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Ezine
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Great care should be taken in making rifles for DG
22/05/05 12:17 AM

More quotations from Baker's "Eight Years Wandering in Ceylon":

" Great care should be therefore taken in making rifles for heavy game. There cannot be a better calibre than No 10; it is large enough for any animal in the world, and a double-barreled rifle of this bore, without a ramrod, is not the least cumbersome, even at the weight of fifteen pounds. A ramrod is not required to be in the gun for Ceylon shooting, as there is always a man behind with a spare rifle, who carries a loading rod, and were a ramrod fitted to a rifle of this size, it would render it very unhandy, and would also weaken the stock.

The sights should be of platinum at the muzzle, and blue steel, with a platinum strip with a broad and deep letter V cut in the breech-sights. In a gloomy forest it is frequently difficult to catch the muzzle sight, unless it is of some bright metal, such as silver or platinum; and a broad cut in the breech-sights, if shaped as described, allows a rapid aim, and may be taken fine or coarse at option."

"Eight Years Wandering in Ceylon" by Samuel W. Baker Chapter 6

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Great care should be taken in making rifles for DG	Ezine	22/05/05 12:17 AM
Re: Great care should be taken in making rifles for DG	Chasseur	07/02/06 10:21 AM
Re: Great care should be taken in making rifles fo	NitroX	07/02/06 01:20 PM
Re: Great care should be taken in making rifles for DG	BlainSmipy	07/02/06 10:59 AM
Re: Great care should be taken in making rifles for DG	Chasseur	07/02/06 12:01 PM
Re: Great care should be taken in making rifles for DG	Brent	07/02/06 02:22 PM
Re: Great care should be taken in making rifles for DG	Chasseur	08/02/06 01:30 AM
Re: Great care should be taken in making rifles for DG	Brent	08/02/06 02:09 AM
Re:Great care should be taken making rifles for DG	NitroX	07/02/06 05:10 AM
Re:Great care should be taken making rifles for DG	bonanza	07/02/06 06:10 AM

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