472 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



I.Tfiy 12, ISS'd. 



>n< f.'uiuli.-n \m:' 

 ini rifle In the twin... , I .-. • , >n,. . icporl punter, can doubt 



i i ■ .iliiiiiiil.il I...II1 during and l.il'v. .mi aelious. 



V llll 111 .1 rill.'. Ml' I thill. Ii.lis.qil.-i.il> . H-.l 



. s a.. 11 111 uecessiirilv In' iniii'li more oumhersoi no: this, with 

 .1 iug rule greatly improved &V6I Hi.- besl .>f MifJ pr 



a,i" 



StowsHtfS iininiienlinn without ouiplinsi/.ing Iwn points 



made bv Major Merrill in one of his excellent ]..>i ■■ rs in « Int.- mim- 



berof Pouesi am. St(ika»i on the "Muzzle v-. Hr Ii-I.,.nd. 1. 



The tlrst point alluded t" is wlicrn lie it. - . - 1 --. in any I rial'llt-l ivi en 

 the two svslems as toaeeurnev, tlinl Hi,- iiun.-il link — I 'T ran. -Mil- ■■■! 

 liitl with. nil denning after oacll shot, 



rii.i 111, in. '.'Kll.lltii.il Willi, sill. Is Hi.- tiled lit game I i"' I. •!' 



thai, 'ii i'K ..pinion. Hi.. 



liiiiiril.v chain 



. f.,i I tinting purposes. i--pt-i-inllv 



..i> a. v. unit .-f its hiibil of 



-. Ming fast s., that 



out. n mil I have before 90 often 



' .'.-ssiii \ ill mis time to 



repeal it., s., that I f nil v in. inrso Major Merrill on this point, and 1 



...:... .1 . .. ; ..^ .......... ,;.l. .,,.,,, „-l... I,.. . .. . .. .i.l. .. v 1 i 



Ibis view; for . 



10 . 



b.-le.l, were praeli, 



when iu the presonc 



thopatehii 



neither f. 



,11 this .-I..:.-.-. 



ritlc'll 



win. lulw- inu.-h expel- 



.lii- Illl jolitl ..I ..l.se 



such ammunition, will do the Mime. 



The ii.-xi point 1- culling 11II-11H..H 1.. lie high .-line- made by the 

 i b .|...-i.l.-r. .-mil alluding !■• r.xp.-iini. id !•• bv ni\ 



•'■ll '"■' ill.'ll'. fillili HI. I ill these eillllllltlS ill 



October, 1881. I'll- ■-.- curves .... 



lirmeil by subseqtll nl '' '- ' ivoritc 



1 . ..1 lb- list lulu- it curie f.n le-mvds mug. ..' fi.,111 lit-., 



(rendered lit tlinl .Major Merrill should 

 "w this bane ..f the Atneri-.-an breech loader, its high 

 . in pi . It is to he hoped thnt every rifleman in tie- country w ill Join 

 in with 11s- and insist that ihis (treat defeet of the Ameriean 1 ill.- 

 should be eorreeted. iind that our nil. makers shall give us as good 

 an arm in 1; 1 .able of firing ill.' in.. -t improved am- 



miiiiiiirii, ins ..ii t.e limit in England or elsewhere. 



Tbr high tariff of ".1 per n.1 valorem on arms and nuimuniiion 



p. I tint! very |,u 



The curve:, made t i.u.lcii hiiiiii...ro,l for patched 



ammunition and qualified by special ammunition), each of which 



reral years, succest how Hi, improve- 



regard can he made. Tin 

 ; : he other of .40 caliber, using .1 10 

 ■ liie ZOO-yd. range ■ 

 , Blight]] by subsequent 

 the larger eahber can be still further re.lu I by a special shell burn- 

 ing a few grain* more powder. The advantage of using such anus 

 1 , dv b.. realised by those 



Ihelii. 



The em-vet ,.| 1 lus table are lor altitudes 01' u.ouufl uhovi s-a l.-vel. 

 and are higher for ihe altitude of the. Mississippi valley and the 

 Atlantic seaboard. 



