We can safely say that about 97%^ of this class of 

 burst brought under our notice are due to this cause. It 

 must be remembered, of course, that the majority of 

 bursts submitted to us have occurred when decent car- 

 tridges were being used. 



We do not say that 97%^ of all the burst actions 

 occurring in England are due to too much or too little 

 annealing ; we only say 96 % of the burst actions that 

 we examine are due to this cause. 



If sportsmen will use foreign cases or foreign powder, 

 neither of which have been made for use with English 

 powder or English cases, they must not be surprised if 

 they get ammunition giving very irregular results, 

 abnormally high pressures being one of them. Similarly, 

 if sportsmen buy cartridges sold at ridiculous prices, they 

 know that they are not buying that excellence of manu- 

 facture and care of inspection that is put into Kynoch 

 "factory-loaded" cartridges, and they cannot expect 

 the same results. 



Under these conditions not only will bursts occur in 

 good guns due to abnormal pressures, but they are more 

 than ever liable to occur with guns not quite perfectly 

 annealed owing to the irregularity of the pressures given 

 by such ammunition. 



We commenced "factory-loading" by automatic 

 machinery in 1 902, and since then we cannot call to mind 

 a single instance of a burst being brought to notice where 

 we could attribute the cause to one of our "fadory-loaded" 

 cartridges. 



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