Yes! That looks like a very handy rifle- I like the design! I'm not familiar with the brand and can't really tell if it is a copy of a specific model... but it looks like a cross between a Rem (M1863) Zouave and a US M1841 with a half stock. What's the barrel length?
I had one of those & it was just as awesome as it looks. mine was made by Antonio Zoli & imported by Navy Arms. I believe the barrel was either 25 or 26 inches. it was called the Buffalo hunter & was a fantasy model based on what you'd get if you "sporterized" a Zouave.
That's it! I vaguely remember them from the 70s. I was trying to figure out the Buffalo Hunt title
I found them in a 1976 catalog with msrp of 160.00. Navy Arms imported them and sold them as the "1855 Buffalo Hunter". Listed with 25 1/2" barrel and a weight of 8 lbs. Very simple design with clean lines.
Val Forgett of Navy Arms fame used one of these with 150 or 200 grain powder charges & bullets of 6 or 7 hundred grains to kill about every type animal in Africa.
Yes, I think he and Nonte conspired on an African hunt to Tanzania in '73. They used both a heavy 58 cal Hawken type rifle (IIRC the "Hawken Hunter") loaded with 180 gr FFF under a 610 gr thick skirted Minié for the heaviest duty. Also used an "1855 Buffalo Hunter" loaded with 125 gr FFF under the same 610 gr bullet.
Hello to all.
The barrel length is 26, rifled 1:66. The brand is a little firm that had build some type of BP rifles and shotguns for other brands. Euroarms, in his 2008 catalog, have a identical gun. I dont know if the Siderarms is still existing. On the web I non find any news on this.
I had also a J.P. Murray cal.58 that you can see an page 12 of the Euroarms catalog.
I attach the pdf 2008 catalog of the Euroarms
Thanks to all
Nino
Thanks of the info on that model. 66" twist should work very well in 58 cal.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |