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per second ; for the simple reason that such a 

 bullet expands, tears a large hole and spends all its 

 energy in the animal without slipping through. 



Against small game, I have for some years used 

 a '318 rifle and find it, especially in conjunction 

 with Westley Richards patent copper-capped 

 bullets, immeasurably superior to either the "256 



'577 BULLET SHOWING IDEAL CAPPING; '577 BULLET (IN CENTRE) 



SHOWING IDEAL MUSHROOMING ; ON RIGHT, '5OO SOLID NICKEL 



COVERED BULLET. 



or '33 an d one which has, on account of its high 

 velocity and ideal form of expanding bullet, all the 

 advantages of long range and flat trajectory 

 associated with the small bore, and a large amount 

 of the shock-giving qualities obtained with a larger 

 bore rifle, without the recoil inseparable from that 

 weapon. 



