40 FRANK SCHLEY's PARTRIDGE AND PHEASANT SHOOTING. 



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THE GUN; HOW TO CHAEGE; SIZE OF SHOT. 



IHE gun for shooting Partridges, whether breech or 

 ^j|^| muzzle loader, must, to my mind, be a short barrel 

 ^0^ gun, and No. 12, 13 or 14 guage, and about eight 

 'W^ pounds weight. The length' of barrel must not be 

 more than twenty-nine inches. This size of guage, and 

 weight of gun and length of barrel, day in and day out, 

 under all circumstances, in the open field, in bogs, swamps, 

 woodland, and in entangled vines and thickets, and in brush 

 and bushes, I have found in my experience to be the best 

 and most desirable. For a gun of this description I would 

 recommend as the best killing charge, in my opinion, for 

 shooting Partridges, to be: 



For a 12 guage, 3 drachms of powder, flask measure, and 

 I2 ounces of shot. 



For a 13 or 14 guage, 3 drachms of powder, 1] ounces 

 of shot. 



As the best killing size of shot for shooting Partridges, 

 I would recommend No. 8 for October, No. 7 for Novem- 

 ber, No. 6 for December and the season through. 



