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with wax. For small animals, and antelopes ranging 

 to the eland exclusively, they are excellent. From 

 the eland upwards, the 577 express is necessary. 



All my ammunition supplied by Eley and Kynoch 

 was packed in soldered zinc boxes, ten cartridges in a box. 

 I use new cartridges only ; I never refill my old 

 cases. Refilling is exceed- 

 ingly dirty work ; the pow- 

 der which one may procure 

 fouls the barrels, the bullets 

 are badly moulded, and the 

 percussion - caps often miss 

 fire. In the case of a part- 

 ridge it is a matter of no im- 

 portance ; but when your life 

 depends, perhaps, on a cart- 

 ridge, can one run such risks "? 

 Out of the 5000 cartridges 

 which I took with me, I do not 

 think one missed fire. I may 

 say, therefore, that they were 

 irreproachable. As one can 

 obtain them nowadays whole- 

 sale at very reasonable prices, 

 and as they keep indefinitely CARTRIDGE. 

 in the boxes of which I have spoken, 

 what advantage is to be gained by refilling empty 

 cases ? Besides, the question of refilling only applies 

 to the express rifle and to the 8-bore, the 303 having 

 a kind of ammunition which can only be made by 

 means of special machines. 



577 EXPRESS 

 CARTRIDGE. 



