February 10, 1880.] 



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forms in globules on the under side, and drops a sheer 

 fall of seventy '-five feet into a well containing from six to 

 eight feet of water. The smaller sizes (say f rom No. 5 to 

 No. 12) are cast in pans perforated with boles several 

 sizes smaller than the shot, so as to allow the pellets to 

 enlarge after they ooze through the perforations, while 

 the larger sizes are run through pans with holes larger 

 than the shot, as the metal contracts in cooling. Great 

 cave is necessary in mixing the metal, as if not of the 

 proper quality it would ran through the holes, drop in 

 strings, and no shot could be produced. 



"The shot is then taken out of the water (several sizes 

 being in the mass), placed in drying pans heated by 



steam, and carried up a 

 allowed to ran through a 

 Which process dries it ; f: 

 rambler, which olei 

 glass tables. These glas 

 first one is slightly mciil 

 it on to the second, whit 

 of the tables diminishint 

 fectly level, 

 inches betw 

 half inches from 

 are perfectly round 



short distance: from which it is 

 i inclined trough into a receiver, 

 oin the receiver it passes into a 

 thence through a screen on to 

 tables are live in number. : the 

 r inclined, so that the shot can roll over 

 i, which is less inclined, the inclination 

 Ashing until the last one, which is per- 

 ched, There is a space of about two 

 each table, and a fall of about two and a 

 table to the other. The shot that 

 ill over the first table, a distance of 



three foot, and skipping the gap fall upon the next table, 

 and so continue until they reach the last one, from -which 

 they roll into another receiver. All the flat or imperfect 

 shot fall between the tables, and are collected together for 

 re-melting. From this last receiver theshot pass by means 

 of pipes into brass cylinders, whicri are perforated with 

 holes the exact standard sizes. There are a nnmber of 

 these cylinders, from No. 12 to No. 1, and for the larger 

 shot, B, BB, BBB, T, TTand F. These cylinders are turned 

 slowly by steam power, and work with the precision of 

 cloctwcirk. The No. 13 size fall through the holes of the 

 cylinder into a zinc-lined box, and the larger sizes are 

 carried by means of a connecting pipe into the No. 11 

 Cylinder, from whence the shot of that size drop into a 

 receiving box, and so on through all the various sizes up 

 to F. By this process it is almost impossible for the shot 

 to become mixed." 



If your correspondents will use Sparks' shot in their 

 experiments they will find that when they measure out 

 an ounce of shot they will have the exact number of pel- 

 lets set forth in the circular, and no mixture of sizes. An 

 ounce of chilled shot, Sparks' No. 8, contains 133 pellets; 

 of soft shot there are 436 pellets in an ounce. C, C. 



Anti-Recoil Pads.— No. 943 Broadway, N. Y., Feb. 

 18th. — Editor Forest and Stream: — I notice in yester- 

 day's issue of your paper a letter from a gentleman from 

 London, who writes that ''anti-recoil pads" are not 

 known in this country, to which I -would beg leave to 

 reply that I have been selling recoil pads for several 

 years, and had Mr. Silver's pad (the one alluded to in the 

 letter) illustrated in my catalogue of 1876. American 

 sportsmen to whom I have shown the pad do not like it 

 for the reason that it is necessary to cut off about an inch 

 from the stock of the gun and adjust same permanently, 

 making not a fine finish to a gun, wdiich you can see by 

 the sample I send, which is supposed to be finished for 

 adjusting to gun. The " red rubber recoil pad" is far 

 superior to theSilver pad, as it can be applied and taken 

 off in a moment, so as to be used for heavy charges only. 

 It is not necessary to go to any expense in altering the 

 stock of gun, which spoils the looks and symmetry of the 

 whole gun. The rubber in the " red rubber recoil pad " 

 is much softer than in the Silver pad, and therefore 

 better adapted to take off the recoO. 



Charles L. Bitzmasn. 



We have already noticed the recoil pad in our columns, 

 and have mentioned its advantages. The contrivance 

 accomplishes its purposes adrnirably. For kicking guns 

 and some guns will kick despite the most careful load- 

 ing — we recommend Mr. Bitzmann's pad. 



BUCKSHOT IN CHOKE-BORES. 



