FOREST AND STREAM. 



449 



Tnto Ekousb TBAsr.— Bit Henry Hfllford seems again un- 

 duly excited about la. ao.ilities at Creedmoor. 

 ommittee have, in tlie opinion of many, made a blunder 

 in pultiug the international malr.li at the fag-end of the fall 

 'lint the. Englishmen need have no fear of being at nil 



iti i ; necessary preliminary practice tinder dale July 



28, Sir Homy says-. 



Zf.t.im I'ii ; i- ; mt; held thoir weekly shooting for the 



til eye match (to be won during the month), July 1 



at 207 i; I'"' h off-bandy Creedrnow target reduced, 



with the InllowiiiL' i "li 



PtS. Hull's eyes. Pte. 



.... is Mux Engel " Ill 



p Penning I DutH 6 I 



Gu« is,a in ... it Z Ittter ... S +» 



v .it r Zimmerman. . t ■ .48 



c.iii.isi.n i n i i iiiwii .i ... 



w Klein (i 46 MDorler .1 42 



Score Jnh 24 : 



W Klein t 47 LtJBeata* s 45 



i .. ..41 PFermfng fj n 



]U Eogel - n h; OLBecfc 6 41 



m i id b Jfi J Ouui r. « 



... R ...l<; (4 sclmrmaii I 4- 



D Miller 6 'Hi It Hurler B *3 



— B, s. Brown, of the Zottler E,ifle Club, in company with 

 \. lams, and J. Magulre of tjie Centennial Rifle Ohib ol 



thisVn. ■ ■ ' -•; two weeks in Hit: vicinity of Peeks- 

 kill. 1 „, i, I L'.u' 1 was principally ammunition and flahing 



u ' 

 Ogfan&hwg, A. >'., July 24.— Throe members of the 



OedensbniL' Kilie Club were out Do-daj trying for the firm 



,■■ i ■ I'n" " '• i am i ' i Cgulal Way. The day was 



bright ami hot. slrnny wind, increasing all day, and veering 



,. M ; n i : o'clock. The object of the day's shoot waB 



i mental on some new Ballttt'd Creedmoor lilies just rc- 



ld, anil with different styles of shell and bullet. Mr. Ives 



Hi , a ,i, siraighi shell with ihe Ballard bullet lit 800 and 900 



yard-. M ,- ■ - . M FG powder, and ai 1,000 



yards, Hr - Mr. Hastings used, also, the Btraighl 



but Villi Sharps bullet, employ in" H\ dis. of Hazard 



j?G powder. Mr. Ualla llan m 1 1] d botl le • o! 3hell. The 

 stood : 



i ,.„. .i ,,., p ertaioor, 



B0!) 5 :, 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 5 5 1 



,., -, ;, r, :, 4 -I B -l i 5 5 S ■'. : 

 I i, in ... :,,.-.■■■ 5 5 3 6 5 6— 53— SlS 



W B Hastings, Ballard Or 



.. 5 o o a ■■ 4 r, 5 s r, r. TO 



.8 r, a S I 3 B a -I 5 B 3 r, 4 9 -«S 



. :, 5 s :> 5 S i r> 4 5 5 6 -I us 21 



' 



s ' it i nun «; 



Mi Ives writing of the above, sins-. "The above scores we 

 feel pre , and com ideriri :. in addition to the extreme 



■ Liracy 0.f the rifles, WO have no burstcd or expanded shells 

 on hand, and during the shooting got "" slaps iii the face 

 with gas and burnt powder, we must, give the Ballard (he 



.Hi ..I' honor over any rille we have yet seen. The rifle 

 which made the 216 points is the one recently targeted at 

 H I, aonr by Mr. Farrow, and shipped by you to Mr. Warner, 

 agent for the rifle in this city." 



ITmhoiu A. F., July 'Jfi.- Final competitions for places on 

 the team to represent the 1 .art bean Rille Olub at Creedmoor 

 in the. inter-Slate match, resulted in the following BtSli Dti >ns 

 i. a, i ..I': Leo : . G :vr, Tims. E. Dcncgav, T. II. Sar- 

 gent, 0. F. Jones. Reserves— J. E. Blaco, Bymn Farker. 

 The prizes were awarded as follows : First prize, silver-plated 

 t ea .... to i. Geiger; Beoond prize, a pair of field glasses, to 



Thomas E. Donegal '; third pri/e, silver ice pitcher, to T. II. 



Sargent j fourth prize, leather (run ease, to 0. F. Jones, and 

 the fifth prize, a picture, to J E. Blaco. 



