#Explorer's pack

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frigid goblet
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Four rifles.
First,
A sporterized Mauser 7x57, extremely popular with German settlers in Africa and proven effective on all kinds of plains game. Rigby produced the .275 in the British Empire that was essentially a renamed version of the original. 3-7 classes, an alternative to the Solokhin
Second,
An American original, an 1895 lever action rifle chambered in .30-40 Krag. Arguably the parent of the venerable .30-06 in a rifle action designed in America's earlier days when a hunter relied on his rifle to feed his family and keep the wolves from the door. (lever action scope in base game is perfect here) Yeah, it's another 4-8 but so what, it's the only 4-8 lever action
Third,
Rigby's original design to compete with the 9.3x 62mm magazine rifles popular all across Africa. The .375 magnum bolt action with a 3 round magazine quickly became a favorite of professional hunters in buffalo country because of it's reliability and stopping power. The .375 has become a gold standard across Africa for all dangerous game, many credit their weapons with saving their lives. Obviously a 7-9 rifle (super popular in Alaska for grizzly/brown bear guides)
Fourth,
The .318 Westly Richards/Rimless Nitro Express/ Accelerated Express. This cartridge was designed after the British ban on military cartridge sporting rifles. This made it particularly well suited to ANY African map, used and praised by some of Africa's most famous hunters like John "Pondoro" Taylor and W.D.M. Bell. The 250 grain bullet nickel plated bullet was the source of it's fame, with extreme penetration for the likes of cape buffalo. A Softpoint 180 grain bullet that was used to hunt antelope and thin skinned game. This rifle would be an excellent, if old school, 4-9 that outclasses even the 7mm by just a bit. Modern rifles are made with 5 round magazines, but we could do with 3.

These are the top four in my mind right now, let me know what you guys think though

fathom falcon
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I think that would be good especially with the three maps with the highest upvotes.

Maybe the level action should be a 405 caliber.

The Mauser should be a 9.3x62. just because that's a round Peter Paul Mauser developed himself. Maybe though the sporterized 1898 model of the Mauser though

knotty glade
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Idk much about calibers, what class range would these guns be?

fathom falcon
knotty glade
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A second mosin and two big guns? Sign me tf up

fathom falcon
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@knotty glade here is a comparison between the mosin round and 7x57 round. Mosin up top and 7x57 on the bottom.

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knotty glade
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Ok I see. That looks pretty similar, and I love the mosin so I think I'd enjoy a 7x57

fathom falcon
knotty glade
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Good to know. Not much of gun person so always like to learn about them

fathom falcon
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@frigid goblet here is a picture of a sporterized Mauser 98. Decently similar to the sporterized 303.

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frigid goblet
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How'd this many messages already come up it's been like twenty minutes

fathom falcon
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@dusky gyro what's you thoughts on this weapon pack

dusky gyro
fathom falcon
dusky gyro
fathom falcon
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Good.

frigid goblet
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Oli got weird lately

fathom falcon
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I see that. @frigid goblet your weapons are excellent. I haven't even thoughy of a 7x57 Mauser before. What's the 275 Rigby though?

frigid goblet
fathom falcon
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frigid goblet
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I'd rather just call it an 8mm to save time, i have converted 98 in '06

fathom falcon
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@frigid goblet please think of more older calibers like this. These are awesome and could be possiblely added.

frigid goblet
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Another weapon, used by Jim Corbett to kill his very first maneater, the Martini-Henry .577/450. In service for 47 years, it still has a powerful reputation. According to Surgeons on site during the Zulu war it was particularly devastating at a distance of 200 yards. This rifle saw use and modification beyond warfare, including a .303 version and a heavily modified harpoon launcher. Paired with the Galileo scope from the Smoking Barrels dlc, the Martini-Henry could be an excellent 5-9 rifle competing only with the Grelck Drilling's rifle cartridge.

fathom falcon
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@frigid goblet fun fact. A famous hunter used the 7x57 Mauser round to hunt and kill elephants with a single brain shot during the early 1900s. Forgot his name though

frigid goblet
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The Farquharson Rifle, used by Frederick Courteney Selous in .461 Gibbs for much of his African hunting, was also used by John Henry Patterson in a failed attempt to kill one of the Lions of Tsavo. When the first patent ran out , hundreds of gunmakers began producing their own copies. In 1967 Ruger produced their model no.1 rifle based on this same weapon. For our purposes, a model similar to the Ruger No.1 chambered in 9.3x74R would be an incredible new use for the cartridge and give the cartridge a unique alternative.

frigid goblet
fathom falcon
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There was another hunter this time in the US where his favorite rifle to cull wild donkeys was a 220 swift round. He's a very famous one I always forget

frigid goblet
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Bell even used a .256 rifle to hunt everything that moved and said shot placement made it roughly equal to his bigger rifles

fathom falcon
frigid goblet
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Apparently a 200 gr. fmj is enough to brain an elephant i guess

fathom falcon
frigid goblet
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nothing he used, i mean, relying on a perfect brain shot is one thing, but fmj rounds are really not suited to hunting. his .318 sounds interesting but i can't find much on it

fathom falcon
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This is the perfect guide. It breaks it down from small plains game, medium plains game, large plains game, and dangerous game. They also do this for the US as well. It's perfect. It's a cartridge guide for all the animals listed. So for Australia, Africa 2.0, and the Arctic map it's perfect for helping with deciding calibers.

frigid goblet
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I did a little more research and found a GOOD one. Technically obsolete, but another turn of the century jewel.

The .318 Westly Richards, aka .318 Accelerated Express or .318 Rimless Nitro Express, this cartridge actually uses a .330 caliber bullet so it has a wider range of projectiles today than ever before. John "Pondoro" Taylor, W. D. M. Bell, James H. Sutherland, and Bror Blixen, all famous (or infamous, depending on outlook) elephant hunters praised this cartridge as a go to round for many kinds of game. This round offers high penetration thanks to a special 250 gr round nose bullet, "Pondoro" once stated it could drive this particular bullet the entire length of a bull elephant.
Using a more modern design this rifle would be more than capable of ethically harvesting anything between blue wildebeest and African Lions, making it a useful 6-9 class weapon. Given the age and style of this weapon a magazine rifle using the same reload animations as the 7mm Malmer and sporting three rounds would make a lot of sense. This rifle, unlike most other calibers, was purpose built for explorers and hunter venturing into the unexplored parts of the so called Dark Continent.

fathom falcon
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How about making a old revolver. Like a Webley mk6 in 455 eley. A 4-8 class pistol.

frigid goblet
fathom falcon
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Oh okay. I was talking more of general for the pack.

frigid goblet
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Added the .318 to the original post

mint jolt
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I applaud the OP's weapons knowledge and attention to detail. It's too bad that weapon details especially realistically behaving calibers are lost in COTW

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Major reason why I find it hard to get excited over more weapons

frigid goblet
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Thanks, but yes, its hopeless

frigid goblet
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Gonna boost this one more time