Jx>ng Prairie, Minn., Jan. 22d— My brother audi 

 both own Parker guns, 10 bore, 10 lbs., fine Damascus 

 barrels, Choked BO as to give a target of 213 No. 8 shot in a 24 

 inch circle, at 46 yards, at the shop. We have exj 

 men ted a good deal of late in shooting buckshot. We 

 have not tested thoroughly any new methods, but loaded 

 our shells the same as with (tno shot, using care not to 

 shoot any size that would wedge in the choke. We com- 

 menced with 000, and kept using larger sizes as they 

 would chamber in our guns, until we got to No._ 4, of 

 Which size our guns chambered three very loosely in the 

 choke, using nine for a charge. The distance in all our 

 trials was 60 yards, and in all cases we used 5 drs, powder 

 and two pink edge wads in the powder. The target used 

 was a 24 inch circle, and of 37 000, constituting a load, we 

 could put in 12 to 18 of these shot, but of the sized shot 

 between this and No. 4 we could get in but few, the guns 

 throwing them wild. Loading several shells carefully 

 No. 4, we tried them, and in several cases put 7 

 out of the 9 in the circle, 4 in the centre of the circle and 

 the others evenly around, one of the nine being generaEy 

 thrown pretty wild. In all our trials at 60 yards we never 

 failed to get in less than 5, and they were all driven with 

 such force as to pass through a 3J- inch plank. On one 

 occasion my brother went back to 100 yards and tried a 

 shot and got 7 in the circle, which I believe cannot be 

 beaten by any gun in the States. On one occasion re- 

 cently I put 312 No. A shot in a 15 inch circle at 50 yards 

 with a load of 4 drs. of powder and f of an ounce of shot. 

 or almost the en tire charge. For my part I prefer 10 lbs. 

 for a No. 10, and 9 lbs. for a No. 12, and not an ounce 

 lighter, as the game here is mostly cluck and requires 

 heavy charges, 'which with a lighter gun will bruise the 

 Shoulder severely. I would add another half pound to 

 my 10-pounder if I could, and believe I could shoot bet- 

 ter. Men differ in this matter the same as in any other, 

 but I do not believe any one can use 5 drs. of Hazard in a 

 10 bore of less than 9 lbs. weight all day without being 

 much more knocked up than if he had handled the extra 

 pound ; nor do I believe lie could do as good execution. 

 Tarn speaking of field hum iag, where it requires 5 drs. 

 of powder to fetch the game. 



The Forest and Stream is a vc-\ welcome visitor, and 

 I have gained much knowledge es. It 



comprehensive. There is no . ■■ ■ now, and if 



makes one feel envious to read accounts of the exploits of 



brother sportsmen in mora favored climes, But Spring 

 will Boon come, when I can again feel the gentle thump 



of my gnu at my shoulder, and see through the. curling- 

 smoke the tumbling mallards. It is a good place for 

 sportsmen to come for deer-hunting, but it is twenty 

 miles off the railroad, (lame is plenty within easy reach 

 of our hotels, 75 or 100 deer being killed tins tall within 

 four or five miles of town. N. W. P. 



Oconto, Wis., K'o,, 1880.-1 will repeat the. latest de- 

 vice, as it is really a useful discovery : Split one side of 

 paper shell (as suggested in Pec. 4th number) so that 

 when pressed together if easily slips into the muzzle. 

 Now for 10 gauge gun place paper shell on table, dose it. 

