get more mention now.....more seem to be for sale.....

The 4 bores i heard one chap say only 100 were made....

If so,how many 8 bores were made?

And just for my curiosity......was the .577 bpe the bp equivilent of todays .375 h&h???

Thankyou

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No vast wisdom here ... But I would think 4-bores were very uncommon. Non existent?

The .450 and .500 BPEs were medium game calibres. A .577 BPE again a larger medium game rifle but maybe extending into bovines?

8-bores, 10-bores were the thing and 12-bores marginal. Probably used a lot however.

If you read the old books, shoot. If it doesn't die, keep shooting. If it runs away, find another one ... If it kills you instead, no book ....

Funny I only saw the first post, must have been threaded view. Must read the other four pages now! . I see it is from 2006. I must have picked the thread up from who's online listings.