"TRADE BULLETS*' 115 



ordinary ammunition made by the larger 

 firms of ammunition makers for use in .450 

 and .500 bore Express rifles contains these 

 ''trade" or, in plain English, ineffective 

 bullets. 



I said before that I would return to the 

 subject of the .400 bore Express — my latest 

 love in rifles. In this bore the "trade 

 bullet " Is 225 grains, with a base seven- 

 sixteenths of an inch thick. Behind this is 

 80 grains of powder, or in a Magnum no. 

 A better cartridge is the American 

 Winchester express, also made by Eley, 

 with 1 10 grains powder and a 260-graIn 

 hollow-fronted bullet. 



An English firm has recently attempted 

 to get better results in this bore In what 

 they call the .400-400 rifle, the first number 

 referrinor to the calibre, and the second to 