Massachusetts, Worcester, July 37.— The rifle team of the. 

 Sportsman's Olub was out for practice, at the Greenwood 

 range vest' relay, and made the following scores, the highest, 

 .,,. ible score being TS at «0(l yards: 



■ .I inu ..5 t> 5 .1 a 5 5 5 5 n 5 5 4 4 S— 73 



I, i, urn 6 i r, 8 6 5 5 4 S S 4 S 5 5 5-72 



,„,. 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 S 5 4 ,'. 4 r, 4 4 69 



,,,.ii . 5 S 5 3"* 5 5 & 6 3 5 2 5SH 



s ni»ik . 3 •"' 5 ■■'. 5 5 3 e 5 5 (i 4 4 a B-62 



V Witsoa..' II " 4 8 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 6 4 5 4— no 



i, .,,,.,,.■ n:u, July 3C— Massachusetts Rifle Aasoc'ation j 



third contest for the Ballard mid-range rille ; U. tonipeliloi, ; 

 ,,, . , shots at 800, 8 at 000, and 10 at 1,000 yards, lie 



son yds. aim yds. 1,ooo yds. Tout. 



Wm H Jiieks.m g 811 43 114 



g 30 IS 



JWflUUBS.Jr 311 31! S9 105 



W iin-'a . S* 3' m 



.)■ , ,- ,„. ..?,! SB 35 1IH! 



,,,,,, , u,well M *« B8 W 



,;,. in. .;:.:.' a-. v.< mi w 



AW Howlawl If 34 S2 «i 



,1 Ksaiepuril SI .40 81 a/ 



The third contest for the Sharps' long-range rifle was held 



at 300 vards, ten shots standing. The scores stood ■. 



LMCrinvoml 45 > ; T, \\ msnl].. .....41 H T KoSfeWlfll 40 



w 11 TMi-l^mi -'i I '.'.'.''.a ;.-. .ir .-i J: - ' ■ .-■■ i v ... 1' 



JB 7 4,ar. Is I.Llfnw.r.l I - f. I uyr . 



UVPnrau- 4;-: I! II Till ou . 41 J 8j Sunnier ::s 



KlVopten S WQerrlsh 40 JuhnALowell , 



\ W Arnold 18 



PnotmooH- A'"' (Means, July iS. -The third team prac- 

 tice took place July 33. The light, was all tot could b 

 wi-hed The wind became very troublesome, at 000 yards, 

 and continued so during the rest of the shooting. Mr. Selph 

 led at 800 yards with 16 bull's-eyes: Arms next with 14; 



, ,,, 18-, at 900 yards E.yrieh took the load, scoring 71. 

 ■Ph. following are the soores*: 



Booyiia. 900yds. l,puojde, Total, 



RGEyrtci. Iv g J |ia 



■ inn :■> '- g f" 



Wm Anns ---el 04 a4 1% 



l,,ln vnu'yr «' ,; s l,: ''" 



iO* '"■.■:;:::. « * ;« 



'; S S IS 



;g ™ °; ■: 



"" "' ' - iJ m "' Grasui: 



Wa iii.m.io:., D. 0, TheOobmiljia kong-F.unge Bine Club 



ol Ibis city has alliliated with I he N. K. A., and are preparmg 



team for the inter-Stale match at Cieedinoor next. 



, , u li In recent lest, shootings at lleiiuing's range, each 



-I shots at. 1,050 yards. ' A badge was pre. 



the president of the club, Col, J. O. P. Burnstdc, to be won 

 ihree. times. On June It), at the first contest, Charles E. Laird 

 led with ISO points in the possible 335 ; on.lune 26, P. J. Lau- 

 , ,.,i with 101 i July 17. Laird again ahead with 177, and 

 July 5 m til 181 points. At this last, eontest. the 







,.,:,,,; 184 Lauritzen 



' Bell 



Coi.oua.oo, Denver.- -The. shooting men here are beginning 

 to think tbey should receive a special invitation 

 and lead the American teanl to victory on the morning of the 

 8l8t. According to the Denver Tutus, the. following scores 



i 



BOO yd?. 900ydS. UiwiytlB. T'l 



Oarloa Oova ....7i m ra 211 



.11 ..7 eu i a wo 



GBraHerson t>9 m 6B W 



A Sacramento paper is responsible, for the following : 

 "Mrs. Kothenbueher, of Virginia City, is gaining a reputa- 

 tion as a sharpshooter. W bile practicing lately she knocked 

 Ihe centre out of two ten-cent pieces at, a distance of thirty 



feet missing two aud hitting two in four shots. Subse- 

 quently she shot, ten times at a smail oyster can forty yards 

 distant, putting every bullet in the eaD. The most of thein 

 very near the" centre. 



