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trust— at odo6 set about subjecting it to a critical trial. 
In this I was ably seconded by a gentleman who is a very 
skilled engineer and machinist, and to whom sporting 
weapi ns have been objects of study and interest for many 
years. He brought to the target a lT-pouml 7-gauge muz¬ 
zle-loader as the competitor or my Tj-pound 12-gaugc ful 
choke. At first sight it seemed absolute nonsense for me 
to shoot my little gun against this ponderous wide-bored 
weapon, but I had seen before what a first-class full choke 
could do, and did not altogether despair. 
The first trial for both pattern and penetration was at 
eighty yards. The targets for pattern were sheets of pa¬ 
per six feet square, and those for penetration some Pettit; 
pads I had procured from England, My friend charged 
Ills 7-gauge M. L. with 12 drs. of powder and Ely's wire 
cartridge, with the end removed so as to prevent the 
cartridge from balling. In my B. L. I used 38 drs. of 
mixed Curtis <S Harvey, 5-Oths of which were coarse 
powder and tile remaining I-Gth very tine grain. Of shot 1 
used 1^ oz., while in this install re the wads were of the 
ordinary kind and size. 
It would occupy too much of your valuable ~p .< :■ to 
give the full details of the trial; suffice it, theivi'.nv, to 
say that the pattern and penetration of the Tj-puicd gun 
quite equalled those of the 17-pound weapon, not •' ti n- 
standing the very disproportionate disparity in charge, 
gauge, and weight. Doubtless many of your remi-.-r; 
whose experience with guns has been confined to those 
bored upon the old system will deem my statement wil¬ 
lingly incredible. but"I can assure them that they may 
confidently accept it as representing a fact. Three in¬ 
stances at "the target—of what it is scarcely exaggeration 
to call the terrific penetration of my gun—may be of in¬ 
terest. viz.: 
At eighty yards I put pellets of No, 1 shot through 
eighteen sheets of the Pettit pad. 
At 100 yards I put pellets of B. B. shot through nine¬ 
teen sheets of the Pettit pad. 
At eighty yards I put pellets of B. B. shot through the 
entire pad of thirty sheets, and then through two paper 
pattern targets behind the pad, thirty-two sheets in all, 
and yet the shot not arrested. 
To these examples I will add two instances of the 
power of the choke at game. Last monte 1 v,sited, 
with two other sportsmen, the shores of the Bay of fliira- 
michi in pursuit of wild geese. The first shot 1 got was 
at a goose, certainly nearly seventy yards away, which 4 
brought down, badly hit. A shot through tne benu oi 
the leg enabled us to pick out this bird i rum among the 
remainder of our bag, and on my return ho ne .1 gave 
orders to my cook to bring it to me when picked. Biie J 
did so, and I then ascertained that I had hit- tne bird with j 
eleven (11) pellets of No. 1, and driven two of them into 
one side of the breast and out at the other ! One ot my 
companions was armed with a Uj-pound 16-gauge -‘pur- 
agon" “giant grip," in which he used if drs. oi orange 
lightning No. 6 and H ozs. of No. 1 chilled shot, aha wna 
this weapon and charge I saw him kilt geese which wo re¬ 
quite 1W) yards distant. It is, perhaps, requisite to auU 
that I am necessarily a good judge of distance in conse¬ 
quence of having done a great deal of target work. The 
fact is that a great many good sportsmen nave hardly re¬ 
alized to the full, as yet, the vast revolutions in sporting 
weapons which choke-boriug has effected in less than li i e 
vears. Perhaps the best way of illustrating tins is to 
contrast the winning gun at the i-ielu" trial of 1666 
with the winning small bore at the one that has just 
closed. 
Gauge. Weight. Charge. Pattern. Penetration. 
18 B 8 12 7> 3 drs. Jfoz. 13• Sjsuuuts 
ISO ...30 5Ills. 13oz. 2 dis. i uz. rdf til iuAv 02 . 
I should estimate 224 force ounces as being quite equiv¬ 
alent to thirty sheets of a Pettit pad. 
