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No. 5 and the charge a full one, say 3-|- drs. of black powder, 

 or 50 grs. of Schultze, or of E. C. with i^ oz. of shot. This is a 

 heavy charge, and it takes a heavy gun and a good one to stand it 

 without unpleasant recoil. Let it be remembered that to obtain a 

 good close " pattern " at fifty yards the case of the cartridge 

 should be only slightly turned over — just enough to keep the wad 

 and the shot in position. Another hint for shooting in very 

 cold weather may be useful. When a man is warmly and thickly 

 clad for winter, he will find that the gun he shot well with when he 

 wore a thin coat in August or September will no longer come 

 easily to his shoulder. He is awkward at snap-shots, and misses 

 his birds. Let him have a quarter or half an inch taken off the 

 heel of his gun-stock and he will shoot as well as ever. This, of 

 course, only if he can spare a gun for cold weather shooting 

 alone. 



