FOR YOUNG SHOOTERS 



CHAPTEE II 



OF CARTRIDGES, POWDER AND SHOT 



I HAVE thus indicated very briefly the conversational 

 possibilities of the gun. It must be observed that 

 this treatise makes no pretensions to be exhaustive. 

 Something must, after all, be left to the ingenuity 

 of the young shooter who desires to talk of sport. 

 All that these hints profess, is to put him in the 

 way of shining, if there is a certain amount of 

 natural brightness to begin upon. The next subject 

 will be 



CARTRIDGES 



To a real talker, this subject offers an infinite 

 variety of opportunities. First, you can begin to 

 fight the battle of the powders, as thus : 



* What powder are you shooting with this year, 

 Chalmers ? ' 



' Schultze.' 



' How do you find it kill ? ' 



