I'm in correspondence with a South African on a Reilly SxS hammer-gun rifle. It is 19187 - i.e. early 1875. It is 39 bore...i.e. .488 caliber under-lever, Hammer gun. It's obviously a big game gun.





There was a Jeffery .475#2 (.488) for elephants but it came out in 1898 or so. So the question is this. What black powder cartridge was available in 1875 chambered in 39 bore (.475-.488)? Any cartridge guys around?

Baluch are not Brahui, Brahui are Baluch