The matter of ihe above was prepared t" tiass away tho tedium of 

 a long crip by rail and there may lies'. me inaeettraeies in the figures. 

 not it Is bela ■■ I ...-r..rs. 



I 1,000 f. 8." can be attained 

 from the ,400-bore -.-. .th an ffi-MOgr. charge, I nave in. hesitation in 

 believing it t>. I..- the better bore r..r a mihtarv arm than tin- . Ij eali 

 her. Kb. . old this unusual v.-looity be caused "by the inereased twist 

 of 1 in IT-, the . lab-bore eiln, however, lie improved bv ,'isimilar device. 



June 111, 1888. _ p. 



LOADING AND TRAJECTORY OF RIFLES. 



■■I the MOi 



w Milton 

 i- \ Con: 



duel Of III 



s'/,-. ,e, 



some statements in a former article, 

 the •T-aeille ritle" referred to. was 

 is F. A. Company. Through the km 



I ha v.- 1 a furnished a catalogue .. 



New llav..|i. Conn., shewing 



tho.gun ha 



ed a friend t 



■• 



inventor Mr. Wm Lyman. I was fur 



wing shooting. I a.liust.-d th.- sight 



iieeol lKiviK. making tw.-u 



Ml - - • 



. r.f, T to ife trad 



liurebased :. . .nc rang-- 



trade. ii„ ■ all parly 



>--•"-'--! thai I Shi 



ineli bulls. V «Ve found upon ei 



fallen ai I- - ■ ii.-s beh,' 



1, to I wo bun. ire. 1 yards w.- bat' 



its curve up i" three hundred - .ml-., 

 marks bv elevating to a thousand 

 drod "I- 1 fifty feel over a buffalo 111 

 ih-u. must In- praeti'-ally worthless 

 unless you have a different and mar 

 i-uiiigolii'i.. ns than Ihe natural eve 



able feature, 1 • powder and h ; ss 



say witli a ii.-i_-r.-e ..f suet-ess in lb- 

 bo borne in mind thnt the bearing si 



lese I. a round ban .- 



heavy powder .-barges, and hence tl 

 the gun In-fore ignition. 



1 have experimented some with a 

 flatter tiaje.-torv. and hen 



■ men. who may have the I. 



j...i ini. -nts or, probably, suggest so 



ball. : »lli. long, and had ., I,,,le. ■,■•, 



, an,.' l.-nglh. and loaded with :h 

 aonyds 1 g.n a flal t 



same elevation, and found thai the ball w 

 ineb,-: i„.|.,w I expoe! t.i extend these 

 iiuiity affo 

 I believe the tln-orj t-i be i:orn:et— that 



Slirla'-e of pii.J.-c! ile. we call luer.-a.-e ll 



using lb.- tiii.nlar bull. 1 sensiU] 1 n 



Unit. -I ' ' rove ...ri.'.-i 



ini-bes vari. .Ii,. a in iloiivils . and then, eon 



Hn.l Ibis lull did execution eipial lolheej 



ouhle with ' 



. ii I llll.-lill liml i! v- . 



cause in. int..' 10 bear i„. instead of, from 

 1 attended my experiments ai the time, 



tin gh the bullet the drill had swelled ii 



had ;■■ lea..- ..IT lie- p.il.-h. and mil having .1 

 came badly leaded. 1 regrel. Mi ' 

 pel line'. I a I kn..« l.dge up..n this very in. 

 liUei.iT.riiig .01 ap..i..cy to those who nav.-i 

 ./,. lira upon rille matters, and bone that th 

 of readers will pardon 

 been Obliged, lit thi-, t.im 

 Setdalia, Mo. 



oppor- 



b.-nring 



!■ ■ . 

 army 



•.. to pr 



RANGK AND GALLERY. 



THE TEAM ABROAD. 



