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The flock shooter the fellow who judges 

 his day by the quantity of his game rather 

 than the quality and pursuit of it should 

 use a cannon, just as the rowdy, who can't 

 kill enough fish with the rod to satisfy his 

 greedy nature, uses a net or stick of dyna- 

 mite to secure his insatiable mess/' 



* Why not advocate a 2O-gauge, Seth, 

 and be done with it ? " put in Bradley. 



"Because a 2o-gauge is too small to 

 well stand a full ounce of shot and the 

 powder necessary to propel it, in my 

 opinion, and one needs an ounce, but not 

 more, for general wing shooting. I am 

 speaking of an all-round wing gun, Doc- 

 tor, not special pieces. The 2O-gauge and 

 its light charges would be nice for small 

 bay snipe and plover the oxeyes, ring- 

 necks, dowitcher, etc. but nothing else. 

 I want my full ounce for woodcock, Eng- 

 lish snipe, quail, grouse, etc., as well as 

 in big bay snipe and plover shooting and 

 wild-fowling. If a man requires more 

 birds than he can bag singly, he 's a 



