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may be impossible to obtain a picked shot, is the heaviest 

 cordite rifle a man can use with ease and comfort. For a 

 man of medium weight and build a .450 or .470 bore is quite 

 heavy enough. 1 



For soft-skinned animals Mr. Selous favors small- 

 bore rifles and favorably mentions calibers ranging from 

 .256 to .303. Ex-President Roosevelt used with excel- 

 lent results the American army Springfield rifle, .280 

 caliber, with short-pointed bullet. 



R. J. Cuninghame says: 



During the Roosevelt expedition I had ample opportunity 

 to observe the effect of the pointed bullet. The rifle used by 

 ex-President Roosevelt was not a Ross, but an American army 

 Springfield, firing a very sharp, solid bullet. The trajectory is 

 extremely flat and the smashing power on such game as ante- 

 lope was quite remarkable. 2 



Rowland Ward, in his Sportsman s Handbook, presents 

 the views of Selous and Cuninghame approvingly. 



Personally, for dangerous game I want an automatic 

 rifle, so that the whole magazine will be at my fingers' 

 end without the trouble or delay of working a bolt or 

 lever action. Where allowed by law to shoot but a 

 single animal, and very likely be compelled to hunt for 

 days or even weeks for that opportunity, I also want an 

 automatic. Many times they insure success when a 

 lever or bolt action might result in failure. I am quite 

 aware that there are experts who can shoot bolt and lever 

 action guns with phenomenal rapidity and accuracy. 

 I have in mind the busy man who goes afield once a 

 year for his vacation and whose maximum grade would 

 be a "fairly good shot" not an expert. 



1 Rowland Ward's Sportsman's Handbook. 2 Ibid. 



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