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3. A thin card wad, 12 gauge, so as to just fit the case. 

 First pour in the powder, then introduce wad No. 1, 

 with the black side downwards ; put on this the felt 

 and No. 2, and gently seat them together or sepa- 

 rately, using no more pressure than is needful for 

 that purpose. A wad No. 3, is then dropped down, 

 the shot poured in and another of the same wads 

 placed on it." 

 An improvement is as follows : — Put No. 1, No. 2 and 

 a loose pink-edged wad over the powder, and a card wad 

 over the shot. The pattern in nearly every instance is 

 very regular, and the penetration all that can be got out of 

 a 12 -gauge gun. By using 1 oz. of No. 6 shot in a full 

 choke-bore gun, with a pink-edged, a thick felt greased, 

 and a card wad over the powder, one can make as heavy 

 bags upon ducks as the majority of his friends who are 

 armed with heavy 10-bore guns. 



Straight paper cartridges perform better than those 

 rimmed down, but it has been found almost impossible to 

 carry cartridges without being rimmed. For special 

 shooting, when you wish to keep the cartridges straight, 

 apply a small quantity of dissolved gum arable over the 

 edges of the shot wad, so that it may adhere to the rim 

 of the cartridge. 



