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killed with this rifle and there is one au¬ 
thentic instance where the “Imp” dropped 
a Bengal tiger, but I must confess I have 
a lot more respect for that man’s courage 
than I have for his judgment. The 68- 
grain Savage bullet starts off with an in¬ 
itial energy of 1,190 foot-pounds, less than 
half the power of the U. S. army cartridge, 
and as the range increases the power of 
the ball fades out with astonishing rapidity. 
I carried an “Imp” for a while as a saddle 
gun down in Old Mexico and the South¬ 
west, and found it to be a very good rifle 
for its ounces, and effective up to a hun¬ 
dred yards or so on coyote, mule deer and 
mountain lions, those cowardly cats of the 
desert, but owing to the extreme lightness 
of the gun I also found it very difficult 
to place my shots at any range over fifty 
yards. I came very near terminating my 
hunting career by shooting a bull moose 
with a 38-55-255, W. H. V., having a muzzle 
energy of 1,437 foot-pounds, 247 foot¬ 
pounds more than the 22 Savage Hi-power. 
Tackling big game with a gun that does not 
deliver a 2,000 foot-pound wollop is at best 
a risky proposition, my pet howitzer pos¬ 
sesses over three times that power. 
The following letter from J. N. Cross¬ 
land of New Florence, Pa., contains some 
excellent dope on this subject of light and 
heavy bullets. It is the sort of a letter 
I like to receive, concise and to the point, 
and written by a man who loves and un¬ 
derstands the game; his data and conclu¬ 
sions are absolutely correct. 
“I read the letter from M. V. C. of De¬ 
troit, on the Savage 25/3000. If you will al¬ 
low me, it may not be amiss to add some¬ 
thing on the subject. The great trouble 
with nearly every one is the confusion of 
the terms High Velocity and High Power. 
The 25/3000 belongs to the former class. 
High velocity is usually understood as 
meaning a light bullet driven at high speed; 
high power is a high velocity plus a bullet 
of sufficient weight to deliver a smashing 
blow at long distances. The 25/3000 Sav¬ 
age shows a velocity of 1,526 feet but only 
435 foot-pounds in energy. There are 
other 25. rifles whose 140-grain bullet shows 
velocity 2,183 feet ar >d energy 1,484 foot¬ 
pounds. 
“A light bullet at high speed will almost 
to a certainty do just what M. V. C. com¬ 
plains of, ‘the bullet goes to pieces on 
striking bone, making a rather superficial 
wound.’ For paunch shots the breaking up 
of the bullet is likely to make a quick kill, 
but if a rib is struck the bullet will break 
up without entering the body, doing little 
damage. 
“M. V. C. inquires if a heavier bullet 
and lower velocity would not give better 
results? The trouble he is up against is a 
shell and gun that will not handle loads 
of that character with satisfaction, and if 
the gun would, he would have to use great 
care to keep within the safety zone, as the 
25/3000 is practically at its limits, and a 
new action would have to be designed to 
go beyond the present cartridge.” 
All that Bro. Crossland says about the 
25/3000 is true of the 22 Hi-power and the 
only criticism I can offer of his opinion is 
the infrequency with which his letters ar¬ 
rive, as it is the bounden duty of a rifle¬ 
man of his knowledge and experience to 
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