280 DUCK GUNS. 



DISTANCE SIXTY YARDS. 



Through a double 

 In 1st half quire of brown 



sheet. paper. 



Best double gun, 91bs. . . 4 .4 



Fisherman's old gun of 1 21bs. (com- 

 mon breeching) . . 8 .3 



Joe Man ton's duck gun, l/^lbs. 14 . .14 



An old Birmingham swivel gun 



(common breech) about 701bs. 40 . .38 



Query. Does this corroborate the assertion, then, that a small 

 gun will kill as well as a large one ? 



For shooting in windy weather, and killing birds 

 that would dive at a flash, there can be no question 

 as to the superiority of detonating duck guns. 



In loading a duck gun, the farther you wish to 

 reach a flock of birds, the more powder and the less 

 shot you must put; because you may often make 

 good a few random shots into flocks of wildfowl, by 

 putting a considerably larger measure of powder than 

 of shot; when by the usual mode of loading, you 

 might only hear the shot rattle on the wings of many 9 

 without bringing down a single bird. 



To conclude this subject, it need only be observed, 

 that the same directions as those before given will 

 hold good for the choice, care, and cleaning of duck 

 guns. They cannot, however, be made to balance 

 quite so well as guns on a small construction, with- 

 out an unmanageable quantity of lead ; and, in these, 

 the scrollguard, or, what is far better, as I before ob- 

 served, a pistol grip to the stock, may be adopted, in 



