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fected. The breech bolt is divided into two parts, to the 

 hinder of which the firing pin is attached, while the fore 

 part contains the spiral mainspring. These parts <vre joined 

 w two interlocking cam surfaces which move on each 

 other when the bolt is turned round, and separate the parts 

 till the firing pin end is caught by the sear. When the bolt 

 is turned back to its place the firing pin is free to move for- 

 ward without any resistance from the cam surfaces, those 

 curves are now opposite to each other, and can enter, with- 

 out friction, a movable frontispiece, called the recoil block, 

 moves with the bolt, but does not turn with it, and thus 

 serves as a safeguard against accidental discharge, as the 

 pin can only pass through it when the gun is cocked, and 

 the bolt fully home. This is a strong, sound movement 

 which is instantly understood by a soldier accustomed to 

 the needle gun, but it is a mistake to suppose, as has been 

 asserted, that it is either a better arm than the Martini, or 

 that it is perfectly free from the sources of danger which 

 exist in all bolt guns. The Germans are far too' practical 

 and clear-sighted to make any such claim for it. In a very 

 complete and elaborate explanation of the Mauser system, 

 hy Capt. Hentsch, of the Prussian army, published at Ber- 

 lin in 1872, he concludes by saying that the future of breech 

 loading belongs to the block s}^stem, and that the cylinder 

 (or bolt) movement may be considered as antiquated, and 

 no longer suited to the times. He only claims for the 

 Mauser system that it is certainly the most complete and 

 test constructed of its class. I am compelled to join issue 

 with liira even there, for I cannot help thinking that Green's 

 weapon does the same work as efficiently wiih a simpler 

 movement. The Mauser has a calibre of .48 inch, is rifled 

 with four circular grooves, and is fired with 77 grains of 

 powder and 385 grains of lead. The bore, bullet, and 

 powder charge are therefore less than the Martini, but the 

 arm itself is much heavier, the weight of the rifle being 10 

 lbs. 8 ozs., and the brass handled sword bayonet 1 lb. 10 

 ozs. additional, without scabbard." 



Riflk Shootingl — No class of men need exercise more 

 than lawyers; something that changes the current of their 

 thoughts from books and briefs, and allows the weary brain 

 to rest. There is, perhaps, no exercise that is belter calcu- 

 lated to relieve an overburdened bruin than rifle shooting. 

 It would seem that the beucli and bar of this city so regard 

 it, for they are well represented in Ihe Chicago Rifle Club. 

 Among its active members are: Judge Jameson, author of 

 an able work on constitutional conventions; the Judge is 

 regarded as good in shooting as in law; Senator Thompson 

 is its efficient Secretary, and thinks it poor shooting unless 

 he makes twenty-two points out of a possible twenty-five; 

 George VVillard, the railroad attorney, is an excellent shot, 

 and will hit the bullseye three times out of five at 500 yards; 

 Mr. Root, the lawyer and politician, is a member of the 

 Executive Commiltee, and is as much at home in handling 

 his rifle as he is in pulling the wires that conduct a politi- 

 cal campaign; Gen. R. W. Smith, Senator Dow, Mr. Adams, 

 B. F. Ayer, George Campbell, Walter Burnham, and Judge 

 Bradwell, and many other members of the bar. belong to 

 this club, as do Mr. Handy, the abstract man, Mr. Burn- 

 ham, the official reporter, who is a dangerous shot; Gens. 

 White, Ducat, Maun, Mr. Schailer, of the health lift; Dr. 

 Edwards, of the Northwestern Christian Advocate; Mr. 

 Blackmer, the publisher; Thomas Bradwell, of the Legal 

 News stereotype foundry; Mr. How, the architect; Capt. H. 

 W. S. Cleveland, the author of a work on rifle practice, 

 who has a little Maynard rifle with a barrel only twenty 

 inches long that shoots a thousand yards. Judge Bradwell 

 has what is called the Cleveland rifle; it is a sample gun, 

 and is the only one of the kind; it is a Maynard made upon 

 the suggestion of Capt. Cleveland, for long range shooting, 

 with a larger chamber than any other Maynard, and, as a 

 consequence, it carries a larger ball, takes a greater charge 

 of powder, and shoots a greater distance than any other 

 Maynard. Mr. Butenmueller, the gunmaker, belongs to 

 this organization as well as to the German sharpshooters. 

