wliat was the history of all the components and their 

 loading. 



It may readily be supposed that such a system was 

 not evolved in a few days, nor Is It kept up without a 

 large and highly trained staff, which, again, renders It 

 Impossible for any but a large fadory to produce the most 

 regular cartridges. 



This being the system, what of the components ? 



POWDER 

 The powder Is perhaps the most Interesting to the 

 shooting man, and a description of "K.S.G." — 

 Kynoch's latest smokeless powder — will not be out of 

 place here. 



Nowadays the choice of a smokeless powder Is large, 

 and there are many brands that can claim regularity In 

 manufadure, not only from day to day, but from month 

 to month and year to year. Good velocities and moderate 

 pressures are also common to a number of powders. In 

 fact, the only points where a shooter may look for any 

 great Improvements are In blowback and recoil. 



The 42 gram group of powders contam about Tb% 

 of their total weight of mineral matter, which, after firing. 

 Is left In the form of solid particles known as blowback. 



The 33 grain group similarly contains about 13^ of 

 such minerals. The general idea of shooters, therefore, 

 that 33 grain powders are less objectionable from the 

 blowback point of view than 42 grain ones is fully justified 

 by facts, although probably very few shooters know it for 



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