SHOT. 27 



For turkey-shooting : — 



3 J drs. of Hamilton Caribou, No. C powder, a pink 

 edged, thick felt greased and card wad, 1 J oz. of B, BB, 

 or BBB shot, a card wad. 



This load will kill large birds at almost incredible dis- 

 tances, and at the same time it will prove almost worth- 

 less when sent after a single duck. 



When upland shooting I almost always hang on to the 

 same quantity of powder, but the shot is increased or re- 

 duced, and the method of using the wads altered accord- 

 ing to circumstances. 



Hard shot is preferable to soft shot, because a less 

 number of pellets are lost, and a greater number are likely 

 to strike the object fired at; besides the penetration is 

 supposed to be greater. 



The old rule was the finer the shot the more powder 

 was required, and'the coarser the shot the less the quantity 

 of powder, as a large quantity scattered coarse sliot too 

 much. Bear in mind that one of the great advantages of 

 the choke-bore gun is that it keeps coarse shot together. 

 In upland shooting I believe in using the same quantity 

 of powder, but increasing the quantity of coarse shot. 



