| kuduae |
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| 16/12/22 01:12 AM |
Re: Double of the Day: Hemingway's Westley Richards .577 NE
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The rifle is a single trigger which would be considered unusal.
Not so unusual at the time this .577 dr was made. The 1912 Westley Richards catalog advertised their “Best Quality Double Hammerless Ejector Rifle, .577 bore, detachable locks, one or two triggers, new hinged fore-sight protector, in leather-covered oak case complete …. 85 Guineas”. The then famous elephant hunter James Sutherland, 1872-1932, used such a single trigger, droplock WR rifle, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Sutherland
Sutherland is quoted in that WR catalog: “Two hundred and twenty-three male elephants have fallen to your .577 Double Hammerless Rifle (March 8th.1912)”