Guide to Taxidermy 



most any animals. Smokeless powder is even more 

 necessary for rifles than shot guns. It does not 

 readily foul the barrel and where a dozen shots 

 \wth a .22, using black powder, would foul the 

 barrel so as to impair the shooting, hundreds of 

 them will not appreciably affect it when using 

 smokeless. 



Handling a Gun 



A gun in the hands of the careless or ignorant is 

 a very dangerous weapon; in the hands of careful 

 or intelligent persons it is no more dangerous than 

 is a stick. The first instruction to give anyone in 

 regard to any kind of a firearm is, never to point it 

 at anyone under any circumstances, loaded or un- 

 loaded. And bear in mind it is the supposedly un- 

 loaded guns together with a "fool" operator that 

 are the cause of nearly all accidents. 



One summer, I had need of a rifle and asked mj- 

 host if he knew where I could get one. Yes, he 

 did! and immediately went after it. In a few min- 

 utes he was back with a Winchester 25-20. Coming 

 in the door, he dropped the lever just enough to 

 see that the barrel was empty, put the gun to his 

 shoulder, aimed playfully at his wife across the 

 room and pulled the trigger. He had the lever 

 down and half way back when my hand caught the 



