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Omnivorous_Bob
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Re: 4-Bore Elephant
05/05/08 04:41 PM

Thanks for all of the comments. I've been reading Baker, Selous, and the like for years, which is what originally got me interested in these old guns. I love researching and reading about the men who used and needed such arms. Since those days are gone forever, the next best thing to do in my mind is to go out into the field once in a while and experience them first hand. I consider myself lucky to be able to walk in their shoes for a brief while.

Also, I never cease to be amazed at the skill and ingenuity of the men who made guns like this. This rifle has a 3/4" wide rib painstakingly filed on the barrel (the cross section is like a teardrop with the point filed flat), and when I mounted the gun in the dark it immediately dawned on me that that was exactly the reason for it.

Finally, I sincerely hope that another hundred or two years from now someone else will still be hunting with guns like this and appreciate them as much as I do, and think about the sights they've seen.

Bob

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"If we're not supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat?"

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4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	01/05/08 04:02 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	grandveneur	25/12/08 01:36 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Anonymous	06/05/08 12:12 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	06/05/08 11:44 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	billeastern	25/12/08 01:26 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	25/12/08 10:49 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	billeastern	25/12/08 02:55 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	lancaster	27/12/08 11:00 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	NitroX	10/05/11 01:32 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	rigbymauser	10/05/11 04:48 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	NitroX	25/05/11 04:45 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Ben	10/05/11 07:16 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	FATBOY404	10/05/11 07:43 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	bufallo	10/05/11 08:02 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	NitroX	11/05/11 12:41 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	NitroX	11/05/11 01:21 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	23/05/11 10:59 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	NitroX	23/05/11 07:39 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	24/05/11 10:13 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	NitroX	25/05/11 05:47 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	26/05/11 06:03 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	elvas	28/10/11 05:00 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Sarg	22/03/12 03:24 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	elvas	29/03/12 05:59 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	bigdog	21/03/12 12:22 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Ben	21/03/12 06:33 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	elvas	22/03/12 10:47 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	tinker	22/03/12 11:13 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	DarylS	25/05/11 12:37 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	25/05/11 09:38 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	gatsby	25/05/11 03:55 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	DarylS	25/05/11 11:15 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Grenadier	11/05/11 04:17 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	500grains	11/05/11 01:03 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	mehulkamdar	05/05/08 05:52 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	05/05/08 04:41 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	gatsby	06/05/08 02:17 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	rigbymauser	05/05/08 11:48 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	gatsby	01/05/08 11:51 PM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	DarylS	02/05/08 12:32 AM
Re: 4-Bore Elephant	Omnivorous_Bob	02/05/08 01:56 PM
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