GUNS AND THEIR PROPER CHARGES. 45 



who sights his bird along the rib of his gun, in 

 shooting straight forward, makes the best bag. 

 There are, of course, some situations in which you 

 must practise snap-shooting to get juiy shooting at 

 all. At woodcock in cover, or at grouse and quail 

 in corn, you can have but a glimpse of the bird 

 you shoot at, and you must aim just where intui- 

 tion, as it may be called, tells you the bird will 

 be. In cases where the bird can be plainly seen 

 it should be distinctly aimed at. It is not a ques- 

 tion of quickness. In the time-matches where I 

 must necessarily shoot very quick, and in those 

 matches where I stand between two traps forty 

 yards apart, which are pulled at the same time, I 

 sight my bird before I pull the trigger. If I did 

 not, I could never accomplish the feats which have 

 become easy to me. 



There are still many men prejudiced against 

 breech-loading guns, and some who have given 

 them a trial remain so. But in most of these 

 latter cases the men have either got hold of a poor 

 gun, or do not know how to load a good one. If the 

 cartridge is not properly filled, wadded, and turned 

 down, the shooting will be inferior, no matter 

 how good the gun may be or how skilful "the 

 shooter. Last April I saw a match shot at Frank- 



