52 THE GUN: AFIELD AND AFLOAT 



Powder 'wadding: One thin waterproof card, one thick felt, one 

 thin card. 



Shot charge : 2% oz. of No. 2, counting 122 pellets to the ounce ; 

 2| oz. BB. of 56 pellets per ounce. 



Shot wadding : Stout card. 



Targets : Large and of sheet-iron ; on their whitewashed sur- 

 faces the pellet-marks were counted within circles of 40 inches and 

 72 inches diameter. 



Ranges: 40 yards, 60 yards, and 80 yards. Photographs were 

 taken of the patterns displayed by each size of shot at the various 

 ranges, and diagrams are given. 



NO. 2 SHOT ; 40 YARDS. 



FIG. 2. 

 NO. 2 SHOT ; 40 YARDS. 



LEFT BARREL. 



40" circle 72" circle 



240 314 



253 319 



338 309 



272 331 



261 316 



RIGHT BARREL. 



40" circle 72" circle 



260 308* 



237 306 



269 301 



264 316 



249 310 



Averages 252 317 255 308 



* Pattern represented in Fig. 2. 



