566 



FOREST, FIELD, AND PRAIRIE. 



Mills. 



Nitre. Charcoal. 



Sulphur. 



French Mining 65.00 



United States of America 75-oo 



Prussia 75.oo 



Russia. 73.78 



Austria (musket) 72.00 



Spain 7*5.47 



Sweden 76.00 



Switzerland (Round Powder) 76.00 



Chinese 75.oo 



Theoretical proportions as above. 75.00 



Powder Measure, — The following is a table showing the dif- 

 ference in drachms : 



I lb. avoirdupois weight is 7,000 grains. 



1 lb. apothecary '* 5»76o grains. 



I lb. Troy " 5,760 grains. 



1 oz, avoirdupois " ' 437^ grains. 



1 02. apothecary *'' 480 grains. 



I oz. Troy " 480 grains. 



1 drachm avoirdupois is 1-16 of 437^ grains, a little less than 2^% grains. 



I drachm apothecary is % of 4S0 grains, or 60 grains. 



^1% grains of powder in a drachm and 480 grains of lead in an ounce. 



Number of Shot in a Charge, — Sportsmen will find the fol- 

 lowing table useful when trying new guns at a target, as it will 

 show the number of shots a charge contains against the number 

 the, gun puts in the target — i. e., presuming that no one fires 

 more than one and one-half ounces of shot in a charge : 



NUMBER OF PELLETS BACH SIZE IN I OZ. 



Leroy, Edgar 

 &Co. 



No.] 



B... 

 BB. 



.833 

 .560 

 .375 

 .278 

 .309 

 .149 

 .121 



. 98 

 . 33 

 . 69 

 .. 58 

 • 49 



Tatham & 

 Bros. 

 843 

 568 

 399 

 291 

 218 

 i63 

 133 

 106 



36 



71 



59 



56 



Chicago Shot 

 Tower Co. 



No. 10 854 



9 596 



8 434 



7 323 



6 216 



5 172 



4 14S 



3 18 



3 9« 



I- 7S 



B 63 



BB 53 



English 

 Shot. 

 1,700 

 I, coo 



606 



350 



370 

 330 

 iSo 

 130 

 110 

 80 



To find the proportion in one and a quarter or one and a hall 

 ounces, of course it is only necessary to add the proper pro- 

 portion. 



American Wood Powder.— Ks this powder has come into 

 considerable use, the following published directions for using it 

 are important to print here : 



" This powder ha.', to be used in about thesamemanneras black powder ; care 

 Mly has to be taken not to press it into too small a space, as it is more elastic 

 ■han the black. The new powder makes very litUe smoke, causes no recoil, doel 



