296 CHOKE-BORES. 



as the first public advertisements of choke -bor in ff. 

 More honors for Young America ! 



Attention Sportsmen ! — Having discovered the 

 principle by which guns can be made to shoot close, I 

 wish to call the attention of the sporting community 

 to the fact that I am now prepared to bore shot-guns, 

 and will guarantee them to put the whole charge in a 

 30-inch circle, or from 45 to CO pellets. No. 4 shot, 

 into a foot-square at 40 yards. As from 12 to 20 is 

 about the average shot for an ordinary gun, the range 

 is increased from 20 to 30 yards. My price is $10, or 

 $5 per barrel. Satisfaction given, or no charge. 

 "J. L. Johnson, 

 " Young America, Warren Co., 111. 



^* References. — We, the undersigned, certify that Mr. 

 Johnson can do all that he claims in the above, hav- 

 ing bored our guns. We find the range increased 

 fully 25 yards, adding five times the cost of boring to 

 their value. N. Carr, Monmouth, 111., Parker Breech- 

 loader ; Geo. Nye, Monmouth, Lancaster Breech- 

 loader ; T. W. Beers, Young America, Greener 

 Breech-loader ; E. B. Allen, Young America, Muz- 

 zle-loader ; Fred Kimble, Young America, two Muz- 

 zle-loaders ; J. Hovcrmale, Peoria, Muzzle-loader ; 

 J. C. Kimble, Peoria, Muzzle-loader ; F. Carr,' 

 Young America, Breech-loader ; C. B. Cooke, Peo- 



