BULLET AND SHOT 



Limited, which he used at the running deer in the 

 N.R.A. meeting of 1898. 



Many other sportsmen have, however, used this 

 charming little weapon on many kinds of game, 

 and they appear to be unable to say too much 

 in its praise. The following letter from that mighty 

 hunter, Mr. F. C. Selous, shows his opinion of the 

 rifle, and of Messrs. Holland's peg bullet used 

 therein. 



" BULUWAYO, 



"August 17 th, 1895. 



" DEAR MR. HOLLAND, I have now shot with the little 

 303 rifle you made for me the following animals : 



3 Sable antelope bulls. 



1 Sable antelope cow. 



3 Black wildebeest. 



4 Bontebocks. 

 3 Blesbucks. 



3 Springbucks. 



2 Vaal rhebucks. 



i Roan antelope bull. 



1 Leopard. 



2 Koodoo bulls. 



1 Great crested bustard. 



2 Sassaby antelopes. 



1 Leichtenstein hartebeest 



bull. 



3 Reedbucks. 

 3 Steinbucks. 



2 Duikers. 



i Crocodile. 



i Jackal. 



I Rock rabbit. 



" Briefly, I have found it a most deadly little weapon, and 

 am more than satisfied with it. I killed every animal I 

 hit, with one exception a wart hog, whose hind leg I 

 broke with a running shot This animal I should also 

 have got, but I had first (after wounding it) to go some 

 distance after my horse, and then lost the pig's spoor. 



" The hollow bullets are excellent, but I like your patent 

 Peg Bullets even better. I killed the roan antelope bull 

 with a shot in the chest at 300 yards. The bullet did not 

 hit any bones (but the chest bones) but it dropped him on 

 the spot and he died almost immediately, as the bullet 



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