SHOT. 97 



PATENT DROP SHOT. 



AA .... 40 



A * -.. 50 



I JiJ 58 



" .... 75 



1 . 82 



. 112 



3 . 135 



4 . 177 

 b . 218 

 f' ...... 280 



7 . . ;MI 



8 . 600 



9 . . . . 984 

 10 .. . 1720 



The pleasure of using and counting the dust shot, 

 I leave to those who recommend it ! 



The shot of different manufacturers varies much 

 in size : for example, an ounce of No. 7, from Messrs. 

 Walker and Parker, amounts to 341 pellets; and 

 the same weight, from Mr. Beaumont (late Preston), 

 398 ditto, &e. : and in some places the numbers are 

 reversed. 



Many sportsmen recommend the use of unglazed 

 shot ; others wet their shot with oil. I have tried 



* In the general use of a common duck-gun, at flight, where 

 the coast is much disturbed, I have found this to be the best shot 

 for wildfowl, as they most commonly present ten long shots for 

 one fair one, and are so apt to fly after being mortally wounded. 

 But for the proper night shooting afloat, with a 701b. barrel, that 

 will burn 2oz. of powder, No. 1, in the long run, is worth all the 

 other sizes put together. 



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