As some of your readers (their name is legion) inter¬ 
ested in guns may like to have the fiild particulars or my 
gun. I give them below : 7f-pound, 12-gauge, with thirty 
inch best “ tine Damascus" barrels, lull choked, giant 
grip action, ••Paragon” brand, rebounding Jocks; length 
of stock, 14) inches; drop, 2f inches. 
With regard to the “Stonehenge” method of loading, 
I would state for the information of “ Mateiban ’ tuat i 
procured a stock of 11J gauge (not X I f nor 11)) wads some¬ 
time since from Messrs. Tolley tor experimental purposes, 
and that the results I obtained fully confirmed tne ox>in- 
ions expressed by “Stonehenge." The regularity of pat¬ 
tern secured is, indeed, something remarkaole. At times 
not a single wild pattern will occur in sixteen to twenty 
shots, and the evenness with which the pellets are dis¬ 
tributed over the target, is moat satisfactory. 
I note with much satisfaction your intention to repro¬ 
duce in your columns the particulars of the most preg¬ 
nant anti important trial of guns that has ever been cur¬ 
ried out. I have, as you know, insisted for years upon 
the practical superiority for ordinary shooting of small 
bores, and I confess that it is not without a. i t trust) par¬ 
donable feeling of self-gratulation that i find the correct¬ 
ness of my views now so emphatically confirmed. 
28f/i May. F okest Aisle. 
PIGEON MATCHES. 
Good Shooting foe a Lad—ok Ant Other Man.— Mr. 
R F Schaffer, age 17 years, a member of the Ray¬ 
mond Sportsmen’s Cluh, and a son of the celebrated gun 
dealer, W. R. Schaffer, of Boston, won the fine gold medal 
with a remarkable score of 89 out of 90, on glass balls 
shot from the rotary, single and double, a score never 
equaled before here by so young a sportsman. He is also 
very famous in breaking glass balls with a small 23 caL 
rifle, and a sportsman hard to beat on bail shooting with 
a ball or with shot, and a capital shot in the brushy 
Tours truly, W. E. J. 
Hie above has been sent us by a Boston friend. We 
congratulate Brother Schaffer on being the father of rrclr 
a proficient son. He does honor to his training. Perhaps 
young Eugene Bogardus will find a competitor in this 
young man worthy of his attention. 
The Maine State Shoot — Lewiston, July 2\t~Editor 
Forest mul Stream .—Applications are being received from 
members of Massachusetts clubs, fer membership l»our 
Maine clubs. They desire to joiu in order to participate in 
the State shoot which comes off early in September. 'Hue 
action is caused by the prohibition of pigeon shooting m 
Massachusetts,—a law to that effect having been passed 
last winter. The Androscoggin Sporting Club have a 
contract with ono party in Aroostook County for two 
thousand wild pigeons, besides several others, for “all 
you can trap.” Lewiston. 
Maine —Tops/mm, July 24, — Riverside Club shoot; 
Card's trap; second match :— 
Honin'y .11000111010101 1—6 
* . “Olid.I 1100111111 LI 1 0-12 
A. L. (Laid. 0 0 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0—10 
Winslow .0 110 0 111111111 1-12 
Croeulear . 0 1110101111011 0-10 
Ties on 12-21 yards: C. Goud....l 10 11-4 
. Winslow ... 0 0 1 0 0-2 
W. A. S, 
Lewiston, August 1. —The Androscoggin Shoot¬ 
ing Club, of Lewiston, who at present hold the gold badge 
for the “ champion glass ball shot of Maine " (as well as 
the diamond badge for pigeon shooting), have arranged 
that it shall be shot for at the coming State shoot as fol¬ 
lows : 
Twenty shots each man ; 10 single balls from a Card 
rot ary Ira])" and fivo double rises from a Card set station¬ 
ary. ami a Huber trap, placed 6 yards apart; 18 yards 
rise for single, and 10 yards for double halts. This badge 
»-a won hist winter from the Coshnoc Heights Gun Club, 
of Augusta, who donated it. by the Auctroscoggins, who 
nave tv-id it to the present time, although open to chal¬ 
lenger once a month. A lively interest is felt as to who 
will win it at the September shoot. Lewiston. 
