Thank you to author, Karen Black, for hosting this post about the gun used by the Boers during the Second Anglo Boer War. Thank you to 4Wills Publications for organising my A Ghost and His Gold tour.
For those who don’t know her, I am delighted to introduce Roberta Eaton Cheadle and her latest novel, A GHOST AND HIS GOLD. Roberta combines history with fiction and weaves a story that is educational as well as entertaining. Leave a comment below for a chance to win one of four copies of this historical fiction.
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The gun used by the Boers during the Second Anglo Boer War
Mauser Model 93/95
Prior to the Second Anglo Boer War, Imperial Germany supplied the two Boer Republics with tens of thousands of modern Mauser rifles. The most common of these was the Mauser Model 93/95 chambered for the 7x57mm cartridge.
This is how Tactical Life Magazine describes the Mauser Model 93/95:
“Paul Mauser’s first smokeless-powder, bolt-action, charger-loaded, magazine-fed rifle featured a tubular receiver that held a one-piece both with dual front-locking lugs. The bolt was drilled out…
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It is lovely to get a description of the guns used in the Boer War it adds to the story line 🙂
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Hi Carol, I am glad you enjoyed this post. I thought the information about the gun was quite interesting.
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Great to see A Ghost and His Gold making the rounds, Robbie! 🙂
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Thank you, Barbara.
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Congrats, Robbie and best wishes on this tour! Heading over to Karen’s to read the rest and share!
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Thank you, Jan. I know you will have a blog tour coming up soon and you know I’m always a willing host.
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Heading over to read the rest!
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Thank you, Liz.
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You’re welcome, Robbie.
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Joining Liz!
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Thank you, Chris.
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I often wonder what the world would be like if guns had never been invented…
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We would have found something else to kill each other with, Jim. That is the violent nature of mankind.
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unfortunately, I think you are right…
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Maybe if we lived in a totally equal utopia, Jim, this would change, but most writers think that no life challenges would result in childlikeness and reduced intelligence. On the whole, I’d rather live with the guns than be The Eloi (The Time Machine by H. G. Wells).
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I agree that challenges are how we grow.
I am not familiar with The Eloi – I’ll have to look into it…
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Bravo Robbie!
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Thanks, John.
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Congratulations, Robbie, and wishing you all the best on the tour. I recently finished reading Behind Closed Doors and loved it!
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Hi Lauren, I am delighted to know that. I enjoy book tours, they make me thing about why I wrote the book in the first place.
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Congratulations, Robbie. It’s such a fantastic book! Hugs on the wing.
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Thank you, Teagan. I enjoy tours, they make me think about the book and its contents.
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