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Increased lethal effect is obtained by softening the nose of the bullet to make it spread at impact. Steel jacketed bullets shoot straightest and farthest but bore clean holes instead of smashing a wide wound. Various powder loads have various killing power, but following is a rough table of the calibres and types of bullets generally recommended for various types of killing by rifle...
Woodchucks, muskrats, beavers, dogs, etc. .25 Steel jacketed (to avoid marring...
Humans, deer, etc. .30 to .32 Optional; steel jacket considered more "sporting...
Bear, lions, tigers, water buffaloes, etc. .30-.405 Soft-nose for safety; steel-jacketed for sure-shooting pelt-collectors...
...William Ellis Corey, 62, the intervening (1903-11) U. S. Steel president, heads no concern; directs several of the most potent of their kind-American Banknote, Baldwin Locomotive, Bethlehem Steel, International Nickel, Mack Trucks, Montana Power. . . . When in the U. S. he lives on Fifth Avenue, close to Manhattan's Metropolitan Art Museum...