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ceivable shape having been tried; but this will be better 

 considered in connexion with the rifle itself. A spherical 

 ball used with a smooth bore is now seldom adopted for any 

 kind of shooting, as its flight beyond one hundred yards is 

 so uncertain that no reliance can be placed upon it. 



Shot are small globular pieces of lead, of various sizes from 

 rather less than a quarter of an ounce each to such a small 

 diameter as to take nearly two thousand to make up that 

 weight. Messrs. Parker and Co., of London, are the chief 

 makers in the south, and they have the following sizes, 

 which are each said by Col. Hawker to contain the annexed 

 number of pellets in the ounce : 



MOULD SHOT. 



L.G. contains in the oz. . . . 5J pellets. 



M.G. ... 81 



S.G. ... 11 



S.S.G. . . . 15 



S.S.S.G. ... 17 



PATENT DROP SHOT. 



A. A. contains in the oz. . . . 40 pellets. 



A. ... 50 

 B.B. ... 58 



B. ... 75 



1 ... 82 



3 " ! ! .' 135 ,',' 



4 ... 177 



5 ... 218 



6 ... 280 



7 ... 341 



8 ... 600 



9 ... 984 

 10 ... 1726 



Dust shot variable. 



These numbers will, however, be found to vary con- 

 siderably from those of which an ounce of the shot as now 



