Thread: Calibre Choice in the 1970's

Yeh we do not know how lucky we are now,reminds me of when first went to Oz shearing in the late 80's we went up to go hunting in Arnhem Land a huge expedition back then ,that locals doubted was possible, 3 nutters all loaded into a SWB Tojo with a letter of introduction from a Aboriginal Elder from the literal Back Of Bourke in NSW .

The locals were still using Siamese Mauser's converted to 45/70 to hunt Buffalo which were in herds of 100's on the Billabong flood plains .The moronic local government had a law back in the 60-70's that large bore rifles had to be Black powder based . I have owned & shot many big bores over the years & am a 458 Mag fanatic, having owned a old Husky 458 mag on its second barrel for decades & often hunt pigs with it for shuts & giggles now,so have fired some big kicking guns in my time . Those Siamese 45/70's loaded for Buff are among the worst of them & snapped & repaired stocks were common,in fact that was the first time l had ever seen the old brass never ending screws used to repair stocks by Old School Gunsmiths .