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But taking even the lightest bullet of this 

 make — 340 grains. From practical experi- 

 ence I know that the trajectory of the 

 Winchester .400-1 ic-260 is only moderately 

 flat. What sort of a trajectory can we 

 then expect with a bullet 80 grains heavier, 

 the powder charge being constant ? More- 

 over, so heavy a bullet would increase recoil, 

 and together with the use of the bottle- 

 shaped cartridge case, for which these rifles 

 are made, be very trying to any ordinary 

 rifle action. 



Being thus dissatisfied with every .400 

 cartridge made, I turned my attention to 

 the possibility of devising one which should, 

 as far as possible, combine the advantages and 

 avoid the defects of all. Preferring, as I (and 

 most practical sportsmen) do, a tapered case 

 to a botde-shaped one, because it throws so 



