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be made to reload even brass cases with black 

 powder, the risk of a miss-fire rendering such pro- 

 cedure very bad economy. Then again reloaded 

 brass cases are apt to stick in the chambers owing 

 to their having expanded when fired, and though 

 this drawback can be coped with by trying all the 

 reloaded cartridges in the rifle before use, the other 

 and more serious danger, viz., the possibility of a 

 miss-fire, remains, and is sufficient to more than 

 counterbalance the saving in cartridge cases which 

 reloading would effect. 



For use out shooting, and to prevent the dinting 

 of brass cartridges, carriers, made on the principle 

 of the magazine, and the belt elsewhere described 

 in this book, will be found useful, and can readily 

 be made to order. 



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A few words on the subject of bullets may be 

 of some service to the beginner. 



So many, and so diverse in effect, are those on 

 the market from which he must make his choice, 

 that the embarras de richesses may well render his 

 selection a matter of some difficulty. 



The classes of bullets which a sportsman will 

 select for his battery will, to some extent at least, 

 depend upon the composition of the latter. A 

 man who cannot afford a number of weapons may 

 be compelled, as a makeshift, to make one weapon 

 do the work of three, and in such case he will 

 require different bullets for various kinds of game. 

 To a certain extent, it is easy to guide him, for 



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