Guide to Taxidermy 



ing away from home, we should advise getting the 

 twelve guage because you can secure ammunition 

 for it anywhere, whereas some dealers do not carry 

 smaller guage shells. 



The one double-barreled gun will answer for all 

 the collecting the average taxidermist will do, but 

 if you are going to make an extensive scientific 

 collection, it will be far better to also get a small 

 collecting gun. The best that we know of is made 

 by the Steven Arms Co. It has a pistol frame, 

 skeleton stock and either fifteen or eighteen inch 

 barrel. The best gun of this kind we have ever 

 seen or owned is one of this make, 32 calibre, 15 

 in. barrel, chambered for 32 cal. extra long rim- 

 fire cartridges. The cartridges are bought in 

 thousand lots, unloaded, but of course primed, for 

 considerably less than a cent apiece. We load them 

 with equal bulk of smokeless powder and "dust" 

 shot; the cartridges are very light and are thrown 

 away after using. We never carry the stock for 

 you can shoot perfectly without it; the gun and 

 twenty-five shells will go in one pocket with no in- 

 convenience whatever. 



The question of the right sizes of shot to use is 

 one that sportsmen often debate spiritedly upon; 



