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kill game a bit better. The -350 old pattern, not 

 " Magnum/' is a very fine weapon with its 310 grains old- 

 type bullet, but I found it slightly heavier to carry than 

 the y-gmm., so prefer the latter, which will kill any game 

 in Africa. 



It is often in error called 8mm., and this bore is usually 

 found in the Mannlicher form of magazine. 



Let me describe my ygmm. It has the well known 

 Mauser bolt magazine, with non-automatic safety catch, the 

 barrel is 24.in. long, and I got it made detachable. It has 

 three sights for 100, 200, and 300 yards, and a very small 

 ivory bead front sight. Both back and front sights are 

 screwed down. It weighs, with four cartridges in the 

 magazine and one in the breech, yjlb. With it I have 

 killed elephant, rhino, hippo, buffalo, eland, most of 

 the Central African antelopes, and other game, such as 

 zebra, warthog, pig, etc. 



It is so light and handy that I can carry it during a 

 whole day's shooting in rough country, so I am always 

 ready for what turns up. 



Some sportsmen prefer double rifles, but no practical 

 hunter uses them, and I think a second barrel a needless 

 encumbrance to carry ; and, considering that magazine rifles 

 are so quick, there is no necessity to waste money in buying 

 an expensive double, as a really reliable weapon of this 

 kind cannot be purchased for much less than 50, and 

 many makers charge a good deal more for their best double 

 hammerless ejectors. Single falling block rifles are 

 beautifully balanced weapons, but I never saw a falling 

 block that ejected the fired case well, so I think the 

 magazine action by far the best. 



In magazine bolt rifles there are several varieties, such as 

 the Mauser, ordinary Mannlicher for clips, Mannlicher- 

 Schonauer for chargers or hand loading, and the Lee- 

 Metford or Lee-Enfield. 



Having tried all these, I prefer the Mauser, although the 

 Mannlicher-Schonauer has a beautiful, nice- working action. 



Before I got the j-gmm. Mauser mentioned, I did good 



