Elephant gun

Elephant gun
Type
  • Hunting rifle
  • (Limited military usage)
Service history
Wars

An elephant gun is a large caliber gun, rifled or smoothbore, originally developed for use by big-game hunters for elephant and other large game. Elephant guns were black powder muzzle-loaders at first, then black powder express rifles, then later used smokeless powder cartridges.

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