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No. 5 and the charge a full one, say 3^ drs. of black powder, 

 or 50 grs. of Schultze, or of E. C. with i^ oz. of shot. This is a 

 heavy charge, and it takes a heavy gun and a good one to stand it 

 without unpleasant recoil. Let it be remembered that to obtain a 

 good close " pattern " at fifty yards the case of the cartridge 

 should be only slightly turned over just enough to keep the wad 

 and the shot in position. Another hint for shooting in very 

 cold weather may be useful. When a man is warmly and thickly 

 clad for winter, he will find that the gun he shot well with when he 

 wore a thin coat in August or September will no longer come 

 easily to his shoulder. He is awkward at snap-shots, and misses 

 his birds. Let him have a quarter or half an inch taken off the 

 heel of his gun-stock and he will shoot as well as ever. This, of 

 course, only if he can spare a gun for cold weather shooting 

 alone. 



