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Hunting Large Game with Small Caliber Bullets
The largest game in the world, the royal Bengal tiger of India, the elephant and the rhinoceros of Central Africa, are now being successfully hunted and slain by men using the .303 caliber Savage rifle. Sportsmen who have never tried the small-caliber rifles and smokeless powder ammunition are somewhat skeptical as regards the killing or stopping power of the small metal-covered expanding bullets. The secret of the deadly effect of these small projectiles lies in their expanding qualities and extraordinary velocity, which impart a percentage of their energy to the otherwise inert flesh and bone; and these substances being acted upon by so quick a blow, become themselves projectiles, following a well-known mechanical law, lacerating the surrounding tissues and bone, and leaving a path of destruction which is widened by resistance encountered by the bullet.
Farrow, Edward S. American Small Arms; a Veritable Encyclopedia of Knowledge for Sportsmen and Military Men. New York: Bradford, 1904. Print.
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