84 DETONATING SYSTEM. 



want, copper caps. There is now a great deal of im- 

 position going on in the copper-cap line ; and I feel it 

 my duty to mention it, in order to put gentlemen on 

 their guard. 



SHOOTING, 

 Difference in, between a Flint and a Detonater. 



Here we come to a part of the subject, the very title 

 of which, in the present day, would soon clear off an 

 edition of a pamphlet : and it therefore becomes a 

 matter of surprise that the book manufacturers have 

 not been more on the alert in reaping a harvest from 

 it; as this fashionable theme, if well diluted with 

 anecdotes and specifications, might be spun into a good- 

 sized volume. All that is really wanted, however, is 

 the essence of the subject, and therefore I shall make 

 my humble attempt to give it. 



As a detonater goes so very much quicker than a 

 flint, it becomes necessary, in firing one, to avoid 

 shooting too forward ; and I should, therefore, revert to 

 my former hints for young men learning to shoot, and 

 say, observe precisely all that I before said under the 

 head of shooting, but IF YOU HAVE A DETONATER 

 make only HALF the allowance ; that is, where you 

 would fire six inches before a bird with a flint, fire 



Only THREE INCHES with a DETONATER ; AND SO 



ON. If a sportsman has been all his life an indifferent 

 shot, which he may be, either through never having 

 acquired the knack of firing sufficiently forward ; flinch- 

 ing as he pulls the trigger; dropping his hand before 



