Crossbow.
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Centrefire semi - automatic pistol.
Mauser C96 Broomhandle, German about 1899. Automatic pistols had become very fashionable and the Mauser was the most advanced and expensive. It had a magazine capacity of 10 rounds, and it`s 7.63mm bullet had a range of over 500 metres.
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Semi - automatic pistol.
Luger Artillery Model, German, Berlin, dated 1917. This model has the longest barrel length issued during the war. To improve accuracy at extreme ranges, the wooden shoulder stock could be attached to the pistol to turn it into a carbine.
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The Machine Gunner.
A British soldier of the machine gun corps man`s his MK 1 Vickers Gun during the bitter fighting for Passchendaele in 1917. Conditions in the line were so bad that men had to be replaced every 24 hours. The wounded could not be rescued and many sank without trace into the mud. The battle was to become a byword for the horror and suffering of the Great War. Vickers MK1 machine gun , British about 1917. Designed by an American, Hiram Maxim, the .303 inch Vickers gun was the standard medium machine gun in service with the Commonwealth Forces throughout the war. It was water cooled and could fire at a rate of 550 rounds per minute, it was extremely reliable. Individual guns often firing 100,000 rounds with no more than regular maintenance. It remained in service until 1965.
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Animal Hunt Scene.
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Duck Hunting Scene.
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Boar Hunt Scene.
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TIGER HUNT.
These scenes shows a wounded Tiger turning and attacking his pursuers. The incident is described in Sport in many lands, a book written by Henry Astbury Leveson. The old Shekarry, one of the most famous big game hunters of Victorian Times. Leveson served in the Indian army from 1845 to 1854 and returned on Hunting Trips between 1856 and 1860. The events described here took place during his Army Service.
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To Be Continued.
Interestingly enough, I had fired a slightly different variation of the Broomhandle while in the Marine Corps. Neat weapon. Well made. I love tigers. I really do. Read a lot about them. I am not a tree hugger but I wish the folks of the past and those of the present would leave them alone. According to some articles I read in National Geographic, they are not the maneaters that they are made out to be. Of course they will attack you if you or someone nearby messes with them. What wild or even domestic animal won't? They are magnificent wild animals just doing what they naturally do and should be preserved so they can continue doing that. Now from what I understand, a lion will jump your sh&*#t just because you are handy.
ReplyDeleteI agree 100% with the comments you make regarding Tigers.
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