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two. One shot at thirteen rooks, 141 yards distant, killed four and 
wounded another. One shot at about thirty plovers, 147 yards distant, 
killed six and wounded two others, which we afterwards bagged. 
‘‘The charge at the 83 yards was 8 drs. and 3 0z. No. 3 shot; at the 
115 yards, 7? drs. and 3}0z. No. 1 shot; at the long range, 7} drs. and 
33 0z. shot, fifty-four or fifty-five pellets to the ounce. 
Mr. Greener’s gun (double 8-bore, chambered for 3-in. brass 
‘* Perfects ”’) :— 
“With 64 drs. No. 4 Alliance powder, 23 oz. No. 1 shot, the 
average pattern on a target 4 ft. by 3 ft. at 100 yards was 4o pellets=3°3 
to the square foot; with 7drs. and 30z. No. 1, average 54=4 pellets 
to the square foot; with 64 drs. and 24 0z. No. 4 shot, at 80 yards, 127 
on target, or 10 pellets to the square foot ; with 7 drs. and 3 oz. No. 4 
shot in 30-in. circle at 80 yards, an average of 57 pellets, or 113 to the 
square foot ; with 6 drs. and 230z. No. 1 shot at 80 yards, in the 3o-in. 
circle, an average of 53 pellets, or 10} to the square foot; with 6 drs. 
and 24 0z. No. 1 shot, at 80 yards, in the 30-in. circle, an average 
of 48 pellets, or 9} to the square foot ; with 6 drs. and 2? oz. No. 1 shot at 
60 yards, in the 3o0-in. circle, an average of 130 pellets ; with 6drs. and 
2} oz. No. 1 shot, at 4o yards, go to 97 pellets in a selected 12-in. 
square; with 7 drs. and 3 oz. No. 1, about i100 pellets in the 
I2-in. square. 
‘‘ With brass cases, and 7 drs. and 2} oz. No. 1 shot, the pellets in 
the 30-in. circle averaged 224; average in centre 12-in. square, 90 
pellets. 
The prices of 8-bores vary very much, but Messrs. Tolley 
make an admirable weapon, and well suited to the man of 
moderate means, for eighteen guineas, while their best-quality 
gun costs about twice as much. 
The double 10-bore seems rather to have gone out of 
favour during recent years, though personally I swear by it 
for certain kinds of work. Some years ago the 1o-bore was 
supposed to be the lightest kind of gun for wildfowling proper, 
and it certainly is an extremely powerful and yet extremely 
handy gun for a man of any physique. I have a double 10-bore 
built for me by Mr. Greener which is an absolutely perfect 
