Posted November 29, 2016 3:18 pm by Comments

By Ammoland

Allen Quatermain

By Major Van Harl

45/70 For African Big Game
Major Van Harl USAF Ret
Major Van Harl USAF Ret

Wisconsin –-(

Allen Quatermain

Quatermain in the books and movies is English and travels between Africa and England. Swayze’s portrayal of Quatermain has the African hunter as an American who travels between Africa and England. What is more notable about Swayze’s version of Allen Quatermain, is Swayze carries a lever action 1870s American made rifle and wears a ammunition belt (brown) full of big, old black powder, straight walled cartridges. Sometimes we forget that American made lever actions rifles were sold all over (Henry Arms being the first one) the world and not just John Wayne hunted and stopped evil with a lever gun.

Buffalo Bore 45 70 Ammunition
Buffalo Bore 45 70 Ammunition

The 45/70 cartridge has been in continuous use in this country since 1873. It was originally a black powder cartridge that was chambered in rather weak single shot rifles. It could stop anything in North America but because of its low …Read the Rest

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