—The thirty-first annual prize shooting festival of the Phil- 

 adelphia Sehut/.eu Society, 1,300 members slroiur, will take 

 place in that city, Ami. 13 rone day only). They will give 

 $50Q in prizes on the various tarjretH, also $150 donated by 



the society. Quite a number of New York marksmen will 



i| tc 



Evoi.osivK F.rixETs. W. II. Miller, of Sterling Kim, Pa,, 

 i. I lui.vr- made explosive bullets, which 1 have used 



in Ihe. Ma.ynard aud Roper rilles, and I find Ibis ball very 

 .•lie. live on large game. Cast Ihe ball with a cavity it! the 

 mi ,1 L of Sitcha size and shape that a No, 'i'l rim-fire 

 pistol cartridge will be a light tit, then take a pair of nippers 

 and cut off the ball close to the rim of the pistol cartridge. 

 bell and press down so the rim rests on the end of 

 the rille ball. This will be found to be very effective on large 

 game. The rille hall is blown to pieces and scattered in dif- 

 ferent directions through the animal shot." 



DoN'l Do fr.— A. P. P.,in tbeFoiiKs-r ANDSiKt-.AMofJune 

 38, inquires concerning the practicability of making explosive 

 bullets by inserting in the end of them the caps used to ex- 



: :i.ii gjaut powder, which brings forth the following f 



civil engineer in Cerro Cordo, California. "I would say. 

 Don't try it ! emphatically. Don't do if ! .If you do you will 

 have a ruined barrel. The concussion Of the powder charge 

 is too quick lor if. A 7.a grain charge, in a .J.j.cal. rifle will 

 explode three out of five giant powder caps in the barrel, soon 

 ruining the barrel by bulging ami scratching. Four years ago. 

 svhili experimenting with explosive bullets I made up a. 

 dozen cartridges charged with hollow pointed bullets, the 

 cavity being filled with five grains of dynamite, with a giant 

 pnwiioi cap in the end For a primer. My rille was a Reming- 

 ton ,-i l-cal., IFincli 01 [agon bai n-1. The first shot 1 put into 

 a tree at 100 yards. The bullet oh exploding made a tremen- 

 dous report, and tore out. a funncl-sbapcd cavity a foot. deep. 

 The second shot! put into a box, knocking it into smithereens. 

 About this time 1 began fo congratulate myself that 1 bad a soft 

 snap on the big grizzly that stole our deer meat, when just 

 then my pard, coming'in, wanted to see the effects of the new 

 invention. Dropping the third cartridge into the barrel, T 

 i i srgerona big stump. Well, I guess a piece of that 



in n. :-..': ling vol.. The barrel burst into a hundred pieces, 

 the bullet dropping to the ground at my feet in melted 

 globules. When my shouldea got all right I bought a new 

 iiiui, and have come to the conclusion that giant, powder ex- 

 plosive bullets are dangerous. MotTBTAlNEBB. 



%mn§ %§HQ mid %tm. 



GAME IN SEASON FOR AUGUST. 



vl,',-, 



Gif 



. rln 



. , jEilialilii: mmilial Li 



mates. Wilier, scotomas nemiptOmatue. 



Still;, <a- lonit-sltauks, Jhman'i'pvs TaUler, va/am.-,, m^fiiiinliivrii':. 



niiir-truttix Yellow'-slianks, 'Ivlam's ilanlpts. 



Uc.i-i.ivasteii snipe or rtowitoher, 



Maa-orkmn.yliM,-: ijriimis. 



"Bay birds "generally, including various species of plover, saud- 



iifiiia. sMiie. lairi'iw. f, -'-:--' iii.ale r, l-.nr! laraa. pti:,.la.e>]:nis. a.vra',.'l.-, 

 etc , coming under the iiroup ].!wa,-nlir or Sla.ire Birds. Mady States 

 permit prairie fowl (tannated grouse) slieatiiig after August 15tti. 



