XVI 
BIG GAME AND BIG GAME HUNTING 
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The elephant and rhinoceros, being in a class by 
themselves, require a rifle firing a much heavier 
bullet. After experimenting with and using all 
kinds of rifles, I find the most effective to be the 
double ’577 with a 750 grains bullet and a charge 
in axite powder equivalent to a hundred grains of 
RHINOCEROS. 
cordite. The heavier double-barrelled *6oo bore 
rifle, with a bullet weighing 900 grains, lacks the 
penetration of the *577, while its weight (16 lbs. 
against 13 lbs. of the latter) renders it a much more 
awkward weapon to handle. I think the superiority 
of the *577 over the '450 and *500 rifles, will be 
evident when I state that I have lost elephants 
with these last two rifles, while I have bagged 
