Joe Gunns
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From George & Jacques Herter's PROFESSIONAL GUIDE'S MANUAL (1963 5th edition) p. 210:
"If you ever run out of rifle ammunition and have a shotgun and shotshells around you can quickly convert the shotgun into a powerful big game weapon for short range."
"Take the shotgun shells and open up the star crimp or take out the overshot wads in the case of a rolled crimp. Pour luke warm paraffin down into the shot charge. Do not have the paraffin too hot. Have it just nice and liquid. The paraffin will hold the shot together in a lump when it is fired. Put the crimp back in place, and seal it in place with liquid paraffin."
"At ranges up to 25 yards such a shotgun charge will kill anything it hits with ease including an elephant. It will bowl over a lion like a jack rabbit. It will knock down deer or bear as quick as the most powerful rifle. Teddy Roosevelt used such a weapon in Africa with very good results many, many years ago."
Anybody have any experience, direct or hearsay, with this?
"If you ever run out of rifle ammunition and have a shotgun and shotshells around you can quickly convert the shotgun into a powerful big game weapon for short range."
"Take the shotgun shells and open up the star crimp or take out the overshot wads in the case of a rolled crimp. Pour luke warm paraffin down into the shot charge. Do not have the paraffin too hot. Have it just nice and liquid. The paraffin will hold the shot together in a lump when it is fired. Put the crimp back in place, and seal it in place with liquid paraffin."
"At ranges up to 25 yards such a shotgun charge will kill anything it hits with ease including an elephant. It will bowl over a lion like a jack rabbit. It will knock down deer or bear as quick as the most powerful rifle. Teddy Roosevelt used such a weapon in Africa with very good results many, many years ago."
Anybody have any experience, direct or hearsay, with this?