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So i have gathered what information i can online.......but there is very little.

So im asking you guys,with your vastly superior wisdom.....

What was the more popular of the bpe rifles in africa and india? the 8 bores get more mention now.....more seem to be for sale.....

The 4 bores i heard one chap say only 100 were made....

If so,how many 8 bores were made?

And just for my curiosity......was the .577 bpe the bp equivilent of todays .375 h&h???

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I haven't read my older historical hunting books, where the BP bore rifles were the norm. And the little BPE cartridges.

Forgetting any modern use what use historically donyou remember reading they put them to?

A .500 and .577 are regarded as very big bores now.140 years ago, no they weren't. The bullets were far lighter, slow, and lacked penetration. The lead projectiles were often too fragile. Imo.

If they were such great bg killers, why aren't modern 12-bore shotguns today great dg slayers?

No a .577 BPE was not the equivalent to a .375 H&H Mag. A reason such innovations revolutionised safari rifle choices and rung the final death knell for a lot of older cartridges. So much more effective.

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John aka NitroX

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