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Marrakai
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Re: PARADOX SITE
24/06/07 11:52 AM

Zim:
875gr would probably indicate a 10-bore. The usual weights for the No.12 were 735 to 750gr, down to 675 or so for the the hollow-nose (the latter not used on ele of course!).

The No.10 was clearly intended for ele and rhino, according to the H&H catalogues of the day. If that's what the hunter was using, heart/lung shots on female elephants shouldn't have been a problem. If he was using an over-weight 12, that could have raised any number of problems.

BTW, only the No.12 is being reintroduced by Hollands. We have the perfect requirement for such a gun here in Australia's 'Top End', where the hunting reserves are closed to centre-fire rifles during the 4-month goose season, on account of all the shotgunners wandering around the edges of the wetlands. Our wildlife managers are happy to regard the Paradox as a shotgun, so we can still use them to hunt feral hogs on the reserves during the dry season.

A proper Paradox is better than a cape gun if you are hunting waterfowl exclusively for a while, say, during the morning or evening flighting, then switch to 4-legged quarry during the day. If you are sneaking around the swamps where the next second, either a bird or a boar could erupt from cover, you may do quite well with a cape gun. Remember that a Paradox can be loaded as a cape gun, too, with a solid in one chamber and shot in the other, much more versatile than a cape.

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PARADOX SITE	ALAN_MCKENZIE	22/04/06 02:39 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	bulldog563	22/04/06 02:47 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	Marrakai	22/04/06 04:42 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	tinker	22/04/06 07:43 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	NitroX	23/04/06 01:52 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	ALAN_MCKENZIE	24/04/06 05:56 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	NitroX	25/04/06 01:33 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	mehulkamdar	19/05/06 01:30 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	Marrakai	20/05/06 10:12 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	NitroX	22/05/06 01:19 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	ALAN_MCKENZIE	14/06/07 10:35 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	NitroX	20/06/07 08:52 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	Marrakai	20/06/07 10:58 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	zimhunter	24/06/07 11:38 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	Marrakai	24/06/07 11:52 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	ALAN_MCKENZIE	06/07/07 09:41 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	NitroX	26/06/07 11:51 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	Marrakai	26/06/07 07:21 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	NitroX	27/06/07 02:28 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	empirevr	29/06/07 12:00 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	Marrakai	29/06/07 10:22 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	NitroX	30/06/07 04:14 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	empirevr	01/07/07 08:28 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	Marrakai	01/07/07 11:00 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	NitroX	02/07/07 02:12 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	Marrakai	05/07/07 11:39 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	empirevr	02/07/07 04:14 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	watto	26/06/07 11:41 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	zimhunter	27/06/07 10:50 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	gatsby	24/06/07 12:06 PM
Re: PARADOX SITE	zimhunter	25/06/07 07:05 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	500Nitro	23/04/06 02:02 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	NitroX	24/04/06 02:50 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	vikram	19/05/06 08:31 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	500Nitro	24/04/06 09:51 AM
Re: PARADOX SITE	gatsby	24/04/06 03:03 AM

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