still ; hu:nting the antelope. 321 



Express Westley Richards rifle, forty caliber, shooting 100 

 to 110 grains of Curtiss & Harvey powder, served me just the 

 same way. With this rifle I shot hundreds of small Deer 

 and ostriches, but never, until I used the hollow-pointed 

 bullet, was I sure of my game unless I hit it just in the 

 right place. With the Express ball, all places seemed more 

 or less alike, so far as stopping further locomotion was con- 

 cerned. The shock is so terrific that no small animal can 

 stand up under it, more especially, as I said before, if the 

 bullet's course is quartering, for then the animal's body 

 catches the full force of the blow, aside from the tearing 

 and smashing of a ragged-pointed ball, carrying all before 

 it. 



For Antelope-shooting, then, or, in fact, for any kind of 

 big game shooting, I prefer the Winchester, my choice being 

 the repeater of large bore, say fifty caliber, with its 110-grain 

 powder-charge and hollow-pointed, 300-grain bullet. Those 

 preferring the single-shot need not swerve to any other 

 make, as this company makes the best single-shot rifles, of 

 all calibers from twenty -two to fifty; and were I using a 

 single-shot rifle for Deer, Elk, Bears, or Antelope, my choice 

 would be the forty-five caliber, shooting one hundred and 

 twenty -five grains of powder and three hundred grains of 

 lead — hollow-pointed ball. I must frankly admit, however, 

 that I never could see where any single or double barreled 

 rifle could, in any way, compare with a repeater — every 

 advantage clearly going to the many-shot rifle. 



I am partial to the Winchester rifles, for these reasons : 

 They are safe, accurate, and durable; they are made in all 

 calibers; they are sold at prices within the reach of all; as 

 repeaters, they are more reliable than any other kind with 

 which I am familiar; as single-shots, they are quicker to 

 load, less liable to get out of order, and, in my judgment, 

 just a little better than any other single-loader made. The 

 Winchester Company has proved itself imbued with a 

 progressive spirit, and has catered to the ever-changing 

 and manifold wants of men of many minds and divers 

 experiences. It is, furthermore, an essentially American 



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