In the Old Rockies 



using a splendid English Holland & Holland 

 double express hammer rifle, .450 caliber, the shells 

 being loaded with something like 120 grains of 

 Curtis & Harvey black powder and heavy solid 

 lead bullets, containing about 1-20 tin. I have 

 always believed in plenty of lead, backed up by 

 plenty of powder, and it is rather hard far me to 

 become reconciled to the modern high power rifles. 

 My experience with them at ranges over one hun- 

 dred yards that is, after the bullet has settled 

 down and is rotating steadily on its major axis 

 has not been as satisfactory as with the old-time 

 ammunition. I am told that there are new and 

 very effective methods, with which I am not 

 familiar, of making the small bullet expand with- 

 out splitting into several pieces, even after it has 

 settled down and its rear end is not wobbling about 

 like a top before it "goes to sleep" as we used to 

 say when we were boys which is supposed to be 

 the cause of their making such terrible wounds at 

 short ranges. If so, the modern rifles certainly 

 have many and great advantages over those of the 

 old style. 



About sunrise I found myself a long way from 

 camp, and an hour or so later saw in the distance 

 a band of sheep lying down. With my glass I 

 could see a fine ram among them. As the wind was 



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