Lewiston, August 1.— The Cuslmoc Heights Gun Club, 
of Augusta, have a field-day to-day, and are bent on the 
destruction of an unlimited number of Bratramian sand¬ 
pipers. which arc found in immense quantities just east of 
(lie city, where they breed and flock, and where they re¬ 
main some two weeks after flocking. They are hunted 
incessantly by enthusiastic sportsmen from Augusta and 
Hallowed while they remain. Lewiston. 
Topsham, -July 24.—Riverside Club shoot; Card trap, 
second match;— 
Bonney. 
C. Go ml. 
A. Q. Omul.. 
Winslow. 
Orcenloaf.. 
.1 1000111010101 1—9 
.111001111111110-12 
.0 0111111110101 0-10 
0 110 0 111111111 1-12 
.01110101 l I 1011 0—10 
Ties on 12; 81 yards:— 
C. Good....1 1 0* 1-4 | Winslow. 0 0 1.1 0-2 
W. A. S„ Secy. 
Massachusetts — Naho.nl , July 28.—Nahant Sporting 
Club glass ball shooting : 10 balls at 18 yards rise; rotary 
single trap:— 
W. A. Jeffries.111111101 0-S 1 
W. h. Jeffries. 111101110 1—8 0 
W. L. Green .-. . 10 0 110 110 1—8 
F. B. Abbott.1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0—5 
J. A. .Tf-Tries . 110010100 1—5 
E. P. Motley. 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1—5 
S. Hammond, jr.....0 1 1100001 0—4 
Some of the gentlemen hud never shot at glass balls fronr 
a trap. 
Massachusetts — Marlboro’ Sportsmen’s Club.— 
Marlboro', July 23.— Regular monthly shot at club 
grounds; 20 bait match; open to club members and in¬ 
vited guests. From out of town there were seven mem¬ 
bers of the Hopkinton Club, of Hopkinton, Mass. Besides 
special prizes the regular club prizes, they being a bag of 
(27 lbs.) shot to each first and second class, were shot off 
orusame string;— 
CI.trB MEMBERS. NON-MEMBKHS. 
I. Ct. Howe.16 
N. O. Obarnbelain,..—10 
F. B. Gleason.18 
F, A. Marshall.13 
li. S. Mooney.....12 
W. H. Leighton, Jr.33 
li pa .-.io 
D. F. Howe.14 
O. B. Bn a i..13 
A. D. Johnson.15 
D. Dorchester.. 
M. Wood. 
F. E. Tucker... 
C. E. Robins... 
E. Templo.... 
W. G. Stone... 
N. Word. 
C. E. Chitlin. .. 
II. Fhips. 
A.G. Brewer. 
First special prize, Chambelain ; second, Gleason ; third. 
J. G. Howe and Fay divided. Club prizes won by Cham¬ 
belain in first class and by Fay in second class. H. S. 
—The Worcester Sportmen’s Club goes to New Haven 
August 19 to shoot with the club there, each team to 
have 10 men and to shoot 30 birds. 
Connecticut — T he New Haven and Fair Haven glass 
bull clubs competed for the championship of the State 
August 4 
NEW HAVEN. 
Jnrev . 1110111111111 111111 0-18 
Folsom . 10 1 110 11101110 0101 10—13 
Han-on . 11111111111110111111-10 
Colvin . 111000001111111111 I 1—15 
Porter . 01110011110110111111—15 
Moore... ml 1111111111011111—19 
Lnnirdon .110110 1110 11 11 100 1 10-14 
Fulton . 10111111111111011 111-18 
Pcnu. mu nmi miuin —20 
Total... 151 
FAIR HAVEN. 
t-~ . 0111111111111111110 0—17 
.011 11 1011 11011111111-17 
. liuiiii non noioio -16 
.11 0 1111101011100100 1-13 
.luioni non i ion lo-iB 
. 1111111 1 11100X0101 11-16 
....Ill 11011111111101011—17 
.7.10110111011111111100-15 
.0110 110110101000100 1—10 
. 137 
Beera. 
JJ. Linsicy. 
Tomkins. 
Bradley. 
J. Lin dry 
Gnodycur. 
Rowa. 
Total . 