 He is regarded as the second best shot in Chicago. The 

 members of the Chicago Rifle Club are among our best 

 citizens, and we have no doubt it will make a record of 

 which our city and State will be proud. Its members are 

 rapidly increasing. There are more experienced riflemen 

 among the members of the Chicago bar than can be found 

 among the bar of any other city in the Union. If the legal 

 gentlemen of any other city do not agree with us, let them 

 challenge the legal portion of the Chicago Rifle Club to a 

 match, and the result will show that we are not mistaken. 



[The above, taken from the Chicago Legal News, is quite 

 to the point and happily put. It seems as if legal gentle- 

 men take quite naturally to rifle practice. Creedmoor owes 

 a great deal to Col. Wingate, one of our leading New 

 York lawyers, who not only shoots himself, but has just 

 compiled by far the best work on rifle shooting yet pub- 

 lished. Col. Giidersleeve, captain of the American team, 

 is also a jurist.— Ed.] 



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Pistol Shooting Extraordinary.— Mr. James S. Con- 

 lm sends us the following, which, he thinks, is the best 

 pistol shooting ever made at his gallery:— 



"Mr. Frank H. Lord hit 3 bullets out of five shots, at 60 

 feet, and made 46 out of a possible 50 at a miniature 200 

 yards target; bullseye, 1 inch in diameter; distance, 12 



paces.' 



%nn\t !§%$ mid %nn. 



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GAME IN SEASON IN NOVEMBER. 



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Moose, Alee Amerlcanus. Woodcock, PhUohela minor. 



PKotWapisi, Cervus Canadensis. Plovers, Charadriinw. 



Kea Deer, Cervus Yirginianus. Willets, SympkemM semipalmata 



^arioou, Rangifer caribou. Snipe, Godwits, Curlews, and Bay 



wares, Leporince. Birds, Scolopacidce. 



w™ r ^n l8, Soi urince. Sandpiper. Tringce. 



■Rnff i l F ke > T ' Meleagris gaUomvo. Reed or Rice Birds, Dohchonyx oryz- 



nutted Grouse, Bonasa umbellus. voriis. 



^mnaied Grouse, Cupidonia eupido.Wild Ducks. Anatince. 



Quail, Ortyx Virginianus. 



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Game in Market. — The supply of game has greatly 

 fallen off since last week, and prices have advanced ac- 

 cordingly. Ruffed grouse are scarce at $la$l 25 per pair, 

 the best birds coming from Connecticut. Pinnated grouse 

 (prairie chickens), are very scare, no good birds having 

 been received for a week; those on hand sell for ifl 50 per 



pair. Quail are also scarce, no Western birds being re- 

 ceived, and but few from the State— price, $3 75a$4 50 

 per dozen. English snipe are coming from New Jersey in 

 fair quantities, and bring $3 75 per dozen. Woodcock are 

 abundant at 75c. to $1 per pair. Canvas back ducks arc 

 worth $2 50 per pair, red heads $1 50, black heads 75c. 

 per pair; these varieties all come from Havre de Grace. 

 Mallards sell for $1 25 per pair; widgeon, $1; black ducks, 

 75c.a$l; brant, $1 25; wild geese, $1 each; the latter va- 

 rieties are from Long Island. Venison, from the Adiron- 

 dacks and Minnesota, 25c. per pound. Rabbits, 75c. per 

 pair. 



—We are informed by a resident of Islip, L. I., that 

 thirty-one deer have already been killed on the island since 

 the 1st of November. The law permits deer shooting only 

 from the 1st to the 15th of this month. 



—Mr. S. W. Green, of Sayville, L. I., caught a quail with 

 his hands, near his residence, a few days since. The quail 

 was too young to fly. An excellent commentary upon the 

 change in the game law permitting quail to be shot on 

 October 1st. 



— W e are pleased to learn that C. M. Johnson, who was 

 accidentally shot a few days ago, while out shooting on 

 Staten Island, is rapidly recovering. 



— Arrangements have been completed for th« pigeon 

 match between Mr. James Gordon Bennett, of this city, 

 and Mr. Travis Van Buren. They are to shoot at 100 pig- 

 eons each, 35 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, with U oz. 

 shot, from five traps placed five yards apart, English rules, 

 for $2,500 a side. The match is to lake place in this State 

 —probably at Babylon, L. I.— during the second week in 

 December. Both gentlemen are expert wing shots, and 

 great interest is manifested in the contest. 



