GUNS Magazine March 1958

NEVER SEND A BOY TO DO A MAN'S WORK,
OR A SMALL BULLET TO DO THE JOB OF A BIG ONE. THAT'S KEITH'S GOSPEL
Big double rifles like Woodward & Sons bottom-lever 577 above have long been choice of European
hunters for dangerous African and Indian game. Note comparison of .577 loads with 150 gr. .270's. I1
By ELMER KEITH XPERIENCE is the best teacher. When you learn the hard way, you don't
E forget.
During 45 years of big game hunting, during which I guided and outfitted
hunters from Mexico to Alaska, I have seen just about all manner and types
of rifles and loads used on the various American game animals. I am not one of
those hunters who boast of having killed thousands of head-I have taken only
140 big game animals for my own use, for meat and trophies-but, in addition, I
have seen between 700 and 1,000 head killed, And since hunters all have
different ideas about equipment, these animals were taken with a representative
variety of rifles and loads.
Over the years, people have gotten the idea that I have used nothing but
heavy calibers and heavy bullets on game. This is not true. I have used nearly
all of the small bore, light bullet, high velocity rifles also; or I have seen them
used by men I was guiding. It is from experience, not just from prejudice,
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