#Bear brave 2 bore serial number#

I had no expectation that the pistol would kill the bear. 44 magnum boomed in the night and the boar fell straight down, his head three feet away from where I stood.ДЄs he fell, he bit at the ground and ended up with a mouthful of sod. That was when I pointed the revolver and fired at center mass. He was about ten feet away coming up and over the initial log that I had tripped over. I looked in the direction of Reed only to once again see the bear charging at me. As I pulled the revolver out, a sudden calm came over me, and I knew everything would be fine. To my surprise, the buckle was actually a snap and the strap peeled away. I could not figure out how it held the gun in place, so I grabbed the buckle and attempted to rip it off. I saw a buckle with a strap running through it. When Reed distracted the bear from its attack on me, I had time to concentrate on the holster. 1866.Because of intense interest from his family and friends, Doug wrote a detailed account of the attack and the aftermath. This rifle was made by Holland & Holland, of Bond Street, and I could highly recommend it for the Goliath of Gath, but not for the men of A.D. On such occasions my men had the gratification of firing it, and the explosion was always accompanied by two men falling on their backs (one having propped up the shooter), and the 'Baby' flying some yards behind them. I was afraid to use it but now and then it was absolutely necessary that it should be cleaned, after months of staying loaded. It was far too severe, and I very seldom fired it, but it is a curious fact, that I never fired a shot with that rifle without bagging: the entire practice, during several years, was confined to about twenty shots. None of my men could fire it, and it was looked upon with a species of awe, and it was named 'Jenna-El-Mootfah' (Child of a Cannon) by the Arabs, which being far too long a name for practice, I christened it the 'Baby ' and the scream of this 'Baby' loaded with a half-pound shell was always fatal. I really dreaded my own rifle, although I had been accustomed to heavy charges of powder, and severe recoil for some years.

However Baker himself never refers to this projectile being a round ball nor uses the term 2 bore in any of his writings, indicating this half pound shell was a longer projectile of cylindrical or conical shape.ДЄmong other weapons, I had an extraordinary rifle that carried a half-pound percussion shell-this instrument of torture to the hunter was not sufficiently heavy for the weight of the projectile it only weighed twenty pounds: thus, with a charge of ten drachms of powder, behind a half-pound shell, the recoil was so terrific, that I spun around like a weathercock in a hurricane. The confusion occurs due to Baker's common reference to the projectile fired from the firearm weighing 'half a pound', which would if a round ball equate to a 2 bore by definition.

#Bear brave 2 bore serial number#

A common misconception is the hunter Sir Samuel White Baker being attributed to its use, however his firearm 'Baby' as described below was actually close to 3 bore, the firearms records still exist by the maker listing the serial number as 1296. The equivalent calibre size equates to various punt guns used for harvesting large number of waterfowls usually mounted in 'punts' or flat bottomed boats for commercial purposes.

The velocity is relatively low, at around 1,500 feet per second (460В m/s) at the muzzle, but develops approximately 17,500В ftв‹…lbf (23,700В J) muzzle energy.Дespite the popularity of the calibre in modern gun lore there is no evidence the 2 bore as named was actually used as a terrestrial and shoulder fired firearm. The nominal bore is 1.326 inches (33.7В mm), and projectiles generally weigh 8 ounces (227 grams 3500 grains). Two bores generally fire spherical balls or slugs of hardened lead or, in the modern metallic cartridge, additionally a solid bronze projectile.