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2. One ‘400 bore express double barrel rifle by J. Purdey and Sons, 
London, taking 3" case, 47 grains low pressure Cordite and 230 
grains nickel base bullet. 
3. * One '280 bore single barrel high velocity magazine rifle by Chas. 
Lancaster, No. 13097, taking 52 grains powder and 160 grains 
hollow bullet. 
4. One ‘450 bore rifle supplied by H. H. the Maharaja of Udaipur. 
5. One "470 bore rifle supplied by H. H. the Maharaja of Udaipur, 
Sir Godfrey Thomas, C.V.O. 
1. One -450 bore rifle by George Gibbs. 
2. One ‘280 bore Ross single barrel magazine rifle. Property of Lt.-Co). 
R. D. Waterhouse, C.B., C.M.G., Buckingham Palace. 
Capt. Dudley North, C.M.G., C.V.O., R.X. 
1. One ’470 bore double barrel rifle by Gibbs. (Shot tiger and rhino 
in Nepal with this). This rifle was used by H. U.H. when he shot 
his Rhino. 
2. One ’286 bore Mauser magazine rifle for Chmkara, etc. (Probably this 
is a mistake and ought to read '256 bore Mannlicker Schonauer.) 
Capt. F. S. Poynder, M.V.O., M.C. 
1. One '470 bore double barrel high velocity rifle by ‘Chas. Boswell, charge 
75 grains Axite and 500 grains bullet. 
This was a first class all round weapon which could not be bettered. 
2. One -350 bore single barrel automatic rifle by Remington Arms Co. 
firing 200 grains bullet. Little used on this tour, but an efiflcient light 
rifle. Not recommended for normal all round use owing to delicate 
mechanism being likely to jam under unfavourable conditions of 
sand, etc. 
Capt. Poynder could not speak too highly of No. 1. He shot a tiger 
and an elephant each with one shot killing them instantly. It is very power- 
ful. not too heavy to be portable and hits like a sledge hammer. 
Capt. E. D. Metcalfe, M.C. 
1. One '450 bore express rifle. 
Lord Louis Mountbatten, M.V.O., R.N. 
1. One '450-400 bore double barrel high velocity rifle by Watson Bros. 
For Tiger and Rhino. 
2. One '375 bore rifle by Watson Bros, for Buck and Gazelle. 
H. R. H. THE Prince of Wales. 
GUNS . 
1. Two 16 bore double barrel guns by J. Purdey & Sons, London. (Made 
of Sir Joseph Whitworth’s fluid pressed steel). 
Capt. F. S. Poynder. 
1. One 12 bore double barrel hammerless gun by Francis Scott, 
Birmingham. 
• II. M. the King in 1911 used the same t 3 rpe of rifle in Nepal. 
