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off without the necessity of any special instru- 

 ment. The rod which is used for pressing down 

 the wads in loading the shells will also answer 

 for pushing off the exploded caps. These shells 

 are intended to use the breech-loading shell-caps 

 of our own make, or the English caps, such as 

 used in Eley's paper shells, but in case of ne- 

 cessity the ordinary ' G. D.' caps may be used. 

 These shells are made to fit the standard gauges 

 used by the principal gun-makers of England, 

 are sure to fit the chambers of the guns, and 

 will stand reloading a great many times. 



" The Sturtevant patent shells can be purchased 

 of or ordered from any dealer in ammunition. 

 Also metallic shells for shot-guns having the 

 Berdan patent anvils, Nos. 1 and 2, and both 

 metallic and paper shells with the Hobbs and 

 Orcutt patent primers, which have the anvils 

 secured in the caps." 



