330 MEASURING THE STRIKING FORCE OF SHOT. 



drams of powder in a ten-gauge gun, is worse tlu.n 

 useless, for it increases the recoil and fouling of the 

 gun without in the least adding to the killing range. 



Of shot, use the most spherical and uniform you can 

 possibly get ; and of the larger sizes the " chilled" 

 will be found the most desirable ; they keep their 

 shape better in the barrel than soft ones, and there- 

 fore make better and more regular patterns, a matter 

 of special importance at the longer ranges. 



Buck-shot for choke-bores should be of such size 

 that they will " chamber" or fit in perfect even layers 

 at the muzzle. Twelve or sixteen of four to a layer I 

 like best ; and after placing them evenly in the shell, 

 I fill the interstices level full with bo7ie dust before 

 putting on the top wad. Loaded in this way my gun 

 will put all inside a twenty to twenty-four inch circle 

 at forty yards, which is much closer shooting then 1 

 can obtain in any other way. 



Chips, concentrators, wire or cloth cartridges, tallow 

 filling, and kindred devices, are of no account what- 

 ever in choke-bores, and possess no advantages over 

 the ordinary method of loading with loose shot. 