 and put in 13 buckshot as follows : Take largest buckshot 

 of which it will easily chamber three, and over each 

 layer but the last put on a thin pasteboard wad 1 HOW at 

 the height of the last 3 buckshot cut off the paper shell 

 and you have the desired length to cut your paper shells 

 or concentrators. You have only to Slip these into the 

 brass shell on the powder wad, put in your layers of 

 buckshot, and their pasteboai d wads, cut to lit the paper 

 shell when closed, and put a pink edge wad on the last 

 layer of buckshot, which should come just to the top of 

 the concentrator, Load for 10 lb. gun as follows for 

 brass shell : 4 ozs. powder, I No, 8 pink edge wad. buck- 

 shot in concentrator as directed, and then 1 No. 8 pink 

 edge wad on buckshot, not pressed down too tightly. If 

 youhavo an old paper shell that just slips into the muz- 

 zle you have only to slit it; if it is one of your No. 10 

 paper shells you must cut a piece out to make it small 

 enough to slip into muzzle. You must in every case 

 split the shell, for two reasons ; first, so as to be Bure it 

 will not stick at the muzzle : second, so that it will open 

 out to fill the brass shell when inserted in it, Your layers 

 of buckshot, of course, will lay loosely in the brass shell, 

 but' the thin paper wad keeps them in place. 1 may be 

 wrong, but my theory is that when this load reaches the 

 choke' the paper shell is closed firmly around the buck- 

 shot and it, passes out as true as if in a cylinder bore. The 

 largest buckshotis the best, as they are more apt to bleed 

 adeer if lie is not killed dead on the spot. I have frequently 

 tried "R. J.'s" method, stated in Forest AND STREAM 

 of Jan. 15th, but while it is a decided improvement on the 

 ordinary way, I. considered this mode so much better I did 

 not suggest his. In deer shooting the great desideratum 

 is to have the gun shoot the largest buckshot closely. 

 You can pepper a big buck full of No. 8 buckshot, and yet 

 not stop him. This method is useless for fine shot, as the 

 paper shell only blows out a few feet beyond the muzzle, 

 and Pley's concentrators. I suppose, arc good enough for 

 fine shot. • R. W. H. 



SHOOTING MATCHES. 



Had it boen generally known that the sti fas to come utf on 



that flay, there would have been a much large* numher eirWMfl 

 fur tli? Badge. Mr. ncers hafl won the Badge twice this year. He 

 stands the beat show for the Champion Gold Badge tor 1M«, 

 valued at $50. The snore for the last Badge Shoot is as follows: 

 Beers, 20; Moore, 17; Folsorn.lS; Hanson, withdrew— taken sick; 

 |.-i si .-. J. ! Howard, 19; Jorcy, withdrew— brokfln gun: Bnnsen, 

 17: Dane-don, 17 ; and Mervln, 1(5. C. 



LoNfl Isr.ANO Suootino Club.- Fleeter Park, L. L, Feh.Wh.~- 

 Regular monthly contest for Hie Championship Cup of the club; 

 shot for al t birds each, from H. and T. traps, handicapped rise ; 

 80 yards boundary; L. I. S. C. rules; closed with 31 entries, with 

 privilege of withdrawal:— 



TceW- Killed. 



i . Ha nee 



Wfllard 



21 



1110 111 



W. Wynan 



2o 



1 1 1 1 1*0 



S. Gildersleeve .. - 



35 



11110 10 



11. Peterson 





1*0 1 1 1 1 





85 



1111+001 



leu 





110 111 







110 1110 







11111 





25 



i m a i o l l 



Dr. Talbot 



. 27 



1 1 (1 1 



Dr. Murphy 



83 



1 J 1 *0 



Scores.— Secretaries of clubs are invited to send in 

 scores of matches. Such reports should reach us as 

 early as possible after the date of the meeting. 



Tnn Sportsmes of Worcester.- Wureestcr, Mass., Feh.Wli.~- 

 The close season for game in ■iiu, -upon us, sportsmen in this vicin- 

 ity are devoting considerable attention to the modern substitute 

 for the more enjoyable and exhilarating sport of the field— glass- 

 ball shooting. At the present time there are two well-equipped 

 shooting clubs (not rivals) in this city, each having a good mem- 

 bership, grounds and bouses ; while there is probably, no city of 

 its size in the country whose sportsman can justly claim as many 

 fine guns as are owned and used in Worcester and ts eni Irons, 



During the last few months Mr. Wm. It. Sebaeler. of Boston, 

 who enjoys an enviable reputation for honest dealing, and whose 



ability to successfully bore guns for hard and close si H tg ia 



not excelled if equaled in this country, has placed unite a large 

 number of new guns of tine quality of the Echaofer and Daly 

 manufacture, principally the latter, in the hands of Worcester 

 shooters, with which creditable scores are being mado. 



With one of the Daly guns a prize (an elegant powder horn 

 with solid .silver mountings), donated by Mr. it. it. Shepard, of 

 this city, was won on the grounds of the Sportsmen's Club Jan. 

