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PRACTICAL TAXIDERMY. 



CH'APTER V. 



GUNS AND CASES FOR COLLECTING. 



Charges 



shooting should 



in snoocmg snouia be 

 varied, and the amateur, m par- 

 ticular, should know that one gun 

 will not answer a general purpose 

 For large game, when shooting is 

 rapid, the new Improved Winches- 

 ter Repeating Rifle is, I think, a 

 very superior weapon. It shoots a 

 cartridge containing 75 grains of 

 powder, and a bullet of 350 grams. 

 This charge is powerful and suffi- 

 cient to kill the largest American 

 animals, though the weapon is also 

 chambered to shoot more powder 

 and a light express bullet, which 

 charge gives an unusually flat tra- 

 jectory up to 150 yards, making the 

 rifle a desirable one for hunting m 

 cover. In selecting any make of 

 rifles, choose one which can be load- 

 ed, sighted, and discharged m the 

 quickest time possible. Emergen- 

 cies may frequently occur, when the 

 wisdom of this advice will be sig- 

 nally illustrated. Celerity of move- 

 ment is everything with the hun- 

 ter. Reloading metal shells involves 

 but little trouble and expense. 

 Good cartridges and shells are es- 

 sential for close, hard shooting. 

 Rifle cartridges for long range should 

 be evenly loaded with moist, slow 

 powder. The Dead-Shot powder 



