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Updated: June 29, 2025
At four in the morning R , with his sailor's habits, generally rises, shakes himself like a dog, lights his eternal Russian cigarette, takes a few whiffs, and then sallies forth with a Mannlicher carbine and a clip of five cartridges. His sailors are duly warned to cover him if he has to retire in disorder, but so far he has met with no mishap.
I had a "Mannlicher" and an ordinary shot-gun, with a few ball cartridges for the latter. Duty has to be paid on taking firearms into India, and this may be refunded on leaving the country.
"They gave me taffy about the gun the British use taffy where we use sugar. It's cheaper, and gets there just the same. They sat around and proved to me that my gun was too good, too uniform shot as close as a Mannlicher rifle. "Says one kid chewing a bit of grass: 'I counted eight of your shells, Sir, burst in a radius of ten feet. All of 'em would have gone through one waggon-tilt.
Akeley and I each had a nine millimeter Mannlicher, which we found to be unsatisfactory, either through fault of our own or of the rifle. We had a feeling that the weight of the ball was too great for the charge of powder. Others may favor it, but I should not include it in my battery if I were to go again. This type costs twelve guineas. Mr.
It was Jim's Mannlicher which spoke, but the bullet missed its aim. The dacoits at work about the big jingal had artfully placed the weapon so that its mouth pointed from between two close-growing teak saplings, and the trees formed a safe cover for the gunners. "I thought I could pick one of 'em off that time," remarked Jim, "but I believe I only hit a tree after all."
They did, and nearly an hour was spent whilst the American chose a double hammerless-ejector cordite rifle and a .256 sporting Mannlicher, for Schaunard was a man who, when he took an interest in a customer, could be very interesting. When business was concluded Schaunard gave his customer various tips as to the treatment of guns.
"I can feel the hole in the skull," he said, "but those Mannlicher bullets are so small, there's scarcely anything to be seen." "That bullet took him through the brain and then went down the spine," said Jim. "Must have done, to have settled him so completely. You see he never moved after he was hit."
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