 30th, by Mr, M. D. Oilman, from fourteen contestants, who broke 

 nineteen out of twenty balls at eighteen yards rise. The balls 

 were thrown from a Card robu-y trap as improved byMr.C. U. 

 Holden, which improvements render the trap much more efficient 

 and durablo, and which throw the bulls so swiftly that they land 

 fifty yards or more from the trap. 



On I he same grounds and from the same trap a fifty-ball match 

 was shot Feb. 0th between Messrs. L. B. Hudson and W. S. Perry, 

 .ykifl: has furnished opportunity fo* considerable good-natured 

 chaffing among their respective friends. 



Mr. Hudson used a 10-gauge Scott and Mr. Perry a 20-gaugo 

 Parker, the formor winning the match by the creditable score of 

 ts, the latter scoring 43. Oneol the Incal papers alludes to the 

 event as follows:— 



An interest ma- glass-ball match of fifty balls Ott I 



on the W. S. O. gt li tterday— Yc vs. Age. Age scored 



48 balls; Youth, 13 balls, inference; " Wisdom's ways are wayB 

 of pleasantness." 



We may here state that Mr. Hudson would prove 

 rival for any man of his years (nearly seventy) in the country, and 



a match between men of thittage would be of Special I 



a decided novelty. Are t here not. among the many readers of the 

 -Forest and Stream thos Of I hlM B score and ten who would like 

 to distinguish themselves by making such a mat kl 



Sportsmen here regard the conditions, ot the challenge recently 

 issued through the press by the Jlnymond Club as a substantial 

 handleai i in favor of the challenging club. BOO. 



BHOCE Island.— A bill to prohibit pigeon shooting front traps 

 in Hhode Island passed the House of Representatives of that 

 State last Thursday, and our correspondent surmised that ft 

 would pass the Senate 



Riverside Cmjb.— PUtsfteld, Muss., t'ch. 13/ft.— At: the annual 

 meeting of the Riverside Rifle and Gun Club, held at the flu rbank 

 House Thursday evening, the following officers were elected for 

 the ensuing year:— W. A. Wenlworth, President ; H. Burbank 

 and Henry L.Pierson. Vice-Presidents; C. A.Saioni. 

 W. W. Tracy, Treasurer ; W" w Tracy and O.V. Preston, Officers, 

 of the Field: J. H.|Wo6d, Captain: W. G. Backus, Jr., W L, 

 White and D wight M. Couch, Executive Committee. 



NrwIIavni, Feb. UtJl.— The New Haven dun Cluh is ina very 

 and nourishing condition, since its newly organiza- 

 tion and By-Laws, etc. t. now consists of nearly ftttj members 

 including the hest wing.duck and glass-ball shots in th.e city 

 with several first class rifle-shots, and the w Inner of the Schuyler' 

 nartley, and Graham Badges of 1876 offered for rapidity and aceul 

 rate shooting. Never was there such a fine collection of new and 

 costly guns at any club Shoot, as there was at the last medal Bhoot. 



tof 3; Lemken (23), 1 out of 3; Baul- 

 , 1 out ot 2 : Harris (22), f out of 4. 

 $), McGaw (21), Robinson (23), missed 



A match will be shot on Friday next at the Brooklyn Driving 

 Park between Dr. B. Talbot, of New York, and Mr. Height, of 

 New Jersey,- for §250 a side, 50 birds each, 26 yards rise, H. and T. 

 I raps; trap, find and handle. 



NASSAU Gux Club.— Dexter Fail;, L. I., Feb. 11th.— Annual oon- 

 test tii the Nassau Gun Glut) for dinner, shot for by teams at 10 

 birds each, from H. and T. traps, 25 yards rise, 80 yards boundary; 