G3f The frequent alteration of game laws makes such con- 

 fusion that sportsmen are kept quite in the dark as to when 

 shooting on various kinds of game is permitted. We there- 

 fore append Ihe following table for reference : 



Sen 1 to Jan 15 del i 1 1 

 Oct 1 to Feb 1 Novl K 

 Aug IB to Dee; Sap 12 ii 

 Aug 14 lo Oct 1 Seji 1 

 Aug lptoNovtOjSet) 15 l 



Qaarl 



Peal rati to Feblj Sept 1 to 



Jan 1 Novl. to Jan 1 July 1 to 



Deuls.Janl to Oct. 1 July 1 to 



Ltecl sept to Dec! July 3 to 



\p 15 to Jaa 1; July 4 to No- 



No Shootii 

 Oct 1 



5 Junl 



No 



A law yras passed in Nebraska last February, prohibiting 

 the shooting of any kinds of wild bird except waterfowl, 



snipe, waders aud woodcock. No close season is specified for 

 woodcock. 



A JVlui/rii't e Loa))i;i;.— Mr. B. F. Dorrance, of Wilkes- 

 barre. Pa., sends us the drawing of an apparatus for loading 

 shells. It is virtually the same as described by one of our 

 Contributors some months since. A block of sufficient size is 



' a: cording to the numberof shells it isdesired to load 



at once, and of a thickness equal to the extreme length of the 

 shell used, less one-half inch. Upon one side holes arc bored 

 Of exact size and eleptli to receive the head of the shells; then 

 they are extended through the block by means of a bit, of the 

 size of the body of the shell itself. To the bottom is fastened 

 by hinges a thin board, through which holes one-fourth inch 

 in diameter are so bored as to lie, when closed and fastened; 

 dUeetlj oyer the centre of the shell: this holds the shells in 

 the block when once inserted, but the openings through it 

 prevent pressure upon the primers, thus doing away with all 

 danger of explosion. By reversing the block the open mouths 

 of the shells are brought upward for the purpose of loading. 

 Tni ••/ used for all shells of the same gauge. Mr. D. 



proposes also to make the block three-quarters of an Inch 



thicker thBn the length of the caking the opening 



th-ough the extra thickness o'' lie same gauge as 



the shell, slightly reaming the '" easily 



inserted and driven home. Thisvirtu ' as the 



loading muzzle of a rifle. JBythislatti 

 shoulders to each hole ; one lo receive the hea 

 for the- muzzle of the shell. If this be used the b 

 he of some bard wood, as lignum vitro, and be accural! 

 smoothly finished. By the first plan, accuracy of finish i 

 absolute smoothness is not essential. 



0AOS8S in- RBCOlfi.— Detroit, hirJt.., Jul}/ 20.— On seeing tbe only 

 " demonstrable" theory of the cause of recoil in a recent Issue, 1 

 ■in uniit lire writer would do to give us an essay on perpetual motion 

 next ; lie so gently and easily Bliovcd aside some of the simplest, laws of 

 philosophy and mechanics. I was surprised lo sec the article com- 

 mended by Major Fulton in your lost issue. 



Is it not one of the plainest laws of motioo and force I hat action and 

 read ion are equal?— that is, that a moving force acting between two 

 bodWB will affect them Willi equal power. The power or momentum of 

 any moving object is its weight multiplied i,y its velocity! is accurately 

 calculated and reckoned In foot-pounds, foot-tons, or horse-powers, by 

 mechanics, engineers and artillerists. If by burning powder I gene- 

 rate In a 31-inch rille barrel force enongtl to drive out an ounce bullet at 

 an initial velocity of 1,000 feel, per second, the power is called 100-foot 



pounds, and tlie ritte is thrust in the icslte attention with iust the 



let traveled abonl 32 In ice bi 



left 



Wa 



,Cfo. 



ithe 



ullet 



In practice this (If tit j 

 being materially suppl 

 rifleman, and the recol 

 bullet, saving a slight , 



'in 



lall.v 



i part ol 



c-llftll 



died by the weight ol the. rifle 

 ap and the shoulder of the 

 Opposite to the course Of the 

 the weight of the stock being 

 „.|<,w t lie line of Are. As the rifleman and rifle take almost exactly the 

 ame positions every shot, the slight deflection given to the path of the 

 mllet (if it be worth taking iutu consideration at nil) Is (lie same, in each 



Hliot, am 

 If a loi 



a in .r i 



riflei 





and nlmtlion at long range? I dol 



Hon each shot, or if the 

 .will not the elevation of 

 and. be badly affected? 

 id strength, nse the same 

 w, but, ask for informa- 



tion. 



The Jet of gas reacting on the air after the bullet, has left, the barrel 

 has a slight rocket-like effect in Increasing the recoil. How much can 

 be ascertained approximately by tiring the usual charge of powder in a 

 rifle with nothing over It— not even a wad? 



