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for almost everything. If, as well, he can boast of an 8-bore, 

 then he is completely equipped as far as necessities go, and 

 everything else is luxury. 



Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey says : — 



"A shore-gunner will do far better with a powerful 12-bore, bored 

 for Kynoch's brass cases, than with any other weapon. 



"... A double 12-bore gun of yh lbs., carrying a charge of 

 3^ drs. of powder and i^ oz. of No. 4 shot, is as useful a gun as any 

 shore-shooter can want, and powerful enough for anything, from a 

 sandpiper to a swan. With such a gun we have often killed a dozen 

 and more duck and widgeon at a shot, and at other times fired at a single 

 plover when with a larger gun we should have grudged the charge." 



All this is perfectly true, and almost every writer on wild- 

 fowling in modern times has said something like it. If Colonel 

 Hawker were alive to-day he would say the same. 



Mr. William Evans, of Pall Mall, turns out a good heavy 

 12-bore of this description and at a moderate price ; but there 

 can be no doubt that the finest long-chambered twelves to 

 be obtained anywhere at all are those produced by Messrs. 

 Tolley, of Birmingham. 



They were the pioneers of the movement which resulted 

 in the popularity of guns of this calibre for wildfowling, and 

 they have maintained the lead ever since. The " Altro" gun 

 made by them is famous all the world over. It can be bought 

 plainly finished, but reliable in every way, for so low a sum as 

 fifteen guineas, and is therefore within the reach of every one. 



I can speak from personal experience of this gun's excellent 

 qualities. My own weapon is the forty-five guinea quality, but 

 I have made a point of shooting with the cheaper grades, and 

 have nothing but praise for the "Altro." 



The gun is bored for both long and ordinary cases, and is 

 equally effective with each, though I confess that I have not 

 myself given it any exhaustive trial with short cases or as 

 a game gun. Nevertheless I have used it on an occasional 



