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6/27/2025, 5:05:05 PM
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That certainly wasn't in the "late 1800s". Scopes of that era sucked ass. A handful of people like Bell shot elephants from a distance but he was the exception rather than the rule. I've handled hundreds of dangerous game rifles from the era you speak of and not one has had an optic or even mounts for one. Sometimes you see optics on the smaller safari rifles people use for plains game, but not on an elephant gun.
"Twilight beads" are very common, either as an accessory that snaps on, or as a fold-up feature of the front sight. These were very large and either polished metal, ivory, or mother of pearl with the idea being you could see them more easily in low light.
That certainly wasn't in the "late 1800s". Scopes of that era sucked ass. A handful of people like Bell shot elephants from a distance but he was the exception rather than the rule. I've handled hundreds of dangerous game rifles from the era you speak of and not one has had an optic or even mounts for one. Sometimes you see optics on the smaller safari rifles people use for plains game, but not on an elephant gun.
"Twilight beads" are very common, either as an accessory that snaps on, or as a fold-up feature of the front sight. These were very large and either polished metal, ivory, or mother of pearl with the idea being you could see them more easily in low light.
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