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Re: WTK: Making a Howdah double ....need some tho
      12/11/06 01:31 PM

ooops...sorry. A Howdah Pistol is a double barrel (s x s or over/under) rifled piece, that was first utilized in India by hunters mounted on elephants to use as a secondary weapon against tiger attacks. An example of one recently seen is on "The Ghost and the Darkness" by Remington and ultimately by Patterson as a last resort piece. *Many gunmakers of old (example: Purdey) offerred the hunter a custom Howdah for purchase. Today, they are quite collectible and sought after.

Here are a few pics.

http://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/mlexperiments/antique_guns/purdey_howdah/howdah.html

http://www.hillrodandgun.com/picture.php?id=62

http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3370468&iSaleNo=13645&sServer=http://images1.bonhams.com/&sPath=2006-10/31/7328413-1-1.jpg



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* WTK: Making a Howdah double ...need some thoughts fanofdbls 12/11/06 11:51 AM
. * * Re: WTK: Making a Howdah double ...need some thoughts EDELWEISS   16/11/06 12:33 AM
. * * Re: WTK: Making a Howdah double ...need some thoughts fanofdbls   16/11/06 01:58 AM
. * * Re: WTK: Making a Howdah double ...need some thoughts EDELWEISS   16/11/06 05:40 AM
. * * Re: WTK: Making a Howdah double ...need some thoughts jaz   18/11/06 12:00 AM
. * * Re: WTK: Making a Howdah double ....need some tho bonanza   12/11/06 01:14 PM
. * * Re: WTK: Making a Howdah double ....need some tho fanofdbls   12/11/06 01:31 PM
. * * Re: WTK: Making a Howdah double ....need some tho NitroXAdministrator   12/11/06 05:55 PM
. * * Re: WTK: Making a Howdah double ....need some tho fanofdbls   13/11/06 09:54 AM
. * * Re: WTK: Making a Howdah double ....need some tho bigdog   13/11/06 03:51 PM

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