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rigbymauser
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Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!
28/02/09 02:41 AM

Sir S. Baker preferred a smoothbore 12gauge with short barrels shooting roundballs, as his "howdahgun"...His gun weighed only 7 pounds, and his load was only of 5 drams....but very effective shooting "down the throut" shots..
However he was asked by Sir Cumming regarding a 10bore, which Baker also had experience with, and Baker stated 12 drams is ideal..
Baker stated that a 14bore or 16bore rifle with a 4 dram load would kill the heavist game around, but not sufficiently.
In "Thirteen years among wild beast of India" Sanderson states regarding 12bore rifle and the introduction of BP Express cartridges ( page 178):
" A few years ago 12-bore rifles (1.5 Oz ball) were more generally used perhaps than any others for for general shooting, but the introducton of the has led to their very general supersession for sport the the lighter class of game. I think all experienced sportsmen are agreed that 12-bores are too insignifficant for use upon heavyclass, and that they form a half-and-half weapon neither one thing or the other".

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12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	empirevr	26/02/09 09:33 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	Marrakai	26/02/09 11:30 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	gatsby	27/02/09 03:37 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	DarylS	27/02/09 06:08 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	Yogi000	27/02/09 06:28 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	DarylS	27/02/09 06:36 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	Yogi000	27/02/09 08:13 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	Marrakai	27/02/09 10:52 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	Huvius	28/02/09 02:50 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	Yogi000	28/02/09 03:55 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	empirevr	27/02/09 06:31 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	gatsby	28/02/09 08:04 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	Omnivorous_Bob	28/02/09 08:28 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	DarylS	28/02/09 12:47 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	Marrakai	28/02/09 03:09 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	DarylS	28/02/09 05:06 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	empirevr	28/02/09 06:44 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	gatsby	28/02/09 07:13 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	empirevr	28/02/09 08:18 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	Marrakai	28/02/09 11:35 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	DarylS	01/03/09 06:03 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	Marrakai	01/03/09 10:53 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	peter	01/03/09 11:39 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	DarylS	02/03/09 04:18 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	empirevr	02/03/09 05:01 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	DarylS	03/03/09 04:19 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	peter	03/03/09 04:29 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	DarylS	03/03/09 12:48 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	peter	03/03/09 08:03 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	empirevr	03/03/09 08:09 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	peter	03/03/09 08:19 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	empirevr	04/03/09 12:27 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	DarylS	04/03/09 04:07 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	Bramble	03/03/09 01:51 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	Omnivorous_Bob	03/03/09 05:12 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	empirevr	03/03/09 07:13 PM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	peter	02/03/09 04:05 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	rigbymauser	28/02/09 02:41 AM
Re: 12-bore 2.5" fully rifled 10lb 2oz-should have posted here!	DarylS	28/02/09 02:15 AM

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