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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



partridge strutting up the road 

 right ahead of me. 



Of course, here was a chance 

 to try the new gun, so putting the 

 Vicker's Maxim around the 

 bird's head I pulled the trigger. 

 The result was a distinct click. 

 Now I remembered having put a 

 shell into the barrel, so this some- 

 what surprised me. But on look- 

 ing it over I found the action 

 partly open and no shell in the 

 barrel. 



Well, I pumped in another shell 

 and kept on, carrying the gun in 

 one hand, clutched around the 

 middle, when presently I noticed 

 the slide handle move back. I 

 now saw what caused the action 

 to open. 



In carrying the gun my gloved 

 hand had pressed the little lever 

 which releases the action when 

 the gun is to be opened before 

 firing. This lever runs from in- 

 stead of to the receiver, projecting 

 at the front end for a distance 

 of about a half inch or more. I 

 don't exactly remember the length. 



Now it occurred to me that if 

 this projection were not so long 

 it would not be so likely to be 

 accidentally pressed. So accord- 

 ingly I cut it off, leaving it about 

 three-sixteenths of an inch in 

 length. I find this plenty long to 

 release the action when I wish it 

 to be released, yet too short to be 

 pressed by accident. 



Now you boys who do not own 

 one of these rifles do not think 

 that the rifle is no good, since a 

 better rifle is not made of this 



class. This one little defect 

 (which really is not a defect, 

 since in target shooting the longer 

 projection is the better or at least 

 might be a little handier) can 

 easily be remedied. 



A TWIST PREVENTER 



BY DICK 



How often do we read an arti- 

 cle written by some of our best 

 anglers deploring certain baits be- 

 cause of their tendency, in fact 

 their sureness, to twist and snarl 

 the line when used even a short 

 time! With what I call the 

 Winged Keel (perhaps the editor 

 can give it a better name) you can 

 use the following .baits for hours 

 with little or no twist when used 

 or reeled at fishable speed: The 

 Archer spinner, Phantom minnow, 

 Pearl wobbler, Cornwall spinner 

 (with shortened wire), pork, 

 frogs, shiners and, in fact, any 

 bait that twists or turns itself. 



Of course, the Winged Keel is 

 useless on any bait unless a swivel 

 is attached either on bait or line 

 below keel. 



By the way, the Cornwall spin- 

 ner (shortened wire) is a dandy 

 bait to cast, and it sure has 

 proved a killer for bass and pick- 

 erel in the hands of myself and 

 friends. I use the" bottled shiners, 

 they being hardy and tough, and 

 lasting longer than freshly-killed 

 bait in warm weather. 



But to get back to my kink. 

 Would advise adjusting keel 

 either close to or away from 

 swivel as needed in order to get 