The recoil I hive spoken of Is the minimum, or least possible in the 

 most favorable circumstances. It may be increased by friction of the 

 bullet In the bore— dirt, rust, leading, etc. Perhaps the shape of the 

 powder chamber has something to do with it. Can any one tell us 

 how? The air in the barrel before the bullet acts as a light spring to 

 slightly check the motion of tlie bullet, but not enough to take into ac- 

 count, and to speak of its flattening the point, of the bullet is absurd. 



I would like to ask an explanation of the veterans, why are beginners 

 cautioned in off-hand practice to extend the left arm in aiming, and not 

 to have it against the side? The latter is lor me by far the steadiest. 

 One must, learn to pull a three-pound trigger very correctly that way- 

 out isn't it necessary to do so in the other style ? I), n. 

 New Britain, Conn., July 1C, Istt. 

 Editok Forest and Stream : 



The theory that the gun receives its recoil motion after the ball 

 leaves it would seem to require no further answer, only for the reason 

 that one of "America's crack shots" has indorsed the article by 

 " Straight. Bore," which is to be found in your valuable issue of the 6th 

 instant. 



I shall not attempt to answer all the positions assumed in that ar- 

 ticle, ouly the leading ones seem to require it. He asks the question, 

 "What Is recoil?" My answer is, the pressure on the breech-pin 

 which is equal to that exerted on the ball while being forced out or the 

 barrel by the gases behind It. And what does he do with this back- 

 pressure? Just what lie Is obliged to do to maintain his proposition 

 that the recoil takes place after the ball leaves the gun-he wholly ig- 

 nores it. And yet this back pressure from moving the ball is all there 

 Is to the question ; action and reaction are equal. Now let us experi- 

 ment a little. We will charge the gun with too grams of powder. In 

 exploding this is nearly all expelled, together with the air which filled 

 the barrel above it ; but the weight of the air is about, equalized by the 

 eases ami sole! residuum of the powder left in the barrel. Here we 

 have an amount of recoil exactly in proportion to the weight aud tlie 

 distance it moved, as compared with the weight of the gun. Now 

 charge with the same amount of powder and a ball weighing 5'i» grains. 

 After discharging this, if we have carefully conducted the experiment, 

 we will have six times as much recall in the latter •■a-easintlie ■'•' "m 



In the article under consideration the writer admits that the theory 

 that recoil is the effect of the inert missile being forced from the gun 

 has found its way into scientific works, and it will always remain there, 

 for it is as incontrovertible aposirion as that two and two make four. 



A few Inquiring miuds cannot understand how a gun can send a ba I 

 straight if it. moves when the ball is passing out. If the gun recoils in 

 a straight line with the center of the bore it dues uoi and cannot vary 

 the ball, only as it throws it with a little less force, and it is a principle 

 known as long as gnus have been used t hat the heavier the gnu the less 

 the recoil, aud the swifter the flight of the ball. Another proof. If It 

 were necessary, is, the recoil takes place during the passage of r.h, , 

 out of the gun, but if the gun is so supported that a backward morion 

 will press in such a manner as to throw the muzzle away from the cen- 

 tre, then, of course, it will carry the ball with it. The writer has seer, 

 alight pistol carrying a disproportionately heavy ball, with other con 

 dltions favorable to varying the bail by the recoil of the barrel, throw 

 the oallmore than forty-five degrees from the point aimed at. Now, if 

 the barrel did not move until the ball was out of it, how will these men 

 with an inquiring turn of mind account for this phenomenon? 



One more statement, in " Straight Bore's " art tele needs a bile at ten - 

 tion, and we will trespass no longer on your patience. He flays ft! 

 ball forced out, of a. gun standing on a scale, the forcing power Hi tnj 

 gas or air, will indicate no additional force on the scale. If tlie ball la 

 forced up ont of the gun it might not show it on the common scale , 

 tint If some of the more delicate scales were used it would shov, 

 if tie ball were an hour in passing out, arid if "Straight Bore's" idea is 

 correct in the above, we will pledge onrselveB to build a perpetual mo- 

 tion ou that, principle which will far outshine the Keety motor. 



IUahtcan Ii'ILvcllmk. 



New Gets Club.— A gnu club has been formed at Jersey 

 City Heights, to be known as the New Jersey Guti Club, with 

 the" following officers: John Pearson, President; Wm. Hep- 

 sley, Vice-President j Wm. H, Tuttle, Secretary; Jaa. Bar- 

 clay, Treasurer, 



