BULLETS AND THEIR BILLETS 



there will be very slender chance of fol- 

 lowing up and finishing. 



Yet, at six hundred yards, an un- 

 scrupulous rifleman (I will not say 

 sportsman) exterminated a band of six 

 caribou which he left to rot on the 

 mountain-side. Though he shot from a 

 rest, and was aided by telescopic sights, 

 it was a remarkable performance, and 

 one that may remain a record for accur- 

 ate marksmanship and cynical brutal- 

 ity. 



Even the broadside of a moose, five 

 hundred yards away, is a mark that few 

 men are able to hold on with any assur- 

 ance. The difficulty of sighting at this 

 distance under varying conditions is ex- 

 treme, although the rifle may be of high 

 power and low trajectory, but I have 

 heard of a clean and satisfactory kill 

 with the second shot, where the first bul- 

 let gave absolute indications as to wind- 

 age and elevation. 



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