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Re: .375, the medium bore shooter's Big bore
      05/03/04 05:11 PM

...the immortal words of pondoro taylor...

...previous post eleswhere:

john 'pondoro' taylor, a transplanted english irishman who somewhat defined the golden age of safari in the waning days of empire [phase one], defines 'big bore' as follows in his seminal book, 'african rifles and cartridges' (safari press, reprint 1994):

"LARGE BORE. A rifle the caliber of which is not less than .450".

"LARGE MEDIUM BORE. A rifle the caliber of which is not less than .400" nor greater than .440" (11.2mm).

"MEDIUM BORE. A rifle the caliber of which is not less than .318" nor greater than .375".

"SMALL BORE. A rifle the caliber of which is less than .318".

"MINIATURE. A rifle the M.E. of which is less than 1,500 ft. lbs.

"MAGNUM. A rifle the M.V. of which is not less than 2,500 f.s.



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* .375, the medium bore shooter's Big bore NitroXAdministrator 04/03/04 07:50 PM
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