GUNS AND CHARGES 303 



work a 1 2-bore gun is the best, and will carry a charge 

 of 2i\ drams better than any i6-bore can do with 2^, 

 above which charge the latter will recoil most disagree- 

 ably, and in consequence fail to give the same satis- 

 faction as a good, honest 12 -bore, weighing some 

 6f lb., will do throughout the season. If any reader 

 can afford a brace of guns, a 6 lb. gun is heavy 

 enough to use until the end of October, when the 

 heavier gun will be found more serviceable, unless 

 the work required consists only of ordinary covert- 

 shooting or partridge-driving, when the 6 lb. gun 

 will be found sufficient with 3 drams of powder and 

 \\ oz. of shot. 