Connecticut— West Stratford. July 24. — Match of 
Pembroke Gun Club ; glass baits: Adam's traps :— 
I, . Abbott.1111110111111111111111 101 25-23 
F. Bogart.0 00 3 1 110 01 111 13—8 
K. Nichols.011 If) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 01 10 1 0110 011114 1 28-18 
~ r.ninn.1110 0 111110110110101101110111 28-20 
J. White. 1 111 11111010111X111 111 1111111 28-23 
T: Bishop (B'port)O U111111001111O 11100110110 1 23-16 
H.Fowler “ 0010001101 retired B, W r >1 
New York —Pine Flaws, July 80.—Glass balls; single 
rives : Card's rotary traps ; 21 yards rise. First prize, 
dozen silver knives ; •■•econd. keg- of powder; third, bag of 
shut ; fourth, hammock : fifth, can of powder:— 
I),,,!,urv 11111110111011 1-13 
i . ' .I 1 n (I ! I il 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0— 8 
.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 li 1 I 1 0 1- 7 
. 10110110100U111— 0 
faviinta .' . 0011011010 1110 1-9 
.0 0111110111111 l-ih 
uibum .I 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1-13 
' . oiiiiiiiioioio o-io 
, ,1 , . ..0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0-10 
I . .0 1 0 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-13 
u iiiiii:: . .i i o i i i i o i o o i i i i-u 
Rowe 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0-8 
Ties on 18:— 
Jamison.11111—5 I Duxbury.0 110 0—2 
Case.01110-31 
Ties on 10:— 
Jackson.0 111 1—4 I Barton.110 0 1—3 
Ties ono:— 
Carman..1 011 1—4 | Hoey. 1100 1-3 
Port Morris, New York City, August 2 .—Sixth regular 
monthly shoot of Knickerbocker Gun Club, for club badge, 
at 15 balls; Card’s rotating trap; 18 yards rise; Bogar- 
dus’s rales, took place here to-day. Owing to a variety of 
causes the attendance was rather slim. N. Jacques 
acted as referee. The following score was made :— 
G. Dennerlein,. 1110 1111111111 0-13 
W. Potter, jr. 11111111111100 1-13 
C. Baker.1 1 1 1 1 1 ] l l l o 0 1 0 1—11 
A. Stelukc.0 10 1 00 1 1 1001 100—7 
D. Oaughlan.0 1111110101001 1-10 
F. Chedsey. 11110011111010 1—11 
Tics on 13, shot off at 21 yards ;— 
Dannerlcin.1 1 0 0 1—3 I Potter... 1111 1—5 
C. E. B. 
New Jersey— Bergen Point., July 29.—Sixth of the 
seven matches by the Bergen Point Ameteur Gun Club 
for gold badge : 25 glass balls; 15 yards rise ; Bogardus’ 
traps and rules:— 
Moore.0 111 11 1 000111111101111111-20 
S. L. Davis.1 10011100111100100011111 1—16 
Niluievdlng.0 10101010001011011011111 1-15 
The score now stands : three matches to the credit of S. 
L. Davis and three to Moore. 
New Jersey Gun Club—J ersey City, July 16.—Monthly 
shoot at birds and balls; regular handicap; glass-ball 
badge shoot; 20 balls thrown from three Hepsley traps:— 
Yards. 
W. ganders .. 
John Pearson . 20 
W. Hepsley. 23 
D. Dunlap ... 20 
— Jackens . 18 
Geo. L. Wilms . 20 
H. Geiger. 20 
1 000100010011011101 1—10 
1010111011111110001 1—14 
0 110111000 0 10110011 1—11 
1011101 111 1 3 1011'Oil 0-15 
00001110011000111001—9 
000101J.GD01! 01111111—12 
1111011111111 011110 0—18 
Second match; five birds; 25 yards rise; H, and T. 
traps:— 
Pearson 
Wilms... * 
Hepsley. 0 
Warue. 1 
Geiger. 1 
1111-5 
0011—2 
1110-3 
1101—4 
111 0-4 
Dunlop. 
Sip. 
Van Brockle... 
Sanders..,. 
Ill 
Oil 
0 0-3 
0 1-3 
1 1-5 
0 1-3 
First and second divided. Third dividedbetween Hepsley 
and Dunlop. 
