GV Fosbery Ltd, Madras [May. 20th, 2008 at 2:49 AM]

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Fosbery Mk1 .488 top-break revolver [4 inch barrel/5 rounds]

A high quality, limited production, blue steel revolver designed to fire the Fosbery .488 cartridge; with a 270 grain hollow nose slug, a large, slow moving round, it fully justifies the company's motto, "There is nothing it won't kill."

The company's founder and principal designer is Major Sir George Fosbery [ret] KIE. Its 'bread and butter' are custom made shotguns of excellent craftsmanship with elaborate motifs.

However, the Fosbery Mk1 .488 was a labor of love for Sir George, its design based upon his twenty plus years of military experience in India.

Edit: Fosbery later on makes a .395 caliber version which is more commercially successful as more people can actually shoot the damned thing!

~This is a note to myself re Snapper's favorite sidearm. Sir George is a friend of Snaps.