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: Keep in mind, these quotes concern LARGE game shot at normal game ranges.
: W. Greener in Gunnery, 1858 - "For other purposes than war, rifles will continue to be constructed on the polygroove principle, and with spherical bullets. The perfect destruction of various animals is dependent generally on two causes--the penetration into the body and the shock to the system during that act of penetration. No doubt exists that a spherical bullet would combine these two qualities best. The 25 bore, 32 and 50 hexagonal would be, practically speaking, useless for the killing of elephants, tigers, &c. The effectual and instant killing of seals on ice is an illustration; failing to kill a seal dead, he will, to a certainty, reach his hole in the ice and disappear, to the shooter's serious disappointment. Small-bore elongated bullets were rapidly adopted, and as rapidly abandoned. They did not kill dead;' the spherical bullet did this better. It would be wise to pause and consider whether a good military rifle(present time Enfield Minnie rifle) is a good game shooting rifle or not: whether the hole in the beast be wide enough. I am inclined to think the reduction to a bore of 25 too small for htis purpose."
: These are the remarks of an Englsih gunmaker, who is a staunch advocate of expansive bullets for military rifles, therefore, it is an opinion devoid of predjudice, and is most valuable.
: Major Shakespear, author of "Wild Sports in India", says:- "I have Minnie bullet moulds for my rifles; but so long as the spherical bullets go through and through large game, I do not see the use of running the risk of shaking the stock of the gun, and of extra recoil, by using the heavier balls."
Daryl
: W. Greener in Gunnery, 1858 - "For other purposes than war, rifles will continue to be constructed on the polygroove principle, and with spherical bullets. The perfect destruction of various animals is dependent generally on two causes--the penetration into the body and the shock to the system during that act of penetration. No doubt exists that a spherical bullet would combine these two qualities best. The 25 bore, 32 and 50 hexagonal would be, practically speaking, useless for the killing of elephants, tigers, &c. The effectual and instant killing of seals on ice is an illustration; failing to kill a seal dead, he will, to a certainty, reach his hole in the ice and disappear, to the shooter's serious disappointment. Small-bore elongated bullets were rapidly adopted, and as rapidly abandoned. They did not kill dead;' the spherical bullet did this better. It would be wise to pause and consider whether a good military rifle(present time Enfield Minnie rifle) is a good game shooting rifle or not: whether the hole in the beast be wide enough. I am inclined to think the reduction to a bore of 25 too small for htis purpose."
: These are the remarks of an Englsih gunmaker, who is a staunch advocate of expansive bullets for military rifles, therefore, it is an opinion devoid of predjudice, and is most valuable.
: Major Shakespear, author of "Wild Sports in India", says:- "I have Minnie bullet moulds for my rifles; but so long as the spherical bullets go through and through large game, I do not see the use of running the risk of shaking the stock of the gun, and of extra recoil, by using the heavier balls."
Daryl
