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FYI, George Eastman, who then owned Kodak-Eastman, along with his party purchased three 9,5x57 Mannlichers in London for his 1926 safari out of Nairobi with PH Philip Percival. He wrote about shooting buffalo and lion with them in his privately printed book, Chronicles of an African Adventure, (1927). He mentions their trigger pulls were all set at 6-7 pounds and I found that mine is the same after all these years. The 9,5's did OK on lion, not so good on the buffs. It's not too bad a read, if you can find a copy. They did things a bit differently in that era:

“This time it was Audley's turn. The way he turned the gas into that Buick was something terrifying. But nobody tried to hold him up, we were so anxious for Audley to get his buffalo. Soon we got into range and Audley, by a few well directed shots, got his prize..."

The pistol grip stock on my M.1910 has a trap with a spare front sight, 10 thou different in height to the one on the muzzle. It's wrapped in a bit of paper, I suppose to stop it rattling. There's also an optional pop-up “Ballie-Grohman” 2-range setting adjustable peep-sight that I don't use much. It's designed so that this spring-loaded sight folds out of the way when the bolt travels over it and, then, pops back up again for the next shot. When not in use, you set it back in it's recess in the grip and it's held in place until needed.

I'm not sure about putting cigars in the stock trap. The two extra holes are for spare bullets. I was smoking a cigar once and a bird took off so I shot it with my shotgun. The recoil forces caused the cigar to sort-off explode !!! So I wouldn't imagine they'd do too well inside the stock trap - if you were at all serious, that is.

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