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Full Capacity No2 Musket Cases

he .500/.450 No2 Musket was once a very popular calibre in South Africa, commonly in the form of ‘Cape Guns’ – combination rifle/shotguns – but also chambered in single-shot rifles on Martini type tilting block actions. I have spent a lifetime in the East Cape bush, and have picked up almost as many No2 Musket cases as Martini Henry and Snider cases. Rifles chambered for this old cartridge remain cherished heirlooms on many farms and, in my opinion, no firearm collection is complete without one or more Cape Guns in different calibre combinations.