the oil is of the very best quality. It is safer to 

 have the gun perfectly dry, and the barrels stuffed 

 at both ends w^ith a clean cloth. 



New^spaper is useful in cleaning guns ; it removes 

 rust, when used with oil and lots of elbow grease. 



Stevens Odorless Gun Oil is about the best gun 

 oil made for both metal and wooden parts. It is a 

 good plan to cover a gun with oil before going 

 duck shooting, but the gun should be thoroughly 

 wiped and cleaned after it is used, as it will be 

 covered with sand and dirt. 



The beginner will attribute many of his misses 

 to defective ammunition. He often begins to load 

 his own shells, and keeps intricate accounts of the 

 moneyhe saves. It does not matter how long he works, 

 so long as he saves ten cents' worth of powder. 



Of course it does him no harm, except the time 

 wasted, but now-a-days shells are so cheap, and so 

 much better than the average man can load, that it 

 does not pay to experiment. 



Shooting is a sport that offers untold pleasures 

 to those who follow it; and as most of us seldom 

 get a chance to hunt big game, the shotgun becomes 

 our favorite arm. 



With a good dog and gun, a man can wander 

 of into the country and lose himself in the beauties 

 of nature ; worry drops from his shoulders, and he is 

 once more a boy. So long as there are trout streams, 

 and rolling hills where the grouse and quail hide, 

 there will be men who love far more a day well 

 spent with nature, than money and the roar 

 of cities. 



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