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The Pedersoli's are small bore pistols - not Howdas. I guess it they want to call a .50 a Howdah, they can. That's like calling a Thompson Centre 1/2 stock a Hawken. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

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Old thread but looking at some old threads.

Some breech loading howdah pistols were .360 calibre per a recent Westley Richards Explora thread.

As well as the usual .577 Snider cartridge.

Many muzzle loading examples before the rarer cartridge versions. Various bores of muzzle loading "howdahs". Entlemen's coach pistols are very similar. A member has posted on what he considers a true howdah pistol.

A Howdah pistol is a pistol designed to be used on a elephants saddle or platform is a howdah.

Popularly described to shoot an attacking tiger and maybe leopard off the back or head of the ridden elephant.

I assume a .455 Webley Revolver made a very good "howdah" pistol in later years. Though definitely not in the double Barrelled definition.

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John aka NitroX

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Edited by NitroX (10/06/22 05:55 PM)

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