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impossible here. To my own mind, the best and 

 most desirable is the under-lever double-grip, 

 on account of both its great simplicity and dura- 

 bility, though many of the first-class snap actions 

 work very freely and wear quite well ; in fact, 

 for ordinary use are sufficiently durable ; but for 

 rough, every-day work, nothing, in my opinion, 

 equals the double-grip. 1 have fired one over 

 twelve thousand shots, and though never in the 

 hands of a gunmaker to be repaired, it is now ap- 

 parently as tight as when new. " Greener," the 

 celebrated English gun manufacturer, in his book on 

 " Modern Breech-loaders," says : " The double-grip 

 is considered by all practical gun-makers to be 

 the strongest and most durable arrangement for 

 sporting guns and rifles. Nothing can be more 

 simple or do the work better. There being a 

 great amount of leverage, it possesses wonderful 

 binding power, and when properly made and well 

 fitted it will last many years without becoming 

 loose, as it can be made self^tightening to allow 

 for wear and tear. It is getting more into favor 

 every season amongst the sportsmen at home and 

 in India. When guns and rifles constructed on 

 the double-grip plan have failed, it is attributable 

 to the imperfect mode of making the action. We 



