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Originally Posted by old 1911 fan
One of the finest bolt actions made. Killimanjaro Bell took 150 elephants with one in 6.5mm MS. They were very popular in Africa.
old 1911 fan
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You mean Karamojo Bell. You're confusing a mountain in Tanzania with a district closer to Uganda.
His actual name was Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell, and his books are worth seeking out.
One I have is, The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter.
Besides the 6.5mm, he used the .303, the .318, and a .275 Rigby on elephant as well as other calbers. He shot the most with the .275, which is just a 7X57mm loaded wth John Rigby's patented bullets.
The Mannlicher-Schoenauer is one of the classic hunting rifles. It was famous for the quality of the machining and the almost unique rotary magazine. I think only the Savage M-99 had a similar magazine.
The name is derived from the action designer, Ferdinand, Ritter (Knight) von Mannlicher and the magazine of Otto Schoenauer.
Don't confuse it with the relatively crude Italian Mannlicher-Carcano.
I don't like the high Monte Carlo stock comb of the MCA version. The M-1952 was more to my taste.
The carbine was stocked to the muzzle in a style called stutzen. Because these were the first seen here, many still call full stocked rifles Mannlicher style. They were very popular for hunting in the Alps.
They were made from 1903-1971. Steyr Werke replaced the M-S with a rifle cheaper to make.