GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 



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this weapon is not excelled by any other 

 single shot rifle in the market. Any 

 one wanting a first class gun at a moderate 

 price should select a Stevens Ideal. 



A. L. Fritts, Olpe, Kans. 



Is there a 22-7^-45 cartridge made with 

 smokeless or semi-smokeless powder? If 

 so, who makes it? If there is such a cart- 

 ridge, have any of your readers tried it, 

 and if so, with what results? I have just 

 bought a 22 Winchester R. F. rifle and 

 think it all right. I have a 44 C. F. rifle 

 I bought last fall. Though fitted with Ly- 

 man sights, it does not come up to my ex- 

 pectation. I am going to sell it and get 

 either a Winchester 30-30 or a Savage 

 303. Which of the 2 has the flattest tra- 

 jectory? 



G. M. Miller, Montreal, Que. 



What shell and load would you use in a 

 Forehand single barrel for ducks? 



What is the velocity of a 32 calibre rim 

 fire cartridge fired from a Stevens Fa- 

 vorite? 



E. F. Gillespie, New York City. 



ANSWER. 



The velocity of the 32 short rim fire 

 is about 980 feet a second ; the 32 long 

 rim fire, 1,025 feet. — Editor. 



In a Forehand single barrel gun, for 

 ducks, I should use U. M. C. or Winches- 

 ter No. 4 shot. — Editor. 



I should like to give Mr. Jones, of Slate 

 Hill, Pa., the benefit of my experience with 

 guns. I have owned 2 Colt 12 gauge, 1 

 Claibrough 10 gauge, 2 Greener 12 gauge 

 and 2 Greener 16 guage guns. I used all 

 more or less for game and trap shooting, 

 and while the 16 gauge was not quite so 

 effective in trap shooting it was an ideal 

 field gun. The last 16 I worked was an 

 ejector Greener, and I used it with the 

 greatest satisfaction on quails, snipe, and 

 ducks all through the South. 



E. C. Hall, Ashfield, Mass. 



I use a 32-40 Winchester for deer and 

 for that purpose prefer it to all other 

 calibers. I shot 4 deer last season, 

 securing 3 of them. The other I could 

 have got had there been a tracking snow. 



1 fired twice, hitting him back of the 

 shoulder and in the hip. He continued 

 running, and as the wounds soon stopped 

 bleeding, I could not follow. Of the others 



2 dropped instantly and the third ran 

 not more than 6 or 7 rods. My favorite 

 for larger game is the '76 model, 45-75 

 Winchester. Louis Luder, Caro, Mich. 



choke for nitro powder? In the former the 

 barrel is cut true cylinder bore from the 

 breech to within an inch of the muzzle. 

 The muzzle is left about 1-64 inch smaller 

 than the rest of the barrel. Will some one 

 who has used the Winchester 30-40 on big 

 game give me his experience? What is 

 a good load for shore birds? 



Warren J. Barlow, Wollaston, Mass. 



I should like to know the tensile strength 

 of the Winchester rolled steel rifle barrels. 

 Can you tell me? 



John Bowden, Spring Valley, Minn. 



The question was forwarded to the Win- 

 chester people and they replied: 



Nickel steel for high velocity rifle bar- 

 rels we buy with an elastic limit of 80,000 

 pounds. Steel for black powder barrels we 

 buy with an elastic limit of 40,000 to 45,000 

 pounds. 



Winchester Repeating Arms Co. 



I should like to find out whether the 

 soft nose or the full metal cased bullet is 

 the better for big game. I have had vary- 

 ing success with both. On one occasion I 

 shot a wolf at 200 yards with a Winchester 

 30-30. The bullet, a soft nose, struck the 

 backbone and did not pass through the 

 animal. Out of 18 deer shot with hard 

 nose bullets, in front parts, 11 ran ^ of a 

 mile to 3 miles. B. S., Ithaca, N. Y. 



A year ago I wrote Recreation asking 

 advice about choosing a quail gun, and was 

 urged to order an Ithaca 12 bore, 28 

 inch, weight 6}i pounds left barrel 

 modified, right barrel cylinder. I did 

 so, and received a 1902 model Ithaca 

 gun, with the new cross bolt and fore end 

 ejector. I thank Recreation for helping 

 me find just wdiat I wanted. 



Northwest, Sioux City, la. 



I use only Dupont smokeless powder in 

 shot gun, rifle and revolver. While I have 

 used nearly all other makes, I consider that 

 the best in every way. Am now using U. 

 M. C. smokeless shells altogether, and their 

 metallics in my smaller arms. U. M. C. 

 goods are simply perfection. 



L. D. Whittemore, Redlands, Cal. 



Which is the best way to choke bore a 

 gun barrel for hard and close shooting? Is 

 the taper choke bore as good as the full 



I have seen nearly all kinds of shot 

 guns, and have owned a great many. Ex- 

 perience has taught me that there is no 

 better shooting gun than the Ithaca. By 

 ordering a gun from the Ithaca Co. you 

 can get just what you want, and it will be 

 the best of its kind. 



O. J. Emerson, Kendallville, la. 



