With its swivelling searchlights and arsenal of animal-killing weaponry, this isn't just any old Rolls Royce.
It's a 1925 Torpedo Tourer or 'Tiger Car' built for Umed Singh II, a maharajah who was rather fond of hunting the big cats.
Next month it will be one of six pre-war Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars up for grabs when Bonhams holds its annual auction on the Monterey Peninsula in California.
More @ Daily Mail
I wonder if they still carried Howdah pistols in the car.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howdah_pistol
Terry
Fla.
I hadn't heard of those pistols. Interesting and thanks.
DeleteHowdah pistols were basically double bbl pistols in Shotgun gauges. I have seen some doubles in 16 gauge. I have always wanted one in 12 ga but not sure if they were made in that gauge. They should be from prior to the 20 th century
ReplyDeleteHere's what Wiki states:
DeleteThe first breech loading howdah pistols were little more than sawn-off rifles,[2] typically in .577 Snider[3] or .577/450 Martini-Henry calibre. Later English firearms makers manufactured specially-designed howdah pistols[3] in both rifle calibres and more conventional handgun calibres such as .455 Webley and .476 Enfield.[2] As a result, the term "howdah pistol" is often applied to a number of English multi-barrelled handguns such as the Lancaster pistol (available in a variety of calibres from .380" to .577"),[4] and various .577 calibre revolvers produced in England and Europe for a brief time in the mid-late 19th century.[5]
We know how accurate they are. I think it was the National Rifleman from the NRA that I read the article 20 years ago. 16 ga was a caliber too.
ReplyDeleteDo a google search instead of wiki. They are listed up to .75 caliber on the first part of the search.
ReplyDeleteThat would be a handful, bought' like a 10 gauge.
DeleteVery true. Shit I am too old for a pistol grip 12 these days-that is Hollywood stuff.
ReplyDeleteYup, my Saiga 12 with a TAPCO stock is the most I care to handle.:)
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