Roosevelt, Theodore - Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail (1896)
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Description: Includes the former US President's experiences hunting and coursing in the West. From Chapter XI, The Ranchman's Rifle on Crag and Prairie.
Roosevelt, Theodore. 1896. Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail: IX. The Ranchman's Rifle on Crag and Prairie Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail. ranchman owes to his rifle not only the keen pleasure and strong excitement of the chase, but also much of his bodily comfort; for, save for his prowess as a hunter and his skill as a marksman with this, his favorite weapon, he would almost always be sadly stinted for fresh meat. Now that the buffalo have gone, and the Sharps rifle by which they were destroyed is also gone, almost all ranchmen use some form of repeater. Personally I prefer the Winchester, using the new model, with a 45-caliber bullet of 300 grains, backed by 90 grains of powder, or else falling back on my faithful old stand-by, the 45-75. But the truth is that all good modern rifles are efficient weapons; it is the man behind the gun that makes the difference. An inch or two in trajectory or a second or two in rapidity of fire is as nothing compared to sureness of eye and steadiness of hand.
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