FOREST AND STREAM 
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THE LEFEVER GUN. 
Lefever Kreccli Loaders. 
DOUBLE BARREL BREECH LOADLNG SHOT 
GUNS AND RLFLES. 
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech Loaders. 
THESE GUNS ARE CONCEDED TO HAVE THE STRONGEST FASTENING, THE BEST 
ACTION, TO BE THE BEST HANDLING. AND THE CLOSEST AND 
HARDEST SHOOTING GUNS BEFORE THE PUBLIC. 
We Positively Guarantee Every Gun We Make. 
The undersigned having purchased the machinery and tools of the late L. Barber & Co., and added 
largely to the same, with heavy Increase of stock, and with several valuable Improvements In the manufacture 
and action of this celebrated gtin, are now prepared to fill orders with dispatch. 
For Catalogue and Price List, address 
NICHOLS & LEFEVER. 
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. 
The Sportsman’s Warehouse. 
EDWIN S. HARRIS, 
Late COOPER HARRIS & HODGKINS, 
TVo. 177 Broadway, New York. 
WHOLESALE AND RE1AIL 
BREECH LOADIN 
AND ______ 
ImDiements/P 5 ^^ muds. 
Carti-idffes, both Brass and Paper. 
ALSO, UIHV MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS, CARTRIDGE V ES'IH. COA IS A\0 BELTS, FLASKS, 
POUCHES, AMI AMMUNITION OF ALL KINDS. EVERYTHING IN MY LINE FDR 
BOTH HOME AND EXPORT TRADE, AT LOWEST CASH TRADE PRICES. 
HA VE LARGE STOCK OF MUZZLE LOADING G UNS & RIFLES VER Y CHEAT 
Tlx© Most Approved System 
-OF- 
Breech Loading:, Sporting: 
And Military | Rifles. 
For Simplicity of Construction 
ACCURACY, 
Penetration, Durability, Safety, Ease of Manipulation. 
Materials and Workmanship, they ar-e Unsurpassed. 
aREVOLWERS OF VARIOUS SIZES, 
"" DEHUIA It LIS IN ALL RESPECTS. 
Send lor Circulars. 
Arms Comp., 
Whifneyville, near New Haven, Conn., U. 8. A. 
Massachusetts I Arms Go. 
CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS., 
MAYNARD’S PATENT 
MANUFAC’HS OF 
CREEDMOOR 
mid-raNqe 
SPORTING RIFLES & 
SHOT GUNS. 
For Illustrated. Circnlur 
aud Price List, Ad¬ 
dress as above. 
General Agents—WM. READ & SONS, Boston. 
WM. M, FOWLER & CO., 300 Broadway, N. Y. 
OF ENGLAND. 
PAPE’S 
Unrivalled Sporting Guns. 
Stand unequalled in every contest. Their perform 
nuce at the London Trials of 1875 beats the records of 
any maker m the world. 
1855. 12-Gauge, Choke Boring. 
Maker of Gun. Exhibitor. 
1st- Greener.Greener. 
2d- Pape.Davidson. 
3d—Pape...Pape. 
Out of a class of 68 guns, 3 out of the 6 best were 
made by l’ape. The Greener gnn was protested 
against on the spot for having Its score false counted, 
the fact proven there, and afterwards confirmed by 
saute gun being shot for two days per week for six 
weeks in succession, when its average score only took 
241 h place, ins very best score being greatly below the 
scores of the best six gnus. 
1875. 12-Gauge, Old Sporting Bore. 
Maker of Gun. Exhibitor. 
st—Pape.Davidson. 
2d—Pape.Davidson. 
1875. Long Range, 60 yards. Choke Bores. 
I st—Pape.Davidson 
60 yards, Long Range, Sporting Boring. 
1st—Pape. ....Davidson 
Those champion Long Range guns, only 7 pound 
weight, with a charge of 8i dr. to 1J oz. shot,beat the 
best 8 bore Greener gun at 60yards; weight, 15 lbs.; 
6 drachms and 21 oz. shot. 
