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repeaters, with results in speed and cer- 

 tainty of action in favor of the Savage. 



In answer to the query, is the Savage 

 .303 better than the Winchester 30-30, I 

 say yes, both in power and accuracy. 

 The Winchester 30-40 more nearly ap- 

 proaches the Savage in execution. How- 

 ever, there is a 30-30 Savage. M. L. Par- 

 shall, of Chesaning, Mich., writes of a 

 fault of the Savage rifle which I have not 

 found to exist, namely, that the soft point 

 bullet will not penetrate bone. I have used 

 the Savage to kill horses and large dogs 

 and never failed to penetrate any portion 

 of the skull I chose with a soft nose 

 bullet. I once shot a buck at 200 yards 

 with a soft nose bullet, which smashed 

 the shoulder and passed out of the ani- 

 mal's breast. I saw G. W. Powers, of 

 Thomson, N. Y., shoot a large doe while 

 running, with a Savage rifle, using a soft 

 nose bullet. The ball struck the animal 

 back of the left ear, splitting her head 

 completely. 



If suitable ammunition is used with the 

 Savage the results will leave nothing to 

 be desired. I have owned and shot 

 Winchester, Ballard, Remington and 

 Stevens rifles, and while they are admirable 

 in many ways, I think the Savage is the 

 best. While the selection of a rifle is 

 largely a matter of personal preference, 

 no one will make a mistake who buys a 

 Savage. 



W. B. Webster, Schuylerville, N. Y. 



RECOMMEND NO. 44 STEVENS. 



After a lifelong experience in the gun 

 business and after using all calibers of 

 Stevens No. 44 Ideal rifles I advise W. S. 

 Mead to buy the 25 Stevens. It costs less 

 and has as much killing power as the 32, 

 with a much flatter trajectory. I have shot 

 geese through and through with it at 250 

 yards. I find the Stevens the best all 

 around gun I ever used. I prefer U. M. C. 

 ammunition, although the Winchester 

 smokeless is good. I have hunted most 

 kinds of game and for small game prefer 

 the 22 long rifle. For large game I have 

 never used anything equal to the .^03 soft 

 point Savage. That gave me the best re- 

 sults on bear and deer. I have no use for 

 the Marlin. I have owned 3 and have re- 

 paired hundreds and never saw one that 

 would not" stick just when most needed. 

 H. C. Clinoinger, Akron, O. 



In answer to M. S. Mead, Woodstock, 

 N. Y., I would say that I use a Stevens 

 Ideal No. 44, 32 rim fire rifle, and am much 

 pleased with it. I do not use either the 

 long or the short cartridge. Both are in- 

 ferior to the 32 long rifle, inside lubricated. 

 With that cartridge I have done good 

 work at about 440 yards, I have shot 



pigeons at 100 yards without raising the 

 sights at all. 



Allyn Tedmon, Ridgefield, N. J. 



Answering W. S. Mead, Woodstock, N. 

 Y., I have a No. 44 Stevens 28-30, which I 

 consider one of the finest shooting guns I 

 ever saw. No gun will do more than fairly 

 accurate work using the 32 caliber rim fire 

 cartridges. They can not be depended on 

 for close shooting over 100 yards. The 22 

 long rifle and the 25 rim fire are much 

 more reliable. 



Garvey Donaldson, Macksburg, O. 



ANSWER REPEATER, 

 Repeater, of Jamestown, N. Y., asks 

 as to the necessity of using wads over 

 and under ball in an old army revolver. 

 I have a 44 army revolver, 8-inch barrel, 

 weighing 3 pounds. I use 40 grains Du- 

 Pont f.f.g. powder, without wads of any 

 kind. The balls, round, 140 grains, conical 

 211 grains, fit the chamber so tightly there 

 is no escape of gas. Recently I fired 36 

 shots at 50 yards. All were placed within 

 the diameter of a dinner plate. A saucer 

 would have covered most of them. The 

 balls will penetrate 3 inches of wood at 50 

 yards, and are accurate at 100 yards. I en- 

 joy Recreation exceedingly, and have 

 learned much from its gun and ammuni- 

 tion department. The letter in January 

 issue by Ed. J. Anderson is as sensible 

 an article as I ever read relative to 

 would-be sportsmen praising or condemn- 

 ing certain makes of goods. If some 

 Willie borrows a gun and a few car- 

 tridges for his annual half-day hunt, 

 and finds that the gun goes off when he 

 pulls the triggers, he straightway inflicts 

 on a suffering world his opinion that such 

 and such are the only guns and shells fit to 

 use. Or, if a shell misses fire, he is equally 

 positive in condemning the entire output of 

 its maker. I have used Winchester and U. 

 M. C. ammunition, 22 to 45 caliber, in sev- 

 eral makes of rifles, also their shot cart- 

 ridges, and have yet to miss fire. 



F. B. S., Rochester, N. Y. 



In reply to Repeater, Jamestown, N. Y., 

 would suggest that it is not necessary to 

 use wads in his 44 caliber Civil War re- 

 volver. With pointed bullet use 20 grains 

 fine black powder, about f. f. g. If using 

 round ball, use not over 15 grains, or the 

 bullet will jump the rifling. 



Garvey Donaldson, Macksburg, O. 





WHAT THEY THINK OF THE MARLIN. 



You are doing a good work. Keep it up ! 

 Everything that is said in Recreation 

 about the Marlin rifle is true. If you 

 could be in the position I was with one 

 of their guns, you would say more than 



