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two. One shot at thirteen rooks, 141 yards distant, killed four and 
wounded another. One shot at about thirty plovers, 147 yards distant, 
killed six and wounded two others, which we afterwards bagged. 
‘‘ The charge at the 83 yards was 8 drs. and 3 0z. No. 3 shot; at the 
115 yards, 7? drs. and 3}0z. No. 1 shot; at the long range, 74 drs. and 
34 0z. shot, fifty-four or fifty-five pellets to the ounce. 
Mr. Greener’s gun (double 8-bore, chambered for 3-in. brass 
‘¢ Perfects ”’) :— 
‘‘“With 63 drs. No. 4 Alliance powder, 23 oz. No. 1 shot, the 
average pattern on a target q ft. by 3 ft. at 100 yards was 40 pellets =3°3 
to the square foot; with 7 drs. and 30z. No. 1, average 54=4 pellets 
to the square foot ; with 6}.drs. and 2}0z. No. 4 shot, at 80 yards, 127 
on target, or 10 pellets to the square foot ; with 7 drs. and 3 oz. No. 4 
shot in 30-in. circle at 80 yards, an average of 57 pellets, or 114 to the 
square foot ; with 6 drs. and 2$0z. No. 1 shot at 80 yards, in the 30-in. 
circle, an average of 53 pellets, or 104 to the square foot; with 6 drs. 
and 240z. No. 1 shot, at 80 yards, in the 30-in. circle, an average 
of 48 pellets, or 9} to the square foot ; with 6 drs. and 23 oz. No. 1 shot at 
60 yards, in the 30-in. circle, an average of 130 pellets ; with 6drs. and 
240z. No. 1 shot, at 4o yards, 90 to 97 pellets in a selected 12-in. 
square; with 7 drs. and 3 oz. No. 1, about 100 pellets in the 
12-in. Square. 
‘* With brass cases, and 7 drs. and 2} 0z. No. 1 shot, the pellets in 
the 30-in. circle averaged 224; average in centre 12-in. square, 90 
pellets. 
The prices of 8-bores vary very much, but Messrs. Tolley 
make an admirable weapon, and well suited to the man of 
moderate means, for eighteen guineas, while their best-quality 
gun costs about twice as much. 
The double t1o-bore seems rather to have gone out of 
favour during recent years, though personally I swear by it 
for certain kinds of work. Some years ago the 1o-bore was 
supposed to be the lightest kind of gun for wildfowling proper, 
and it certainly is an extremely powerful and yet extremely 
handy gun for a man of any physique. I have a double 10-bore 
built for me by Mr. Greener which is an absolutely perfect 
