extract from " Big game shooting in upper Burma"(1911) by Evans.

"Page 188

As the circumstances under which I came to invest in a ‘400 high-velocity rifle, rather than one of heavier calibre, were somewhat unusual, it may be worth while to narrate them. For some years I had shot big game with a D.B. 10-bore Paradox gun by Holland and Holland, taking eight drams of black powder and a 2-oz. steel-cored bullet. This rifle was sighted to fifty yards, and was as accurate as a weapon of the sort could be. At sixty yards it could put a bullet into the centre of the lid of a cigar box, and could be relied on for all practical purposes up to eighty yards, beyond which distance accurate results could not be counted on. The steel-cored bullet gave a smashing blow; but powerful as the rifle was, it lacked the penetration of the’ ‘400 subsequently purchased".

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"I waited till his head was clear, and gave him the right barrel at about fifteen yards. I was using a 10-bore Paradox by Holland with a steel-cored bullet, and aimed low down at the base of the trunk about two feet below the bump. The smoke hung round me like a pall, but, stooping below, I saw to my dismay that he was not even checked. I had just time to step aside, so as to clear the smoke, and to give him the left barrel in the same place. This was enough for him, and brought him up when he was all but on me. He slid for some little distance with the impetus of his charge, as he rammed his great forefeet out in front of him to check himself. The next second he had wheeled round and crashed back into the jungle, but I had just time to jerk open the breech, slip in another cartridge, and give him one in the ear before he vanished. It was a very close thing. I suppose he was not five yards from me when he received the second bullet. After waiting a few moments to compose our nerves, I explained matters to the orderly, Allah Din, who was then new to the game but full of pluck. I knew the elephant would not go far, but would wait for us in the nastiest bit of jungle he could find".