BULLET AND SHOT 



conical ball with extreme accuracy up to 100 yards 

 or more, while when used with shot, it is as effective 

 as is a good shot gun. Its lightness, handiness and 

 power render it a most valuable weapon for tiger or 

 bear shooting, as also for use upon deer in forested 

 areas, and for running shots up to 100 yards or so, 

 it is to be preferred to any rifle. 



Paradox guns are now made of 16, 12, 10 and 

 8 bores, but the 12-bore is the one in most general 

 use. 



The Paradox is rifled only at the muzzle, friction, 

 and consequently recoil, being thus minimised. 



ORDINARY BALL GUNS 



Ball guns of 8 and 4 bores are very useful for 

 elephant and bison shooting in thick forests, and, 

 at the short ranges at which they are used, are 

 quite sufficiently accurate. Smooth bores are much 

 lighter than rifles of the same calibres, and a 

 further advantage in the case of the former in 

 close-quarter work upon ponderous animals, is 

 the tremendous energy of the bullet owing to 

 absence of friction. A 4-bore bullet striking an 

 elephant's head rarely fails to floor him, whether 

 the animal be brained or not. 



Care must be taken in using guns or rifles of 

 these calibres to invariably fire the left barrel 

 first, as otherwise both barrels are apt to go off 

 together, which, however, never happens when the 

 trigger of the left barrel is first pulled. 



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