134 POINTS OF A GOOD GUN. 



water on a still day, when the surface is smooth 

 and unruffled. 



It is not sufficient that a gun is well 

 The Bend and 



Length of finished and hard hitting . it must suit 

 Stock. 



the sportsman in the length and bend 

 of the stock, so that it comes up at once well to 

 the shoulder, and strikes the object aimed at with 

 the first motion. This enables the hand and eye 

 to act simultaneously, the great desideratum ne- 

 cessary for good and quick shooting. No one 

 can shoot brilliantly with a gun that does not 

 come up well. A gun should be built according 

 to the length of arm and neck of the sportsman ; 

 for, in many cases men can no more use the same 

 gun than they can wear each other's coats. 



A well-finished good gun gives con- 

 Good Arms 



STinfSfor fidence to the sportsman, whereas an 

 Ones Disgust. /. . , .,.,,. 



interior one destroys it, besides being 



productive of bad shooting. There is no reason 

 why anyone should not shoot well who has tole- 

 rable eyesight, and begins early in life, but there 

 are certain requisites a gun must have, or the best 



