Eiioriuoiis Output of Inanimates. 



of the first shot has jarred off the sec- 

 ond. This bad feature has been ehmi- 

 nated in both this weapon and in the 

 one made by that veteran gunsmith, 

 Charles Lancaster. True it will require 

 a little practice to become thoroughly 

 cognizant of the fact that when the 

 trigger is pulled for the firing of the 

 first barrel, the finger must give a little 

 so that the single trigger may be re- 

 leased and go back to its original posi- 

 tion before the second shot is fired. 

 This is matter of but small moment, 

 and the slightest amount of practice is 

 all that is necessary to enable one to 

 use the gun in most desirable way. 

 That the shots can be fired with mar- 

 vellous rapidity when the lesson is 

 learned is a fact that cannot be contra- 

 dicted. The gun is to be placed upon 

 the market this fall, and cannot but 

 commend itself to shooting men. 



Since inanimate target shooting has 

 grown to the immense proportions it 

 has now attained, a single barrel breech 

 loader has much to recommend it. wSuch 

 a weapon does aw^ay with the carrying 

 of the extra weight contained in a dou- 

 ble barrel gun. This is a strong recom- 

 mendation for the one barrel arm, for 

 the lifting' of any extra amount of 

 weight two or three hundred times a 

 day involves a good deal of hard phys- 

 ical labor. In this one way alone this 

 arm has much to recommend it. In 

 another direction it must find favor. 



Every one knows how much accurate 

 shooting depends upon the true align- 

 ment of the barrels of a double gun, 

 one to the other. If this is not done in 

 exact manner and in perfect lines, the 

 shooting of that gun must be defective. 

 That wonderful shot, E. D. Fulford, 

 had a single barrel gun made especially 

 for this work by the celebrated gun 

 inanufacturer, Greener, and has used it 

 for the last year in most effective way. 

 Fulford states that he would not give it 

 up under any consideration just as long 

 as he takes part in target shooting af- 

 fairs. Again, Louis T. Schortemeier, a 

 shooting enthusiast of this city, and who 

 is probably an active member of more 

 shooting clubs than any man residing 

 in it, has recently purchased one of 

 these single barrels, and has done some 

 great work with it in recent engage- 

 ments. 



Referring to these single barrel guns 

 recalls the fact that those enterprising 

 men, comprising the firm of Von Len- 

 gerke & Detmold, have showed them- 

 selves abreast of the times by ordering 

 a number of these single barrel guns 

 from the manufactory of Francotte, the 

 celebrated gun maker of Liege, Bel- 

 gium. It is one of those arms that 

 Schortemeier purchased. This gun is a 

 capital one, and is bound to command a 

 large sale as soon as its excellent quali- 

 ties become known to the target shoot- 

 ing public. 



ENORMOUS OUTPUT OF INANIMATES. 



When considering target shooting, 

 it brings to mind the prodigious pro- 

 portions of this shooting at inanimates. 

 One can with difficulty realize the num- 

 ber used, for it is so large as to fairly 

 stagger belief. The Cleveland Target 

 Company, of Cleveland, Ohio," is prob- 

 ably the leader of all others in the num- 



ber manufactured and sold. Figures 

 seem inadequate to tell plainly of the 

 thousands used each day. The country 

 is vast in extent, to be sure, and the 

 number of shooting clubs as numerous 

 as the country is large. Still it is difiS- 

 cult to realize that the sales of the 

 company named reached in the year 



