Mr. Humphrey--I don't have a way to do that. At any rate, he doesn't really describe or discuss them; simply mentions that his hunter was using a .500 Whelan Mauser--more than once, more than one hunter, more than one article, incidently. Actually, one was a woman! All he ever said in-so-far as discription was "the wickedest thing going before the time of magnums". He does refer to "significant" recoil! And Big G, it was in the 20's, not the 50's or 60's that he was talking about.
There were cases in existance at the time that could handle a .500 bullet. I've also considered that it could be a printing error and that indeed it was a .400 Whelen, but it seems strange that the printing error would occur more than once, and in different articles. Obviously, if I knew the answer, I wouldn't have asked the question!
There were cases in existance at the time that could handle a .500 bullet. I've also considered that it could be a printing error and that indeed it was a .400 Whelen, but it seems strange that the printing error would occur more than once, and in different articles. Obviously, if I knew the answer, I wouldn't have asked the question!
