70 BREECH-LOADERS. 



loader than from an ordinary gun, from the whole 

 discharge taking place internally. 



13. There is no chance of some unlucky cap 

 flying, and endangering your eyesight. 



14. There is very much less recoil 

 Less Recoil. 



than from an ordinary gun a great 



advantage in a long day's shooting ; no blackened 

 shoulders, no stiffness the day after. The reason 

 of there being less recoil in a breech-loader than 

 in a muzzle-loader of the same size and weight, is 

 that its construction renders it necessary to have 

 more weight of metal at the breech ; and also 

 because at the hollow of the cartridge of the 

 breech-loader there is a light roll of paper, 

 about one-eighth of an inch in thickness, which 

 (like the buffer of a railway carriage) gives 

 with the action of the powder, and lessens the 

 recoil. 



Not affected ^* -^ a ^ n or damp, whilst out shoot- 



ing, cannot affect or injure the charge 



or caps ; neither being exposed to the weather, in 



the same way the nipple of the ordinary gun is. 