1875. The Sportsman’s Sab. Cup, valued at £45, 
was also awarded to W, R. Pape, for the original in¬ 
vention of choke boring. Winner of the London Gun 
Trials of 1858.1859, 1866. Address 
NORTH OF ENGLAND GUN WORKS, 
New castle on Tyne, England 
dcc2 tf NO AGENTS. 
H. C. Squires/”- 1 £rULr < ’ t " t 
THE GREAT 
London Gun Trial, 
W. W. GREENER’S 
Far-Killing Prize Cuns. 
Winner of Silver Cnp, valne 40 guineas. Winner 
in Class 1, for 8 and 10 bores. Winner in Claes 4, for 
20 bores. Winner in the Wear and Tear Trials, .July, 
1875. 2,500 shots fired without deteriorai ion. 
W. W. G. is the only maker who has made an aver- 
age pattern of 214 shots In a 30-inch circle, at 40 yards, 
with a 12-bore gun, at any pnbbc trial either in Eng¬ 
land or America. 
1 have just received a consignment of these guns, 
and shall offer to individual sportsmen, for a short 
time, an opportunity to secure one of these celebrated 
gnns at a popnlar price, viz: $75, gold; extra for ex¬ 
treme close shooting, $10. This will probably be the 
last chance to secure one of these gnns at these very 
low figures. All grades and styles in stock or im¬ 
ported to order. 
Attention is also called to my stock or guns, by W. 
& C. Scott & Sons, which includes all their latest im¬ 
provements. No old style guns in stock. 
Sole New York Agent for Holabird’s Hunting and 
Pishing Suits. Trade supplied. 
Send 25 cents for large HJiiBlTated Catalogue of 
Guns, aud including Game Laws for all the States, 
and summary of Great London Gun Trial. Ready 
March 1st. " jan!3 ly 
WILLIAMS & POWELL, 
Cun and Rifle Manufacturers, 
Call the attention or the Sportsmen of America to the 
extreme SIMPLICITY, STUCK Til and DURABIL¬ 
ITY of their New Patent “SIMPLEX” Breech loader 
and INDEPENDENT EXTRACTOR. 
The parts in this new action are so few (only two,) 
its mechanical soundness so thorough, and the 
strength and simplicity of the action so great, that 
W. <fc P. feel sure itwill supercede all the complicated 
and manifold grips now in use, its one powerful grip 
being far stronger than any double, t reble or quadruple 
grip now used. In this new action LEVER and GRIP 
ARE ONE SOLID PIECE OF STEEL and the AN¬ 
GLE of the BODY is left in its ENTIRE STRENGTH. 
Drawings of action and extractor will be sent on ap 
plication, and orders may he forwarded through any 
of the best houses in the States for execution In the 
Spring. 
Guns guaranteed to make patterns of from 160 to 
230 with No. 6 SHOT AT 40 YARDS, as desired. 
NO. 25 SOUTH CASTLE STREET, 
LIVERPOOL. 
ang26-tf Established 1780. 
SNEIDEK 
BREECH LOADING SHOT GUN. 
PRICES, @50.0.0 TO @230.00. 
Muzzle-Loading- Guns Altered to Breech 
Loading. 
AGENTS FOR HOLABIRD’S SHOOTING SUIT8. 
Send for Circular. 
Clark Ac Sneider. 
52X4 W.Pratt;st., IJalt itnore. 
The Sportsmen’s Depot. 
JOHN KHIDEII, 
Corner Second ond Wnlmit Sts., Philadelphia. 
IMPORTER, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN 
Guns, Rifles,Pistols, and Fishing Tackle. 
Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech 
Loaders. 
REPAIRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 
Has constantly on hand a full assortment of Hods, 
Hooks, Lines, Baits, Reels, Fly Books, Salmon Flies, 
Waterproof Silk Lines, Silk and Hair Trout Lines, &c. 
Perch Snoode, China and Grass Lines. AJso, a large 
lot of CaueReeds, Bamboo and Japan. 
Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in great varieties.— 
Taxidermy in all its branches. 