New York— Staten Island, Nov. 5th.— At a special meet- 

 ing of the Staten Island Shooting Association, held at 

 Louis Villa, New Brighton, Mr/ Garret Simonson, the 

 Chairman of the Executive Committee and Supervisor of 

 the town of North field, was the recipient of an elegant 

 gold-headed cane, presented by Ihe members of the asso- 

 ciation for the many services he has rendered them during 

 their organization. Through him a bill was passed, mak- 

 ing it unlawful to kill rabbits in Richmond county, except 

 during the months of November and December, under a 

 penalty of $50, or to trap or ensnare them at any time. 

 He also had the board appoint several special police to act 

 as game constables, who have brought quite a number of 

 violators of the law to grief, and in case the State fails to 

 stop the shooting of robins at any time, we shall, through 

 him, try and have a law passed in this county to stop the 

 slaying of these innocents. 



The woods have swarmed with "tontons" this Fall, but 

 their bags of the songsters have not been very large. 



Mortimer. 



Syracuse, Nov. 2d. — Ducks were never more plenty 

 on tile Sandy Creek ponds than this Fall. P. D. Clark and 

 C. E. Thomas went out Wednesday and got a number of 

 ducks, and one wild goose measuring live feet two inches 

 from tip to tip. 



Adirondacks.— MeacJiam Lake, Oct. 27. — Entered these 

 woods from Westport on the 1st of the month, it being my 

 nineteenth trip since 1854. Very stormy about the Au 

 Sable ponds, and all the sportsmen gone. We took a fine 

 dry doe at the Upper Au Sable; grouse and small game very 

 seldom met with. Grouse very scarce in the Keene "Valley. 

 Woods too wet to cross to Upper Iron Works and ascend 

 Mount Marcy. We had Max Trcdo, of Keene Flats, one 

 of the best of the Adirondack guides. Thence we simply 

 walked by easy stagas to the Saranac. Grouse quite abun- 

 dant between Scott's and Martin's. Approaching Meacham 

 Lake from Paul Smith's thorn woro m^ny grouse by the 

 Wayside. Considerable hunting thk, JTa.l atiiMt Meacham. 

 Last week four deer were taken from the lake and connect- 

 ing streams, oue of them a buck of 2b7 pounds weight 

 after being dressed, and another of heavier mould. For 

 the benefit of the sporting world uninformed of these parts, 

 let me say that this fine lake, situated in the wilderness, is 

 but twenty-rive miles from Malonc, over a good road, and 

 has a well kept hotel with guides and boats. No other 

 house about the lake. As "Paul's" is but twelve miles dis- 

 tant, Malone is a good point of entrance to the wilderness. 

 A. R. Fuller keeps the Meacham House, and may be ad- 

 dressed at Malone, N. Y. The woods were full of beech 

 nuts, and partridges, not as abundant as last Fall, are still 

 to be had by toil, skill, and a Scott gun. And, by the way, 

 my new Scott throws with great force. W. C. Wcnola. 



Massachusetts— Cohasset, Nov. 8th.— Our season is now 

 closed for 1875; ducks all gone south, and it is too cold to 

 lay off for a few stragglers that are left. Very few geese 

 last week. Our wood gunning would be good but for the 

 snares, which get alt the young birds. I have shot out this 

 week quails that were not one-third grown. This is the re- 

 sult of twice breeding, as they were not at most over six 

 weeks old. Woodcock all gone; thermometer at 25 is too 

 much for them. S. H., Jr. 



Salem, Nov. 7th. — Shooting the past week has been fair 

 in the brush; 12 quail and 2 snipe to two guns in one day, 

 but the quail are small, and in many cases not fully feath- 

 ered; also report a few woodcock and partridge. Duck 

 shooting is dull; smelt fishing ditto. Geese have been fly- 

 ing the past week in considerable numbers. Teal. 



Maryland— Snow Hill, Nov. 6t7i.— Over 250 partridges 

 (quails) were killed by the sportsmen of this town on Mon- 

 day last, but it may be well to add that a great many of the 

 " boys " were in the fields. The birds are much scarcer 

 than was anticipated, and, as a general thing; small, the 

 first coveys having no doubt been drowned by the heavy 

 Summer rains. — Messenger. 



