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In my cartridge (which I have ventured 

 to call the " Snaffle " cartridge) I have com- 

 bated these faults as follows : — The first 

 by increasing the powder charge by one- 

 eleventh and the lead by one-thirteenth, thus 

 lowering the proportion of the latter to the 

 former ; the second, by increasing not only 

 the weight of the bullet, but the length of 

 its solid base ; and the third, by leaving the 

 hollow at the point, now reduced to a quar- 

 ter of an inch, quite empty. The "Snaffle" 

 cartridofe can thus be best described as a 

 .400-120-280, whose bullet has a hollow a 

 quarter of an inch in depth at the point, 

 with a tapered case. Its advantages seemed 

 to me so evident that I had some loaded at 

 once, and am more than satisfied with the 

 result. Before coming to this I will tabulate 

 the loads, etc., of all the .400 bore rifle 



