Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact
NitroExpress.com: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted

View recent messages : 24 hours | 48 hours | 7 days | 14 days | 30 days | 60 days | More Smilies


*** Enjoy NitroExpress.com? Participate and join in. ***

Double Rifles, Single Shots & Combinations >> Single Shots & Combination Guns

kuduae
.400 member


Reged: 13/01/10
Posts: 1792
Loc: middle of Germany
Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted
      30/09/19 05:34 AM

Quote:

To anyone, what were these cape guns, combinations, double rifles in the x72mmR cartridges designed to be used for? Obviously originally black powder, I would suppose the 8mm, and the 9.3mm were all designed for use against medium game?



The Büchsflinte = cape gun and the lower grade drilling were the tool of the practical hunter, the forester and the game keeper. Guns to be carried all day while doing the other chores on their Revier = area of responsibility. Just in case a chance offers itself. Remember, a fox may appear anytime, just as a roebuck or even a boar.
So it was the only, general purpose gun for most German and Austrian hunters.
While the 9.3x72R was a blackpowder number originally, the 8x72R and the much later 7x72R were smokeless loads from the start. But the 8x72R culd be reloaded with blackpowder and lead bullets, just like the contemporary .32 Winchester Special. The 8x72R was brught out by Wilhelm Brenneke, Leipzig, in 1898 as his first proprietary rifle cartridge. Essentially a tapered down 9.3x72R case, it was itended as an improvement over the 8x58R S&S and the 8x57R 360, but a slimmer package than the 8x57IR to allow for slimmer drillings.

Post Extras Print Post   Remind Me!     Notify Moderator


Entire topic
Subject Posted by Posted on
* Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted buckstix 28/09/19 10:31 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted Igorrock   28/09/19 11:41 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted m4220   29/09/19 02:31 AM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted 93x64mm   29/09/19 07:34 AM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted kuduae   29/09/19 09:25 AM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted lancaster   29/09/19 02:39 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted DarylS   29/09/19 01:00 AM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted NitroXAdministrator   29/09/19 09:33 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted buckstix   29/09/19 03:41 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted NitroXAdministrator   29/09/19 09:38 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted buckstix   30/09/19 01:56 AM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted NitroXAdministrator   30/09/19 04:03 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted buckstix   30/09/19 07:51 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted lancaster   01/10/19 02:44 AM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted DarylS   01/10/19 03:47 AM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted buckstix   01/10/19 12:00 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted lancaster   01/10/19 02:06 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted NitroXAdministrator   01/10/19 02:11 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted lancaster   02/10/19 03:36 AM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted DarylS   03/10/19 02:56 AM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted NitroXAdministrator   03/10/19 04:02 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted buckstix   01/03/20 02:22 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted kuduae   30/09/19 07:50 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted kuduae   30/09/19 02:17 AM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted kuduae   30/09/19 05:34 AM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted NitroXAdministrator   30/09/19 03:58 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted HuviusModerator   29/09/19 11:07 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted lancaster   29/09/19 11:16 PM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted DarylS   30/09/19 01:48 AM
. * * Re: Franz Thiele 8x72R x 16 ga Cape Gun- Info about maker wanted lancaster   29/09/19 09:35 PM

Extra information
0 registered and 107 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator:  Huvius 



Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled

Rating:
Thread views: 11226

Rate this thread

Jump to

Contact Us NitroExpress.com

Powered by UBB.threads™ 6.5.5


Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact


Copyright 2003 to 2011 - all rights reserved