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Three heavy breech-loading double-eight elephant guns, weighing about fifteen pounds each, to carry a charge of eleven drachms of black powder."

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Three double-500 Expresses, constructed to stand a charge of six drachms," .............. admirable for medium-sized game, such as eland or sable antelope

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Double .500 Black Powder Expresses for sable, eland etc


The "good" old days of black powder. Remember this book was being written at a time when cordite was just coming around, and written as if at a period prior to that time.

I think not a bad choice of armoury and showed Haggard had at least researched his topic quite well (or copied from one of the explorer / elephant hunters at the time).



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John aka NitroX

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Govt get out of our lives NOW!
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