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CHAPTER III 



Shooting tips — Cocking both hammers of heavy rifles — Experience 

 with a bison and a lo-bore Paradox — The bison and the 8-bore — 

 Experiences in bison tracking — Old cartridges — Charmed hfe of a 

 black buck. 



SHOOTING TIPS 



BY the way, it is always well to remember 

 that when you are using a heavy rifle, 

 like an 8-bore firing a heavy charge 

 (say ten drams), you should only cock 

 one hammer at a time, as the terrific jar often 

 sends off the second barrel if you have both cocked 

 at once. 



I was out after bison one day with a lo-bore 

 Paradox (Holland and Holland), and had loaded 

 my cartridges myself with six drams apiece. 

 In the early morning we came upon an old bull, 

 and without thought I naturally cocked both 

 hammers and fired the right barrel, being quite 



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