.- ■• noted: 



• aig to tbo late hour ai win. ii the : steamer 



tiighl the reception which was to 



■a board, 



aorning for Bi.-m- 



- tbev will remain tor practice, the ranges at Wlmble- 



avaifable. The team arrived at Birmingham at noon, 



in lieutenant Walter Scott. .1. M. l'..il,i..l an 

 n.e credited wilh.",.i each. At ..oiv.ls. .b.hn ; 

 H. rgcani T. .1. llolau and Dr is. I. Scott made I 



lam.-ed Tin 

 hi id ai II.. 1 

 hopes thai ' 



be relaxed ii 

 l.tlMillX. .1 



ai w.-i Bro 



f..ltllC.lllill) 

 possible at0| 

 H'is'i Hit, 

 Ihis 1,,. .min 

 afternoon 11 



the Midland 



storm arose, however, and the shooting bad 1.. be stopped. The 

 English riflemen were much disappointed, ns ih-.v had esj ted to 



I heir losses at the long ranges. 



is, .luh-.'.-The American riflemen win be allow 1 to u<- the 

 only in ihe International match at \V - ' 



The An 

 bl-.lon .-■ 

 gauges w 



.• Wii 



. pr 



Ihe 



BOO, 91)0 and l.OOOyard- The following made the 



iimnienting 011 the practice of 

 silors did poorly at first, but 

 the biillscvc Ihe.i clung to it 



in the contest ai Winibledon to-day fo? the llalford prixe at 



i,ivii,i v .ls . In Sent, of ihe American uain. scored 11 out of a pos- 

 Jl.n.'r.ii 



rounds. 



In tin- practioe at (yd 



SirK.-in 

 shooting at the same butt 



id. tie- English 



ward. '.>s. 



1 the in-., 

 1, made SO 



;,-i is the Invention of rt well-known 

 1,- reeult of patient study lo find a uni- 

 i-ci pui . ments of this Export, and at tho 



1.. lllse v ... p. hc.i 

 intervening spa 



: long run iheu.lvan- 



■ ■■ ■ ■ 

 regular onl.-i in the 



score b.-.ng 100, any 

 1111. Following are 



match . distance ••*»> 



ed and counting tho 



ID 50 tin 111s 



mg'd'm'e- 



»s were fair. The detail! 



Record Match— SOOyds. 

 IS 12 10 11 n I 



ii 11 11 11 on 



7 11 11 n 8 • 

 ii 9 SI IS i 1 



. flal S 



second competition 

 k to distinguish the 

 of the uial.ll were 



11 . S fi-lOS 

 7 ll 11 111- 93 



12 11 9 111— 9K 

 11 9 10 II I'.", 



irt Range Match— ISM 



S 5 6 -I I r. 5 1 5 -! 1 a ."> 1 K — (10 



. 1 :. -. 1 1 .. 1 1 5 list t 0- lie 



3 S •; 3 4 4 4 1 8 4 4 1 

 iiis match. 



Regulations governing 

 Guard, whfch is to < 



nates. 



lalifornia. who must. 



; snoyds., ten shots, 



•,M. .Juiy'l.'s 1 ij. 



vhich must I- paid 



lokey. 40; Ward, 



. oiT-hand, possible B0, on She 



II: 11. \ I', iiv ■(!: K. I'et-rv. 

 •nndeirriri. 3:1; Earner, :«.- 



THE TRAP. 



ILLINOIS STATE TOURNAMENT. 





• esceedingly 



club left the 



Altogether il was a good day for the spor 



NICHOLS vs. VINCENT.— Brt 

 duly II The pigeon mutch for. 

 the crack shots of the Ploladel] 

 finally decided this morning, an 



j Par*, Brooklyn, N. Y.. 



-,.-1 , ictlon between 



.v Vorl; iJi.ui Clubs, was 



r.-. Y.ji'1; Club, 



jJb nulled up lit 



fell,.' 



' the 



ele 



(ienrv M'-rcliib 1 'i.e ■ phia Club, aud 

 l-'runk Belli'. IS Tl ferees 

 (b.rdon Cord id ten min- 

 utes. Ttn> ' and strong a lot, as 

 one would care to s- 



Mr. Nichols, being out of form, it »ns thought, could not wm ; bin,,. 



he proved, by bis exceptional shooting, that, out or in form, the con J 



