Indians For Guns

Long tome ago there was a thread here re: barasingha shotguns and their origin.

Recently came across another one on sale here in the UK.

A decent gun at a reasonable price.

http://www.guntrader.co.uk/GunsForSale/100819170125036

The Link is for a beretta Dev.

Viks, Grumpy and I came across a Barasingha at Bedford. Cheap and cheerful!

oops sorry here it is

http://www.guntrader.co.uk/GunsForSale/100819180001003

This is what I found on their background

http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=16061


best

Italian and made under license for Browning

Learn something new every day on IFG. Thanks for the links shooter and Navi .

best,
Rp.

The Doc wrote:

Italian and made under license for Browning

Learn something new every day on IFG. Thanks for the links shooter and Navi .

best,
Rp.

friends, in hindi barasingha means ...12 lions isn't it?so how does it happen that italians made it..enlighten me please ,i am not good in hindi as well as shotguns..regards.

If I am not mistaken the Barasingha is a species of deer found in India. The name comes from the antlers. Literally : Barah (12 in Hindi) + Singha (seengh or antler wallah as these branch out and have more than 10 tines). This is because the most striking feature of this deer species is its Antlers.

Rajat wrote:If I am not mistaken the Barasingha is a species of deer found in India. The name comes from the antlers. Literally : Barah (12 in Hindi) + Singha (seengh or antler wallah as these branch out and have more than 10 tines). This is because the most striking feature of this deer species is its Antlers.

dr.jayakumar wrote: in hindi barasingha means ...12 lions isn't it ? so how does it happen that italians made it...i am not good in hindi as well as shotguns..

Barasingha/Swamp Deer is a species of deer, native to India and Nepal which were brought to USA almost 100 years ago for sport hunting. I guess the name "barasingha" is not just limited to India/Nepal .

More...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barasingha

best,
Rp.

A little Out of Text.
The snaps on wikipedia do NO justice to the magnificent antlers of the Barasingha.
Putting up a couple of snaps .
One taken by a friend in Kanha. M.P.. A beautiful stag (backside) in it's natural habitat (swamp).
The other shot more than 70 yrs ago in the Terai. U.P..

I am not surprised why the "firangs" named their gun after this Indian deer.

Niice stag; nice trophy.

Dr. Jaikumar, as rajat has rightly pointed, barasings means 12 antlers not 12 lions. (the spelling is a misnomer; should have been something like baraseenga).
The indian swamp deer.

Please note that in the whole world, India has the maximum no. of native deer species.
Swampdeer is just one of them. These used to be plentiful in the terai and then the construction of the dam wiped out 70% population overnight!!

Another feather in industrialisation, rising and shining.

shooter wrote:Niice stag; nice trophy.

Dr. Jaikumar, as rajat has rightly pointed, barasings means 12 antlers not 12 lions. (the spelling is a misnomer; should have been something like baraseenga).
The indian swamp deer.

Please note that in the whole world, India has the maximum no. of native deer species.
Swampdeer is just one of them. These used to be plentiful in the terai and then the construction of the dam wiped out 70% population overnight!!

Another feather in industrialisation, rising and shining.

thanks ,but how come italians used this name on their gun...?

In the olden days, when hunting was legal in India . A number of hunters from Europe (including Italy) and America came to India for Shikar. I am quite sure that the guy who named this gun had bagged a Barasingha in one of his hunting trips to the sub continent.
India has a fantastic collection of native deer species like the Sambhar,Barasingha, Cheetal,Barking deer(Kakar), Hog Deer (Paara) Manipur Brow Antlered deer, and Hangul (Kashmir Red Deer) apart from an equal number of Antelopes.

Please also include musk deer too.

shooter wrote:Please also include musk deer too.

Kastoori Mrigh.
Though rare and found in the high ranges of the Himalayas. It is probably amongst the most precious and endangered deer species in the world.
How could I forget it, "Shooters"?
It's also the state animal of Uttarakhand.