Thread: Karamojo Bell article

My favourite story of Selous' is when his percussion cap on his muzzle loader (I forget which one it was at the time) failed to fire, on handing it back to his gunbearer the bearer promptly put another handfull of powder and projectile on the existing one, replaced the cap and handed it back.
The force on firing it spun him around and flung him backwards, split the stock and his cheek and he couldn't raise his right arm for 6 months after!
Carried on hunting though!

Tough bastards!

After that he specced his rifles with the reinforced steel shrouds along the pistol grip that are famous on the farqhuarson falling block rifles he also used.