What is "buffalo gun"

Buffalo gun may refer to:

• A rifle used for hunting American buffalo (bison)
  • Hawken rifle, a muzzle-loading rifle from the earlier period of American western expansion
  • Buffalo rifle, a later, often breechloading cartridge rifle during the period of commercial buffalo hunting
• A rifle used for hunting African Cape buffalo
  • Heavy calibre bolt action rifle
  • Heavy calibre double rifle