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this plan and wish to do so, that they should pay most careful 

 attention to the turnover of the cartridge. This is a most 

 important point with these cases, and the more so because most 

 of the loading machines to be bought at the gunmakers do 

 not afford any very satisfactory crimping apparatus. About 

 the best that I have seen was sent me by Messrs. Jeffery. 



Ammunition must not be dismissed without a word upon 

 cases, and for the wildfowler there is only one word to be said. 

 Since the introduction of the thin brass cartridge-cases called 

 " Perfects " nothing else will do. Escape of gas is impossible ; 

 there is hardly ever a jam in the chamber-cone, and, above 

 all, they are entirely waterproof. 



And this last, for the fowler, is the most important thing 

 of all. We have to shoot under conditions which the ordinary 

 dry-land sportsman knows nothing of. In duck-pits, in creeks 

 and gutters, in rain and snow-slush, the ordinary paper cases 

 must inevitably become damped, swell, and finally injure the 

 powder. 



The ** Perfect " cases have done away with all that, and the 

 gunner is immune from all accidents of damp or wet. 



It is true that the thin brass case adds considerably to the 

 cost of ammunition. But it repays its cost over and over 

 again. These cases can be reloaded, if necessary to the 

 gunner's purse — which is one consideration. But in any event, 

 for rich or poor, the increased efficiency counterbalances the 

 increase of cost. 



Let it be said that the thin brass cases are an absolute 

 necessity for all those sportsmen whose quarry is wildfowl. 



A word upon the ordering of cartridges. I think that a 

 few hints may be of service. 



A wildfowler who has his guns built for him by some 

 famous firm of gunmakers is in safe hands. Having found 

 by test and experience exactly what he wants for this or that 

 gun, he will give his orders and they will be faithfully carried 