SPRATT’S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. 4-ly 
ap!20 
For Close, Hard Shooting, 
Convenience, Regularity, and absolute Certainty, nse 
KAY’S IMPROVED SHOT CARTRIDGES. 
1 . & W. TOLLEY’S 
FIXE ENGLISH 
BREECH LOADING GUNS, 
Made to Order 
FROMJ3TOCK. 
These Gnns, celebrated for 
genuine high class workmanship 
and No. 1 SHOOTING POW¬ 
ERS, are built in six qualities 
(or brands.) They are now im¬ 
ported direettoonr NEW YORK 
OFFICE, and sold by the Manu¬ 
facturers lo SPORTSMEN at 
the following prices. 
Pioneer, ... - @l>5 Gold. 
Tolley, ----- 90 “ 
Standard, - - - - 115 “ 
National, - - - 1 ID “ 
Challenge, - - - I HO <• 
Paragon, - - - 225 “ 
TRAP SHOTS and others re¬ 
quiring Guns specially bnilt,, on 
DOUBLE-CLOSE SHOOTING, 
n have their wish*’ 
onr new system for- 
wi th increased PENETRATION, 
carried out WITH DESPATCH 
Without Extra Cost. 
Send for illustrated descriptive particulars and .. 
sheets to our 
BRANCH OFFICE, 29 Maiden Lane, 
NEW YORK CITY. 
MANUFACTORY. PIONEER WORKS, 
Birmingham, England. 
J. D. DOUG&LL’S 
Express Guns and Hi lies. 
(Title registered.) 
SEND FOR CIRCULARS TO 
59 St. James’s Street London. 
JOHN RIGBY & CO., 
Manufacturers of Fine Guns and Rifles. 
Fxpress Rifles, Double and Single, 
.3 GO, .400 and .450 Bore. 
RIGBY’S Oi'l<‘t>«’sit e<l 
MUZZLE-LOADING MATCH RIFLE. 
PRICE LISTS, &c. f ON APPLICATION TO 
*2 1 SUFFOLK STREET. DUBLIN, or 
72 ST. JAM EH STREET,LONDON. 
W. W. GREENER’S 
DOUBLE CLOSE - SHOOTING 
GUNS. Winner of the Silver Cup, 
value 40 guineas, at the Great Lon¬ 
don Field Trial 1675, beating 33 com¬ 
pel i tors with 58 gnns, also winning 
iLiJill the oihdr oiuHses for the Im¬ 
proved System of Boring. These 
guns will kill from 80 to 100 yards, 
loaded with large shot, and will 
shoot well wit lx small shot with a 
leas powder charge than guns bored 
upon the old system. For report of 
the Gun Trial apply to Messrs. Mc- 
Laran, Williams & Co., Agents, fcU 
Louis, U. S. A. Address 
VV. YV. GREENER, 
St. Mary’s Works, Birmingham, England. 
WM. R. SCHAEFER, 
Manufacturer only of first-class 
Breech-Loading Shot Guns, 
And Dealer In 
Grim *3 of nil Descriptions. 
Gnns bored to shoot close and hard, warranted, 
EVERY TIME. Gun slocks—bent, crooked, or 
straight—warianted to stay. Co istaritly on hand, a 
large invoice of Englhh chilled shot, in 28-lb. bags. 
Repairing and engraving promptly attended to. 
No. 61 Elm Street, Boston, 
febE ly Corner of Dock Square. 
The Goss Revolving CartridgeHolder 
C ARRIES PAPER OR METALLIC 
SHELLS, either end np, revolves on centre 
slides, weighs but 11 pounds, und is only 1J Inches 
wide. Holders llare at top so as to quickly receive 
the shells, and, being elastic, securely clasp the same. 
For ease of action and rapid shooting it excels any¬ 
thing of i he kind invented. 
PRICE, C. O. D., 56.50. 
1 1 ordering, give the size of shells and a loose meat- 
urement outside of vest. „ „ „ 
JySMy N. S. GOSS, Neosho Falls,Kan, 
