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Re: Jungle Gun
      23/12/07 06:18 AM

The true JUNGLE GUNS were always large bore, and had relatively short barrels. I had an Army&Navy 577 Snider with 22" barrels, it was a hammer gun with fully rifled barrels. It had back action side lock exposed hammer locks, with a Jones under lever action. These were designed for tiger hunting from the back of an elephant, or from a machan built high in a tree, for the drivers to push the cats to the machans. Accuracy was unimportant past 50 yds, and usually were used a off the muzzle shooting! Lighter chamberings were use from machans, than on foot, or from Hawdah, because the tigers tended to try to get in these with you, so the short BIG bores for Howdah!

My rifle was certainly made for Tiger shooting, because it had tigers engraved all over it. It came from India in WW II by my father-in-law. He thought it was a slug shotgun, till he got it home, and found no shotgun shells would fit it. This rifle had a wear pattern around the barrels, and action that indicated it had been placed in a loop in a Howdah much the same as Howdah pistols were. I would love to hear the tales that old rifle could spin! That rifle worked quite well on baited black bear and moose, as well!

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* Jungle Gun Yogi000 13/12/07 04:25 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun Dave_Hall   13/12/07 05:48 AM
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. * * Re: Jungle Gun DarylS   13/12/07 09:05 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun NE450No2   13/12/07 10:53 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun mehulkamdar   13/12/07 11:06 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun NitroXAdministrator   13/12/07 12:18 PM
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. * * Re: Jungle Gun DarylS   14/12/07 03:03 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun JabaliHunter   14/12/07 04:38 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun degoins   14/12/07 05:04 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun mehulkamdar   15/12/07 01:53 PM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun DarylS   15/12/07 05:50 PM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun jaz   16/12/07 10:56 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun LGF   16/12/07 02:31 PM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun DarylS   17/12/07 03:10 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun empirevr   24/12/07 11:20 PM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun Yogi000   03/01/08 08:29 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun Nakihunter   03/01/08 01:13 PM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun Yogi000   04/01/08 02:31 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun DarylS   04/01/08 03:16 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun Yogi000   04/01/08 04:51 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun Nakihunter   04/01/08 10:47 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun degoins   18/12/07 12:20 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun DarylS   18/12/07 03:31 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun jaz   18/12/07 12:46 PM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun DarylS   19/12/07 02:10 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun 9.3x57   20/12/07 05:25 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun jaz   20/12/07 01:41 PM
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. * * Re: Jungle Gun Nakihunter   20/12/07 03:04 PM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun Yogi000   21/12/07 01:50 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun DarylS   21/12/07 02:01 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun gatsby   21/12/07 03:09 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun DarylS   21/12/07 10:03 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun 9.3x57   21/12/07 12:19 PM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun DUGABOY1   23/12/07 06:18 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun Sarg   23/12/07 08:52 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun DUGABOY1   24/12/07 06:39 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun DarylS   24/12/07 06:47 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun Yogi000   21/12/07 09:02 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun jaz   17/12/07 06:58 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun jaz   16/12/07 05:05 PM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun Yogi000   14/12/07 06:58 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun NE450No2   14/12/07 08:37 AM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun LGF   14/12/07 01:42 PM
. * * Re: Jungle Gun NE450No2   14/12/07 03:07 PM
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. * * Re: Jungle Gun Yogi000   15/12/07 07:27 AM
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