Hunting in Many Lands 



tridges not with the ordinary rifle powder, but 

 with 85 grains of Orange lightning, and have 

 used a bullet with 350 grains of lead, and then 

 have bored a small hole, taking out 15 or 20 

 grains, in the point ; but for heavy game I 

 think the solid bullet better. Judging from 

 what I have been told by some of my friends, 

 however, it seems not unlikely that the best 

 sporting rifle will ultimately prove to be the 

 very small caliber repeating rifle now found in 

 various forms in the military service of all 

 countries — a caliber of say .256 or .310, with 

 40 grains of powder and a 200grain bullet. 

 These rifles possess marvelous accuracy and a 

 very flat trajectory. The speed of the bullet 

 causes it to mushroom if made of lead, and 

 gives it great penetration if hardened. Cer- 

 tain of my friends have used rifles of this type 

 on bears, caribou and deer ; they were said to 

 be far superior to the ordinary sporting rifle. 

 A repeating rifle of this type is really merely a 

 much more perfect form of the repeating rifles 

 that have for so long been favorites with 

 American hunters. 



But these are merely my personal opinions ; 

 and, as I said before, among the many kinds of 

 excellent sporting rifles turned out by the best 



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