Forums.NitroExpress.com

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact NitroExpress.com: H&H 10 bore NITRO???

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

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

You are not logged in. [Login]

Main Index · Search · Active Topics
New user · Who's Online · FAQ · Calendar

Double Rifles, Single Shots & Combinations >> Double Rifles

Marrakai
.416 member

Reged: 09/01/03
Posts: 3482
Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia

Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???
25/09/06 10:00 PM

empirevr:
As John the Greek says, not everyone agrees with 500grains and 400NitroExpress....

Here's a telling paragraph or two on the 8-bore which might interest you, penned well into the smokeless era by R.C.F. Maugham, inveterate big game hunter, and His Majesty's Consul-General at Beira, Portugese East Africa, after the turn of the previous century;

"....no hunter in his right senses should place his blind trust in such a weapon as even the .450 cordite rifle to extricate him from the thousand and one dangers by which he is liable from day to day to be confronted in Africa. I therefore unhesitatingly advocate, in addition to the most perfected type of modern high-velocity weapon which we are ever likely to see, the inclusion of a sound, heavy rifle intended for use at close range, the shock of whose bullet, even if it should not instantly kill, will assuredly be sufficiently great to disable or turn a charging beast."

His recommendation?
"..a heavy eight-bore, which I look upon as the ideal weapon par excellance for this purpose".

And "For those who do not have the strength to use a heavy 8-bore"?
"I would suggest the adoption of a 10 or at least of a 12-bore paradox throwing a 1 3/4 ounce bullet, driven by a charge of 5 drams of black powder. This, in capable hands, should be sufficiently powerful to produce the desired stopping effect".

Holland & Holland apparently agreed, listing their 10-bore paradox "for rhinoceros, bison, and other kinds of large game" in the 1904 catalogue, and the 10-bore nitro paradox "for elephant, rhinoceros, bison, and other kinds of large game" in the 1910-12 catalogue. The 8-bore paradox was listed simply as an "Elephant Gun" in both catalogues.

There is a surprising degree of ignorance about the capability of bore-guns and paradox guns amongst those who have never used them. Sadly, with the cost of a single elephant or rhino in today's Africa, very few modern hunters are ever likely to discover those capabilities for themselves.

--------------------
Marrakai
When the bull drops, the bullshit stops!
--------------------------------
www.marrakai-adventure.com.au

Post Extras

Print Post

Remind Me!

Notify Moderator

Entire topic
Subject	Posted by	Posted on
H&H 10 bore NITRO???	empirevr	24/09/06 08:41 PM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	mehulkamdar	27/09/06 03:25 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	500grains	25/09/06 02:52 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	jaz	26/09/06 11:37 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	gatsby	26/09/06 01:24 PM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	Marrakai	26/09/06 10:21 PM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	empirevr	27/09/06 03:12 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	mehulkamdar	27/09/06 03:30 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	NitroX	27/09/06 12:44 PM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	empirevr	28/09/06 10:01 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	pwm	27/09/06 04:20 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	empirevr	27/09/06 04:39 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	jaz	26/09/06 09:58 PM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	gatsby	25/09/06 03:37 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	400NitroExpress	25/09/06 10:19 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	Marrakai	25/09/06 10:00 PM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	JohnTheGreek	25/09/06 11:16 PM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	500grains	25/09/06 11:45 PM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	empirevr	26/09/06 01:00 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	gatsby	26/09/06 12:46 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	JohnTheGreek	26/09/06 12:24 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	gatsby	25/09/06 11:16 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	NitroX	25/09/06 08:38 PM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	Double_Trouble	25/09/06 09:56 PM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	NitroX	26/09/06 03:27 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	Double_Trouble	26/09/06 10:11 PM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	JohnTheGreek	25/09/06 09:33 PM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	empirevr	25/09/06 04:50 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	gatsby	25/09/06 08:42 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	empirevr	25/09/06 09:16 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	gatsby	25/09/06 09:41 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	empirevr	25/09/06 09:47 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	500grains	25/09/06 10:15 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	empirevr	25/09/06 10:24 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	500Nitro	25/09/06 10:07 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	empirevr	25/09/06 10:16 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	500Nitro	25/09/06 10:24 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	empirevr	25/09/06 10:33 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	500Nitro	25/09/06 10:54 AM
Re: H&H 10 bore NITRO???	gatsby	25/09/06 02:50 AM

Extra information

0 registered and 93 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator: CptCurl

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

Rating:
Thread views: 8976

Jump to

NitroExpress.com

Powered by UBB.threads™ 6.5.5

Home | Ezine | Forums | Links | Contact

Copyright 2003 to 2011 - all rights reserved