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Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott
      17/12/23 02:43 AM

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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 …………..(snip)….. I am not so sure that they are the same as our FMJ bullets.
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I have read that those BP Express "solid" bullets were typically tin-lead mix and "mercury hardened". No idea of the actual mercury content and no idea just how hard they were on the Brinnell scale.
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* "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott NitroXAdministrator 14/12/23 03:20 PM
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. * * 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 NitroXAdministrator   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
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. * * Re: "Make Mine a Side hammer Rifle" by Jack Lott grandveneur   16/12/23 07:10 PM
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