YmGwiA—Leesburg, Nov. 7th.— The sportsmen here have 

 commenced to skirmish with the bob whites, but report 

 that birds are scarce. Two of our good shots bagged 24 

 birds to day, and another couple 30. The campaign has 

 not fairly opened yet, and may be the gunners are mis- 

 taken. 



Minnesota— Shakopee, Oct. 29^.— Ducks and geese are 

 "lighting out" for the South, but the first snow will soon 

 be here, and will no doubt bring in some venison from the 

 central part of the county. A 215 pound buck was killed 

 in Blue Earth county, near Mankato, by H. Shaw, of the 

 Mankato Sportsmen's Club, on the 26th. The ruffed 

 grouse also will be coming to market by the dozen. 



Kansas— Oct. 25th.—T)uc\z shooting thus far this Fall has 

 been fair. Some very good bags reported. Rain has com- 

 menced to fall, which promises good for Wilson snipe, 

 ducks and geese. Plover have been quite plenty. Quail 

 are plenty, but the writer has not been able to make good 

 bags, on account of rank growth of grass and weeds. 

 Chickens coming^n to corn and stubble fields in large 

 flocks. They are killed in this mouth and November by 

 going into cornfields in the morning by eight o'clock, 

 and "driving them out into the grass.' About noon 

 you can go into the grass and prairies and kick them up 

 and get good shooting, sometimes raising single birds after 

 you have gone over the ground several times. 



Fort Scott, Nov. 2d. — Several very good bags of 

 ducks during the past week. Sandhill crane quite plenty, 

 but too much for our sportsmen generally. One of our 

 gentlemen sportsmen bagged on last Saturday, four wood- 

 cock. We have a few of these birds here. Wilson snipe 

 quite plenty in our marshes, but very wild. Yellow legs 

 not very plenty, but in fine condition. Hunters for mar- 

 ket are bringing in quantities of prairie chickens and 

 quail. S. 



Canada — Cormcall, Ont., Nov. 7th. — The lake below here 

 (Lake St. Francis) is just swarming with ducks now, and 

 there are several large flocks of geese also. Both ducks and 

 geese are very shy yet, but will take the decoys better as 

 soon as the weather gets colder. Geo. JET. W. 



— The members of the Trap and Field Club, of Minne- 

 apolis, shot for the champion badge again last week, the 

 conditions being six birds each at twenty-one yards rise. 

 The following is the score: — 



A. C. "Rand 1111 *-i\W,c^v S. Pease.. 



E Grimshaw 10 1 0-2 R. S Williams... 



A. li. Rand 1 llli 1-^6 0e:»rg« Parmort., 



J Haley 10 1 0-2. D. F. SmitU 



P. L. Morse 1 11100-i 



G. A, Camp 1 1 1 1--4 



G. W. Tinslcy 1111 1—5 



L. O. Shepley 1111 1-5 



G. S. Tuckermati....l 1111 1—6 

 *Fell out of boun'ds. 



Charles Hepp 



..1 1 1 1 1 1—6 

 .11111 1-6 

 ..1 1 1-3 

 ..11101 1-5 

 ..101110-4 



A. W.Heifeman 1110 1 1—5 



John Harvey ....1 110 1 1—5 



A. If, B&ckett 1 1 1 * 0—3 



Baldwin Brown 1 1111 1—6 



Messrs. A. B. Rand, F. S. Tuckerman, R. S. Pease, R 



S. Williams, and Baldwin Brown having each killed six 



birds, shot off at twenty-six yards, when Mr. Tease, being 



the only one 1o kill two birds consecutively, was awarded 



the medal, which, as this was the last inateli of the season, 



he will wear until Spring. 



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St. Louis, Nov. 1, 1S75. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



A v«ry pleasant party of gentlemen, members of the Gun Club and 



friends, met at the club grounds October 31st to «vTfcnesig a match between 

 If. C. Pierce, bolder of the club's champion medal., and Taylor Bissell 

 for $100; 20 pair t;;me pigeons at 21 yards ri-'e 80 yardd boundary: four 

 H and T plunge traps set ten yards iip.irt. Col. Clias. M. Williams and 

 C. F. Schilling judges: J. A. Wherry referee. ffte following is the 

 score :— 



II. C. Pierce-11 11 10 11 10 11 11 !0 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 

 11-36. 



