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class less powerful than the '500 Magnum possesses the 

 stopping-power that we require. 



It is when we come to the modern small-bore rifles 

 that we find great divergences of opinion, especially 

 in respect of the earlier and best known types, the 

 •303 and -256 Mannlicher. 



Major Glasfurd, in his charming book. Leaves from an 

 Indian Jungle, \vrites : " The new military small-bore 

 rifles possessed wonderful powers, when used with a 

 suitable bullet. As was natural, however, they were 

 soon tried beyond their powers and out of their own 

 particular sphere. In some cases they exceeded their 



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admirers' most sanguine hopes ; in a good many 

 others they led to very dire accidents on account of 

 their general lack of knocking-down power." 



The author of Modern Sporting Gunnery, again, 

 remarks, " What has been proved after many years' 

 experience of these high velocity small-bore rifles is, 

 that on the whole their bullets are lacking in the 

 necessary degree of expansion and shock-giving 

 qualities." 



With those views I am wholly in agreement. Even 

 when the light bullet does expand satisfactorily, it does 

 not impart a sufficient shock, so that unless striking an 

 immediate^ vital spot, it fails to achieve the desired end. 