 both barrels allowed; Long Island rules:— 



J. V. BBBOEN'S TEAM. Killed. 



.1. V. Bergen (Captain) 1 111001111 S 



H.Smith 1 110 110 111 t 



W Selovcr 11110 1*1 (I 



J.VanWicklcn I 1 1 * 1111 7 



D. VanWieklen 1 1110 1111 8 



A. Hass I0H 1U11 7 



t Kyle:- 1 (I 1 1 1 1 1 1 } 



C Lemkon 



10 1111 



...59 



Total 



.iiidoe n. MTT'f. i : ., 



Judge H. Lett (Captain) 1 1 * 1 1 i 



■p Paris 1*10111111 S 



Mr Abra.ns 1 111111111 10 



i. Bergen 11110 1111 8 



Q Bell 1111110 11* 8 



W.Brown (110 10*101 I 



J Doyle 110100*10 i 



Mr/Thomas 10 110 10 11 « 



Total 



Miner Rod torn 

 Ave traps, 5 yards 



Miner 



Englcrt 



Davis 



Clancy 



Vasiamp ■• 



- BS 



-b.— Springfield, L. I., Feb. 12tft.— Prom 

 yards rise ; 80 yards boundary :— 



KilUa, 



oiiiiiioii a 



1111111011 

 0001111111 



10 110 

 11 



- 1 







- 1 1 1 



110 1 



cw Jersey— Seahright, Feb. loth— Sweep, of 5 balls ; Mole'» 

 try trap ; 19 yards rise ; grins, 18-bore :— 

 A K.'de Navarro. . ..1111 1—5 I Horatio Johnsen. . . . I 1 1-3 

 Richard Doughty. ..1101 1— i I A. G. de Navarro. . . 01111-4 



A. G . de. Navarro took second monc3*. 



Secotid Sweep.— Same conditions :— 

 A F de Navarro .... 1 1 1 1 1—5 I Horatio Johnson. ... 1 1 1 1—4 

 Richard Doughty. .1111 1—5 | A. G. de Navarro. ... 1 1 1 1 1— B 



Ties of 5 divided first and second. 



Match at double balls from Mole's double rotary trap ; 19 yards 

 rise ; Bogardus' Rules :— 



A. F. de Navarro 11 10 11 11* 



A. G. de Navarro 11 10 11 H* 



* Darkness broke up match. To be continued at noxt meeting. 



SHREWSBtTlT. 



American Bifles Wanted m Indxa..— Edit&r Forest 

 and Stream :— Sir, I have lately seen the catalogues of 

 three or four of the leading rifle makers in tho State, and 

 am much surprised at the the cheapness of the weapons 

 therein described, which is I believe due to the fact that 

 machinery is so largely if not exclusively employed in 

 their manufacture, and I am sure if they were advertised 



__d became well known, they would 1 

 by sportsmen in this country to whom it 



if tlte Sharps, Ballard, Winchester and 

 hud agencies at either Calcutta or Bo 

 There is one thing, L. 

 Indian notions, compare ratln 



audi in demand 

 vould be a boon 



i other companies 



tbay. 



American ritles, 



er unfavorably with 



English ones for sporting purposes, and that is 'in their 

 v. eight, which is about 1* pounds, on an average, heavier 

 than that of English pieces of the same calibre:; for in- 

 stance, the weight of .40-calibre rifles is from 9 to 10 

 pounds or even more, and of .45. heavier still, while Eng- 

 lish .40 rifles are made to weigh as low as 7J pounds, even 

 double-barrels, and .45, from 7f to 9 pounds— a double ,50 

 express in my possession, 29i-inch barrels, weighing just 

 9 pounds, shoots 120-grains powder and 340-grains lead 

 as pleasantly (even at a target) as a 12-bore shot gun with 

 ;;; drachma and H ounces. 



The weight of a sporting rifle is of the greatest import- 

 ance in most cases ; of course the special heavy weap- 

 ons used for certain kinds of big game shooting are not 

 as a ride carried by the shooter, so they are exceptions, 

 bur the weapon which should always be in one's hands, 

 ready for any emergency, if much over S pounds in 

 weight, is apt. especially in a climate like that of India, 

 to lie regarded as an incumbrance, and to be handed to 

 the gun-bearer, a course which leads to much disappoint- 

 ment and loses one many chances, besides being danger- 

 ous. I believe that a .-l6-calibre express, taking 70 to 90 

 grains powder, and weighing about 7 pounds, or if a 

 more powerful weapon is thought necessary, a .45, talc- 

 ing say 130 grains, and weighing not over 8 pounds, 

 would U; the most handy and useful weapon to have in 

 one's hands, and would not give much recoil with th« 

 light express bullet. 



'The ordinary 45 or 50 express bullet makes a most 

 deadly explosive shell if the hollow is filled with a mix- 



