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only antelope wounded with the '318 that I lost were 

 two oryx, one in the open that might have been 

 ridden down, and one in bush. The oryx is extremely 

 tenacious of life ; out of six oryx bagged, three fell to 

 a single shot, the remaining three had to be hit again. 

 Out of thirty-three other animals (various antelope, 



wardba, and wart-hog) 

 killed with this rifle, 

 there were three or four 

 cases of broken legs, 

 which, of course, had 

 to be finished off, but 

 I can only recollect two 

 (an aoul and a dhero) 

 hit in the body that 

 required a second bullet. I think this speaks volumes 

 for the 'SIS cartridge with copper-capped bullet which 

 I almost invariably used ; for I cannot pretend to have 

 hit every animal through the heart ! The '355 of my 

 first trip was ineffective in comparison. 



I found the capped bullet, which I had never tried 

 before, to have ample penetration and to expand well 

 without a tendency to break up ; while the entrance - 

 hole, owing to the habit of the hollow cap of the bullet 

 to " cup in," at the first moment of impact, was 

 sometimes considerably larger than that made by any 

 other bullet of like diameter — a decided advantage, 

 owing to the increased flow of blood, especially in a 

 case where the bullet has not emerged and when with 

 another type of small-bore projectile the blood-trail 

 of a wounded animal would often be nil. 



This killing-power combined with its accuracy and 



