A little Wilkes trivia for ya.

John " Pondoro " Taylor's last DB was a Wilkes box-lock .450 #2. The rifle was confiscated by the Portuguese police from Mandimba when his gunbearer & friend, Aly, was caught poaching Hippo with it at Lake Amaramba (1950-52).

Reports have it that the rifle was later sold to an American collector and that the " deal " was put together in South Africa by a prominent attorney as Taylor's personal property.

Wonder where that Wilkes is today?