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manner affording a greater chance of killing, because, in 

 addition to the closeness, they cover a larger surface in con- 

 sequence of every shot being brought into action. 



" The manufacturer having only put. forth statements, the 

 accuracy of which any sportsman may test for himself, solicits 

 a few careful experiments, in order that they may be used 

 with confidence. 



" The following advantages may be enumerated as appli- 

 cable to all of them : 



" They keep the gun free from lead, and the unpleasant 

 recoil consequent therefrom, during the longest and hottest 

 day's shooting. 



"Much smaller charges than common may be used. 



" The loading is performed in half the usual time, the only 

 wadding necessary being attached to the cartridge. 



" When once rammed down, they are not so liable to rise 

 or get loose by the firing of the other barrel. 



" To those who prefer light charges they are invaluable; a 

 cartridge containing 1 oz. of No. 7 shot is far more effective 

 than a loose charge of 1| oz. of No. 6. This will be found a 

 great acquisition in the early part of the season. 



" It has long been well known to sportsmen of discernment, 

 that the pellets constituting the loose or open charge are 

 scattered too much, and thrown with a very disadvantageous 

 irregularity, besides a considerable portion of the charge 

 being very defective in point of strength or projectile force, 

 about one-fourth of it being rendered nearly useless by fric- 

 tion in passing up the barrel. These great defects induced 

 innumerable plans and experiments from time to time with 

 the view of effecting the great desideratum of lessening the 

 spread, and accomplishing the dispersion with some degree 

 of precision none of which had been found to act with cer- 

 tainty until the discovery of the patent wire cartridge. 



"The only real objection ever raised against them was 

 their liability to ball; but this defect has been long remedied, 

 in proof of which the patentee has received the highest en- 

 comiums from most of the first sportsmen of the country, 

 and all the leading authors of the present day who have 

 written on the subject of shooting. 



" The patentee submits the following particular statements 



