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RECREA TION. 



One of the advantages, is that the view 

 is not obstructed. A man has all he can 

 do to look after front and hind sights, and 

 the game, without a third sight to confuse 

 him. 



Both eyes should be open when using 

 this sight. Pay more attention to the front 

 sight and the game, than to the rear sight. 

 After a little practice, the sights seem to 

 come in line naturally; the light in the 

 centre of the aperture being stronger than 

 around the edges. 



Use the large aperture, if it looks too 

 dark through the small one. 



The ivory hunting front sight is larger 

 than the ivory bead, and better for quick 

 shooting. It is stronger, also. For a large 

 rifle I would take the ivory bead, because 

 at a long distance, a coarse sight will cover 

 up an object, where a small one would not. 

 Care should be taken with these sights, as 

 the ivory will stand no rough usage. 



I tried these sights on a Marlin 22 calibre 

 '97 model, and could not have had better 

 success than with them. 



I am now fitting my 40-82, with them. 



Will some reader of Recreation, who 

 uses them, give his opinion on Lyman shot 

 gun sights? 



C. W. Perry, Helena, Mont. 



In answer to R. B. B. of St. Louis, Mo., 

 in November Recreation, I will give my 

 experience with the Lyman sights, which 

 I have used for 12 years. I bought an ivory 

 hunting front sight and combination rear 

 sight, and put them on a '73 model, 32 

 Winchester repeater; but left the original 

 rear sight on the rifle. I had the Lyman 

 sights set to 75 yards point blank range, 

 and could do fair shooting. I then removed 

 the rear open sight, and was surprised at 

 the result. I was considered a good shot 

 with open sights, but the Lyman sights im- 

 proved my shooting more than 50 per cent. 

 My advice, Brother R. B. B., is to take 

 the rear open sight off your rifle to obtain 

 the best results. 



With the Lyman sights, the light and 

 shadows in the woods, so deceiving to one 

 who uses open sights, have no terrors. In 

 making running or flying shots, you will 

 score more hits than with open sights. I 

 own two rifles, equipped with Lyman 

 sights; a Winchester '73 model, 32-20, and 

 a Marlin '92 model, 22. My next is to be 

 a Stevens Ideal 25-21. We have little game 

 here which can be hunted with a rifle. I 

 have only killed 3 fox squirrels with the 

 little Marlin, and they dropped as though 

 struck by a thunder bolt. I have lots of 

 sport with crows and hawks, using the 22 

 long rifle cartridge. With the Winchester, 

 I have killed everything in the shape of 

 game, from deer down, and have made kill- 

 ing shots at distances that could not be 

 made with ooen sights. 



W. R. C, Joliet, 111. 



WIRE CARTRIDGES. 



Where can I obtain wire cartridges? I 

 have asked several ammunition dealers in 

 New York. Some had never heard of such 

 a thing, and others declared they went 

 out of use with the muzzle loader. The 

 latter statement is not correct, for they are 

 still manufactured by Eley Bros, and Joyce, 

 of England; and are much used for wild 

 fowl shooting in the British Islands, where 

 cover is scarce and the birds wild. 



Of course wire cartridges cannot be used 

 in a heavily choked barrel; but in a cylin- 

 der barrel they sometimes give excellent 

 results, and at surprisingly long range. If 

 not to be had here, could I get them by 

 mail from England, and would they be 

 dutiable? 



Mr. Cashmore, is correct as to the 

 Schrapnel Shell Co. Freelock Bros, of 

 Parliament Street, Dublin, used to be 

 agents for those goods. I once wrote them 

 about the shells; and they replied that they 

 did not sell the schrapnels except when 

 loaded into cartridges. I believe they are 

 made in 12 gauge as well as in the larger 

 sizes. 



By the way, if all sportsmen could haVe 

 guns like the one spoken of by Mr. Rich- 

 ardson, in the November Recreation, 

 concentrating devices would not be needed. 

 At 190 yards, using a 14 gauge gun, this 

 gentleman filled a jacksnipe so full of No. 9 

 shot that the bird sank to the bottom of 

 the lake before it could be retrieved. Well! 

 Well! Well! Greenheart. 



NOTES. 



Homer Raleigh, in November Recrea- 

 tion, asks "How to learn to shoot with a 

 rifle at running game." 



First get Lyman sights, then send to 

 Wm. Lyman — whose address is in Recrea- 

 tion's advertising pages — for catalogue, 

 and follow directions given therein. With 

 practice, you will find you can kill game 

 on the run, and often birds flying. . 



I lately returned from a fishing and hunt- 

 ing trip to the White river country. I used 

 a 30-40, model '95, Winchester, fitted with 

 Lyman sights, and am well pleased with 

 cartridge, rifle and sights. I used large 

 opening on the sight, and killed running 

 deer and birds flying. The last bird I shot, 

 was a pigeon hawk, flying just above the 

 ground, 146 paces from where I was sitting 

 on my horse. I held the ivory bead about 

 2 inches in front of the shoulder joint; did 

 not think of or see rear sight. The bullet 

 went through the shoulders. 



R. B. B. asks if the open rear sight on 

 barrel, does not obstruct view of rear Ly- 

 man sight. It does, and should be taken 

 off. 



Recreation is the best and cleanest 

 sportsmen's magazine published. 



A. H. Ketcham. D.D.S., 

 Colorado Springs, Colo. 