Taylor Bissell— 11 11 11 10 10 11 li 00 11 00 10 11 10 00 11 10 10 11 

 11 11-28. 



Considerable interest was centred in I his match, as Ihe parties were 

 acknowledged the best single bird shots in the club, and this match origi- 

 nating in a challenge from Bissell, was expected to settle the superiority 

 of one over the other at double birds. The result was agreeable to the 

 winner, his friends, and satisfied the loser Afterwards a sweepstake 

 match was shot at five siugie birds, 21 yards, best score to take the 

 purses- 

 Hunt P. Wilson I 1 1 1 t— 5|JE. C. Tfodsman 1 —1 



H. C. Pierce 1 1 1 1 1— 5 '■Cornelius Voorhis 1 —1 



J. B. C. Lucas 1 1 1 1 1— 5|Ceo. Kinkle —0 



Capt. Sedan ..1111 1-5| Wm. Winter —0 



Taylor Bissell 1110 — 3| 



Ties. 



26 yards. 



Wilson 1 1 1—3 



Pierce 1 1 1—3 



Lucas 1 1 1—3 



31 yards. 

 Wilson. 11 



Pierce 11 



Lucas 



1—3 



0-2 



-0 



REMARKABLE FIELD SHOOTING. 

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Port Richmond, Nov. 5, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : — 



As it may interest some of your readers I want to give yon the score 

 made on English snipe by Mr. John E. Lovelaud, Jr., of Point Pleasant, 

 Ocean county, N. J, In a conversation after a pigeon match, when he 

 had taken third money, a wager was made that he could kill more Eng- 

 lish snipe in a certain number of shots than any one of the gentlemen 

 who participated in the match., or they would back him against any three 

 men in the county at $100 even on each man. These offers ware not ac- 

 cepted, and it was then proposed to let him shoot at twenty birds, but 

 after considerable talk a bet was made and accepted that he would kill 

 eighteen birds out of twenty -five in or out of gun shot, or in that pro- 

 portion, should there be more or less birds on the marsh, and the 19th 

 day of October was selected. Everything was got in readiness tire night 

 before, and at 5:50 A. M. Tuesday momma, Mr. Lovelaud, in company 

 with his friends and his black and white pointer Ponto, stepped upon the 

 bogs at the head of Barnegat Bay to begin his work, the following being 

 the score. The stars are birds flushed but not shot at, being out of 

 reach:— 1 1 1 1 1 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 * * o 1 1 1 1 l l i 

 111110***1111111. Out of 42 shot at he killed 39. Whole 

 number of birds put up 48. Four times he made double shots. If this 

 can be beat we should like to hear from some of them, or let us hear of 

 seme large scores made at the same birds. It must be remembered that 

 any amount of ground had to be traversed, and several times a horse 

 and wagon was used in carrying the party from one ground to another. 



Mortimer. 



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MR. GREENER ON CHILLED SHOT. 



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Birmingham, England, October. 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



In reply to "Check Cord" on the subject of chilled shot, allow me to 

 inform him that the fine results achieved at the late Meld gun trial with 

 my choke bore guns are not entirely due to the advantages of chilled 

 shot, although I own my puns are bored for that particular shot. I refer 

 him to an article in the London Meld, February 27th, 1875, signed "En- 

 gineer," St. Louis. He will rind that one of my choke bore guns made 

 an average pattern of 240$, and penetrated thirty-four sheets with soft 

 shot, taking the average of forty -eight shots in both still and windy 

 weather. This gnn was shot against a Parker and a Deugall, beating 

 both by a good average in pattern and penetration. In the gun trial of 

 1866 they took the average of the deepest shot only. In the last trial— 

 1875 — they took the three deepest shots, which makes a difference of 

 more than six sheets. The wear and tear trial was intended to prove the 

 endurance of the new system only, not as a test for pattern and pene- 

 tration; in fact, they were not the same guns as those shot in the trial 

 proper. Our winning gun made a pattern of 214, and penetrated with 

 three shots thirty-four sheets, which is equal to forty with one shot 

 The shooting eclipsed all private trials that are boasted of by different 

 makers as being personally conducted by the editor of the Field. We 

 recommend "Check Cord" and his friends to use the hardest shot they 

 can obtain in America. They will find.it perform better in any gun 

 bored upon the old or new plan. w, W. ®BEBNir 



