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viewer took me to task for speaking of a 

 .500 Express as a pop-gun, but when I 

 explained that I meant with a hollow fronted 

 bullet, he expressed himself satisfied — which 

 he ought not to have been. Since those 

 days I have made a series of searching in- 

 quiries into rifles, and especially ammunition, 

 and I believe that I have at last oot to the 

 root of the matter. At all events, except for 

 elephants (and perhaps bison) in jungle, I 

 am willing to renounce the 4, S, 12, and 16 

 bores for the future. The .577 Magnum, 

 which is 20 bore at the breech and practically 

 24 in the bore, is big enough for anything 

 else — perhaps even for these. I speak of 

 the " bottle " case, but the ;^^ in. straight is, 

 of course, equally effective. But such 

 weapons are hardly those which are in 

 use by the ordinary game shot, and I 