Miss and out; sweeps; one barrel; 25 yards ;— 
1-2 1 1 * -2 
’-0 111111 0-6 
1111111-7 
G riger. 
Dunlop. 
Van Brockle.. 
Sanders. 
1-2 
0-0 
1 0-1 
0-0 
1 1-2 
0-0 
1 0-1 
G. L. W. 
Pennsylvania— Catawissa, July 29.—Shoot No. 9, of 
the F. & G. P. Club of Catawissa ; Card’s rotary trap ; 18 
yards rise : loosing side paying expenses:— 
O. W. Rcifsnyder. 1011011011—7 
H. B. Aldrich. 11110 110 11—8 
A. Thomas. 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1— 8 
T. P. Cherrington.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1-4 
T. Fox..1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1-6 
P. Robison.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-3 
T. E. Harder. 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1—4 
Wm. Geiger.0 000000000—0 
Total.. 
A. Stndler. 
John Gibbs . 
Wm. Orange. 
C. E. Fessenden — 
C. M. Drinker. 
B. B. Sehmick . 
.1. H. Geary. 
Geo. Waters . 
Ties on 8 v 
. 40 
.101000000 1—3 
..0 100110110—6 
. .oiiiiioioo—a 
.0 100111110-6 
.. 1101101111-8 
-.1 00100000 0-2 
.0 0000 1 ) 1000 — 1 
..0 001010010-3 
Pennsylvania — Erie, August 1.—Second regular shoot 
for Rathskeller cup, presented to the Erie Gun Club by 
Louie Schumacher. Mole’s rotating trap and rules to 
govern 
John E. Graham.1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 0-14 
T. W. Jareckf.0 1111101111111 1-13 
Joe. Snellenberg.1 1111111111010 1—13 
Whiteside.1 0111111111101 1-13 
W. W. Derby.0 0111101111111 1—12 
Gray. 11110 0 10 111110 1-11 
Col. J.S. Riddle. 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0-0 
Will. Tracy. 11001100110101 1—0 
Louis Schumacher..0 0011 11 10010000— fl 
Charles Haves.1 11010001100000-6 
N. B.—We consider Will. Tracy the best one-armed 
shot in this part of the country. “ Snipe.” 
Anacostia Gun Club— Washington, July 26.—First 
match ; glass balls :— 
Wagner... ... 111111111 1-10 
Itothwell. 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1-T 
1011011111—8 
1110110111—8 
1110101000—5 
1111100111—8 
111110011 0-7 
1011011000—5 
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1-0 
1110100111—7 
Williams . 
Shelton.. 
Morgan. 
Ball. 
Stumph. 
Scott.. 
Ready. 
Case. 
Second match; pigeons 
Roth well.1 0 l 1 0—3 I Morgan. 110 1—4 
Third match; miss and out: Wagner handicapped, 80 
yards:— 
Wagner. 1 1-8 1 Morgan. 1 1—8 
Rothwell and Shelton Wagner and Morgan dl- 
withdr6-w. I vided . 
Ball. 1 0-11 
Fourth match; 5'birds; Wagner handicapped; 80 
yards :— 
Wagner. 1 1 1 l 1-51 Ball. 1 0 0 1 1—8 
Scot!.:...-. 0 0 10 9-11 
Georgia — Augusta. July 23.—Match between two local 
clubs; 30 balls per man: Bogardus’ trap. Charleston 
Sporting Club :— 
t.t. n ...11 11 11 10 11 11 n 11 n 11 11 01 11 or 11—27 
W.H.T...01 UL 11 It li J1 11 li 01 11 II H 01 11 00—34 
B. A. K...11 11 11 01 11 11 10 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11—37 
W.L.C ....41 10 u 01 n ui 01 01 01 11 11 10 11 11 11—23 
J.R.H.. 11 00 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 01 01 11 11 —21 
C. R. L.. . 11 11 11 10 11 11 U 10 11 01 01 11 11 01 11—25 
L. H.T....11 11 10 11 11 11 10 01 OI 11 U 11 01 11 11—24 
O.C. P. ...li 01 11 11 01 10 11 11 00 11 11 10 11 11 li—21 
T, S. I. .11 11 11 11 10 11 00 11 11 01 01 n 11 U 11—23 
Total.- ..15 
