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You're planning to shoot reptiles weighing two to three times as much as an elephant.

7 seconds sound clip from the X Minus 1 - A Gun for Dinosaur by L. Sprague de Camp classic radio drama series.

You can hear this line at 00:03:32 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Well, now, I've handled guns.

- Look, I've been guiding hunting parties for over twenty years.

- But I've never known a man your size who could handle the six-nought-nought. It knocks him over.

- But people have killed elephant with lighter guns, even a three-seventy-five.

- Ah, yes, but consider. An elephant weighs... Well, let's say, from four to six tons.

- You're planning to shoot reptiles weighing two to three times as much as an elephant.

- No, I'll tell you, I won't take anybody hunting dinosaur who can't handle a six-nought-nought.

- Look, let's pour another drink and I'll tell you why.

- You see, I went into the partnership with the Raja about five years ago. I call him that because he's the hereditary monarch of Janpur... it means nothing, of course.

- We both wanted to do a bit of hunting again. And Africa's all played out... it's too civilized now.

- So when we heard of Professor Prochaska's time machine at Washington University, we caught the next plane to St. Louis.

[...]

X Minus One Sound Clip

X Minus OneQuotes with audio samples from the old-time science fiction radio drama series "X Minus One" that was broadcast from 1955 to 1958 on NBC.

Actors: Fred Collins (Announcer), Wendell Holmes, Bill Zuckert, Peter Capell

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