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the first examples of the Metford Express which had 

 appeared on the London market ; it was an adapta- 

 tion of the Lee-Metford army weapon which fires six 

 shots and has a single barrel. To adapt it to sport- 

 ing purposes, it was supplied with two barrels ; but 

 the repeating mechanism was done away with, as in 

 ordinary rifles. The first two weapons of the kind 

 had burst in the face of their owner. The third, that 

 which I took with me, had been strengthened so as 

 to resist the action of English army smokeless 



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powders, cordite, and rifleite, which put the barrels 

 to severe tests, so that it weighed, notwithstanding: 



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its small bore, almost as much as an express 

 10 Ibs. 1 oz. This weapon, which I shall call my 

 303, has proved that it was admirably built, since 

 I have fired with it nearly 1000 cartridges without 

 the slightest accident. A telescope adjusted on the 

 barrel is intended to magnify and consequently to 

 bring the quarry nearer ; but I was never able to 

 use this instrument, and I recommend you, if one 



