INTRODUCTORY 9 



to the sportsman meditating an expedition into the 

 homes and haunts of the nobler of the African 

 fauna. 



THE BATTERY, OUTFIT, EQUIPMENT, ETC. 



Since the recent introduction of rifles of compara- 

 tively small bore, which, using smokeless powder, are 

 capable of delivering an impact of terrific force, the 

 heavy large-bore rifles of twenty or even ten years 

 ago are now not absolutely necessary. For any 

 part of Africa the following battery would at the 

 present time be amply sufficient : 



A .303 Lee-Enfield (or .256 Mannlicher) sporting 

 rifle, carefully sighted. 



A .450 (or .400) double rifle, burning 70 grains 

 of cordite powder and firing a bullet weighing 480 

 grains. For the .400, 55 grains cordite and 400 

 grain bullet. 



A double .8-bore Paradox gun. 



A ,12-bore double-barrel shot-gun, the left barrel 

 slightly choked. 



A Rook rifle or .44 Marlin tor small antelope, 

 large bustard, wild geese, etc. 



With the .303 or .256 all kinds of fine shooting 

 at medium-sized game at long ranges can be made. 

 Telescope sights are now often employed, and for 

 ibex and other hill shooting, and even springbuck 

 and gazelle stalking on the plains at long ranges, 

 they are very useful. The .303 is so powerful a 

 weapon that it is now often used even for the 



