RECREATION. lv 



Read this Testimonial of the 



Forehand Gun 



Galloway Brothers 



wholesale dealers flour 



114 s. frederick st. 



baltimore, md. 



Baltimore, October 30, 1897. 



Forehand Arms Co. 



Gentlemen : I purchased from your factory, October, 1893, 

 a new Hammerless Double 12 gun. On receipt of same there 

 was a little trouble owing to the imperfect knowledge of one of 

 our gunsmiths in this city. You were kind enough to adjust the 

 spring that was strained by said gunsmith and return the gun to 

 me free of charge. It is a rather late day to express my thanks, 

 but the gun has proved such a valuable one to me that I think it 

 no more than right that you should be acquainted of the fact. I 

 have been shooting regularly since, in bird season, and have been 

 in the field with sportsmen who shot Greener, Parker, and a num- 

 ber of other first-class makes. I beg to say to you, not in flattery 

 but in fact, that the gun I purchased of you is the finest I have 

 ever seen. It will outshoot any gun I have yet found. The most 

 remarkable circumstance is that I have used it in duck and turkey 

 shooting and have used heavy charges. If I point it straight it 

 will kill with just as much regularity at same distances as any io 

 or 8 gun I have yet run up against. Since the first trouble, which 

 I have already explained,. I have never expended a cent for repairs, 

 and I think the weapon as good to-day as when I first received it. 

 I could not be tempted to sell it for double the purchase price, for 

 fear I could never secure another like it. As this is a compliment 

 to your works, wholly unsolicited on your part, I thought it might 

 give you some pleasure to know of it. 



Yours very sincerely, 



Ballard J. Galloway. 



