German Elephant Gun dated 1844

Here are some pics from a German Elephant Gun dated 1844 with “Rising Breech” by K.R. Privilegert.







:hatsoff:

What a hell of a rifle. Which cal. has it and how heavy is it? Was it ever shooten?

Kirrmeister

Yeah what Kirr said! Wow!

Looks like it was put on a pivet? Oh wait nm that was to hold the breech block in.

He Kirr.
Sorry i didn't have any information about this gun.Found it on a Auction website.
There was a Request Info email-link.
I think the coin is Quarter Dollar.The dia. is .955 inch when i'm correct.
:hatsoff:

:grin: Would you shoot it if given the chance?

Interesting. Is the breech also rifled? Luckily there are no elephants here so I don't need one. :grin: GW

Swamp Rat said:

:grin: Would you shoot it if given the chance?

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:hmm: , i'm 6' and weighing 190pds.
Swamp when you shoot it before me. :haha:
:hatsoff:

Hell no! Even with my breaks on I'd end up several feet from where I started. :rotf:

That is quite a gun, it is pretty easy to see why there are no longer any elephants in Germany..

Hey folks whats wrong. Everybody can make 2 shots with it. One with each shoulder :rotf: Similar to the german Mauser tank rifle of WWI. :haha:


Kirrmeister

tg said:

That is quite a gun, it is pretty easy to see why there are no longer any elephants in Germany..

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:rotf: :rotf:
:hatsoff:

:hatsoff: Great looking rifle UT. I was just browsing through my "Lymans Loading Manual" and was reading about different types of rifling back in the mid 1800's. They show similar rifling to the one in your picture and refer to it as "Cape rifling" used in Africa for hunting. They don't mention caliber, but by the looks of the thing it would get the job done even on an elephant :grin:
Soggy

Kirrmeister said:

Hey folks whats wrong. Everybody can make 2 shots with it. One with each shoulder :rotf: Similar to the german Mauser tank rifle of WWI. :haha:


Kirrmeister

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:hmm: Don't know about "two" shots, I figure that thing would kill from both ends. You might not feel like shooting it twice :rotf:

soggy said:

Kirrmeister said:

Hey folks whats wrong. Everybody can make 2 shots with it. One with each shoulder :rotf: Similar to the german Mauser tank rifle of WWI. :haha:


Kirrmeister

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:hmm: Don't know about "two" shots, I figure that thing would kill from both ends. You might not feel like shooting it twice :rotf:

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A real man does the second shot even when one shoulder is heavily damaged :haha:

Regards

Kirrmeister

Looks more like a wall gun for shooting a belted ball a long way away

two shots!!!???!!! Real men only need one shot! :bow:

Swamp Rat said:

:grin: Would you shoot it if given the chance?

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Yeah I'd shoot it, probably only once, but I'd shoot it. Question is if it would shoot both ways :surrender:

That looks familiar... :v

undertaker said:

tg said:

That is quite a gun, it is pretty easy to see why there are no longer any elephants in Germany..

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:rotf: :rotf:
:hatsoff:

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They used ta have elephants in Germany? :shocked2:

if you guys want to hunt elephants, come to calif. here we have no closed elephant season and no bag limits.. also have a very generous rino season..

..ttfn..grampa..