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we find that it has a hollow, ^ in. in diameter, 

 in the centre, the walls of which hollow are 

 but f in. thick at their broadest, and conse- 

 quently expand or fly to pieces directly they 

 strike a bone. Then what is left to penetrate 

 the animal is a wad-shaped piece of lead ^ in. 

 thick. Examine the shoulder of a dead 

 tiger, and then ask yourself what this is to 

 penetrate that mass of sinew, muscle, and 

 bone. This is the secret of these failures, 

 and it applies chiefly to the bores most in 

 use — the .500 and the .450, the" trade" 

 bullet, of which latter is only 270 grains. 

 The .400 is a litde better, as its bullets are 

 230 grains, with a seven - sixteenths inch 

 base ; but I propose to return to this bore 

 presently. 



Of late years some gunmakers have 

 awaked to these facts, and supply a 325- 



