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Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott
16/12/23 06:38 AM

C.E.M.Russel in his book BULLET AND SHOT in INDIAN FOREST, PLAIN AND HILL edition from 1900, also recommends a DR caliber 577 Express with solid bullets as a weapon for elephant hunting, although in the dense bush he would rather use a double caliber 4-bore with spherical bullets or a 8-bore paradox gun. The latter weapon would be in his opinion better suited for hunting African elephants. What he means by solids, I am not so sure that they are the same as our FMJ bullets.

In Africa, however, BP cartridges were for a lot of reasons not so popular for hunting big and dangerous game, so that nitro loads were used much more earlier that in India. Nevertheless, the DR caliber 577 Nitro Express was also in the foreground as the hunting rifle for big game, especially elephants, during this time.

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"Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	NitroX	14/12/23 03:20 PM
Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	NitroX	14/12/23 06:46 PM
Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	3DogMike	15/12/23 03:31 AM
Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	NitroX	15/12/23 11:15 AM
Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	bwanabobftw	15/12/23 07:00 PM
Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	DarylS	16/12/23 05:11 AM
Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	grandveneur	16/12/23 06:38 AM
Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	3DogMike	17/12/23 02:43 AM
Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	grandveneur	17/12/23 03:45 AM
Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	DarylS	17/12/23 04:54 AM
Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	grandveneur	17/12/23 05:20 AM
Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	Vette447	27/12/23 12:51 PM
Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	DarylS	16/12/23 09:27 AM
Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	grandveneur	16/12/23 07:10 PM
Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott	NitroX	14/12/23 06:59 PM

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