SHOT-GUN PATTERNS 63 



Shot : 14 oz. of sizes A., AA., and No. i. 



Wadding : Two felts on powder, one card over shot. 



Turnover and target, as before. 



Size of shot. Pattern. Velocity. 



A. 456 1384 



AA. 441 1361 



No. i. 593 1260 



In this trial the 14 oz. of A. shot used contained 728 pellets ; the 

 14 oz. AA., 658 pellets ; and the 14 oz. No. i contained a total of 

 1234 pellets. The one regrettable incident in connection with this 

 trial was the fact that, by reason of the extra room required by the 

 black powder, as compared with the Rifleite in the previous trial, 

 a reduced charge had to be used. 



Half-a-dozen shots were then fired with the same gun at 80 yards, 

 the conditions as to method of loading and target being precisely 

 as before. As however time did not permit of the fixing up of the 

 wires and making the necessary arrangements for the taking of 

 chronographic records, the shot velocities are not recorded in this 

 case ; indeed, they were scarcely necessary seeing that little variation 

 need be anticipated from those previously recorded : 



NITRO POWDER. 80 YARDS. 



Size of shot. Pattern. 



A. 338 



No. i. 487 



No. 2. 654 



do. 614 



BLACK POWDER. 80 YARDS. 



Size of shot. Pattern. 



A. 272 



No. i. 331 



I am convinced that a target 6 ft. square is not large enough 

 for the purposes of such test as this, the whole of the surface being 

 covered with pellet-marks at 60 yards and upwards. . It is not by 

 any means so simple a task as it may appear to get the shot thrown 

 fairly on to a target of this size ; an error of but a fraction of an 

 inch in aiming the gun may mean a good deal at the other end of 

 the 60 or 80 yards range. Naturally, particular care was taken in 

 sighting this gun, three persons assisting thereat, in order to make 

 assurance doubly sure. In the result it was found that this gun is 

 a good and consistent shooter, for shot after shot was thrown by it 

 upon the target with regularity and precision. 



