RIFLES FOR BIG GAME 



sighting his rifles he always trains them to hit a 

 spot the size of a quarter regularly at not over 

 twenty-five yards. You see, he is all the time think- 

 ing of being charged by a grizzly bear, which may 

 not happen to him again in a thousand years. This 

 rifleman "holds for the shot" at longer ranges. 

 That is to say, his sighting unit is established closer 

 in than the seventy-five yard range, which has been 

 recommended above for the average man. It is a 

 system which works with him and perhaps it may 

 work with you. But whatever your system, learn it 

 and stick to it, so that in the field your confidence 

 in your rifle is absolute. Get fool-proof as much 

 as you can. Don't monkey; don't change; don't 

 fritter. 



What battery should you take to Africa, if you 

 were going on a big game hunt ? I have asked that 

 question of a number of my friends who have 

 hunted in that country. One, as I have stated above, 

 said that he would not be afraid to confine his equip- 

 ment to one .405 American repeater, ammunition all 

 soft-nosed. Ninety per cent of those interrogated 

 have said that they would by all means have a heavy 

 double express rifle for close and dangerous work. 

 I think I should want the latter gun in my own 

 case. For all game except the extremely heavy 

 game such as elephant, rhino, and buffalo, there is 



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