218 THE COMPLETE WILDFOWLER 
WALKERS, PARKER AND CO.’S, LTD., LONDON, PATENT 
HARDENED, CHILLED, AND MOULD SHOT. 
Drop SHOT. x Pellets 
Pellets = per Ib. 
No. per oz. 63 = - . » 300 
AAA ‘ : 2, 0 “| : ‘ t ee 
AA : i = ae 8 : é : - 450 
A ; ; me 9 . ; : . 600 
BBB : : Sie Io 4 : : 10,0) 
BB , : ut II : : : . 1000 
B 64 12 ‘ ; : . 1200 
I 79 Dust . : : = 
2 >» 196. 
2 . kG Mou.pep SuHot (Buck). 
4 - 7 SSSG . : : - 310 
43 . 200 (special) SSG). , . 220 
5 C220 SG : : ; . 1a 
M. game . 240 MiG: : : «oA 
6 . 270 | SS Se ae : ; 3 ae 
While we are referring to the sizes suitable for killing 
certain fowl, it will be as well to include all the sizes, stating 
generally for what purpose they are used. Comparison of the 
two tables will show that the number of pellets to the ounce 
varies with each maker. We take as the standard for our 
purpose here the Newcastle shot. Dust to No. 11, small 
birds; Nos. 10 to 8, snipe and small waders; Nos. 7 to 5, 
game birds, plover, etc.; No. 5, ‘‘cripple-stopper”’ cartridges ; 
Nos. 5 to 1, wildfowling on shore with shoulder gun, No. 4 
being a good size for ducks, curlews, and so on. Punt-gun 
cartridges may be filled with shot in size from No. 3 to AAA. 
To use any size larger is not aiming at sport. Nos. 3 to 1, 
plover, teal, curlews, and night punting; Nos. 1 to BBB, 
duck by day, geese at night; BBB to AAA, long shots at 
duck, sporting ranges at grey geese, brent, and swans; 
SSSG, long and doubtful shots at big gaggles of geese. 
This latter, however, is a bad practice. Larger sizes not 
