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either? It is so claimed. Is there any- 

 clothing really waterproof? I've used oil- 

 skin, rubber and mackintosh; all leaked 

 on the shoulder. 

 Jno. A. Elliott, M. D., Northumberland, Pa. 



I prefer to leave these questions in the 

 hands of my readers, many of whom are 

 thoroughly competent to handle them. 



— Editor. 



SMALL SHOT. 

 For 11 years I have been traveling 

 through this part of Massachusetts with a 

 shooting gallery. A few years ago the 

 Recreation readers among my patrons be- 

 gan asking why I did not use Peters shells, 

 saying they had seen them advertised in 

 their favorite magazine. At that time 

 Peters ammunition could not be bought 

 anywhere in Worcester county. To oblige 

 my friends I procured a supply from head- 

 quarters, and lateY we induced a large con- 

 cern in Pittsfield and another at North 

 Adams to handle Peters goods. At Great 

 Barrington one fall my partner and I had 

 3 galleries, side by side, and used 20,000 

 Peters shells. 



That Peters goods ever found sale in 

 Worcester county is due wholly to the 

 efforts of Recreation readers. That they 

 are in much less demand at present goes 

 without saying. I am still in the business, 

 and I give my patrons what they ask for. 

 At present they are worrying along with 

 U. M. C.'s and Winchesters, but the bulls- 

 eye bell rings about as often as ever. 



Chas. Hamel, North Adams, Mass. 



I have just been testing the new lubri- 

 cated metal patched bullets, made by the 

 National Projectile Works, of this city, 

 and am confident there is no other projec- 

 tile on the market that compares favorably 

 with them for accurate shooting. In my first 

 testing of the new wire-wound bullet I shot 

 5 out of 8 shots into a ty?. inch circle at 50 

 yards, hunting sights, muzzle rest, using 

 25 grains Laflin & Rand's 30 caliber smoke- 

 less powder, 30-30-160 Winchester lubri- 

 cated metal patched bullet, and my little 

 30-30 Winchester rifle. I firmly believe this 

 new bullet is an important improvement 

 over the dry mantled bullet now so com- 

 monly in use. The new bullet has been 

 patented, a company organized for its man- 

 ufacture in this city, and machines are now 

 being completed for making these bullets 

 in large quantities and at reasonable prices. 

 I am pleased to recommend this bullet t« 

 all who have high velocity rifles and do 

 not wish to have them ruined by the use of 

 dry metal patched bullets. 



Geo. H. Newell, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Chester, the Spencer and the Burgess. All 

 are good, but with none of them can 1 

 shoot so well as with a double barrel. I 

 have found the 12 bore Pieper, $75 

 grade, an admirable gun. So is the $40 

 grade Remington, with the additional ad- 

 vantage of unusually long range. For duck 

 shooting the Lefever 10 bore, with 32 inch 

 barrels, has given me great satisfaction. 

 Am now using a 12 gauge Smith which I 

 had made to order with 2 sets of barrels; 

 one 28, the other 32 inch. The short bar- 

 rels, of which one is cylinder and the other 

 modified choke, I use for wing shooting. 

 The long pair are choked to the limit. The 

 combination makes as good an all around 

 gun as one could wish. My conclusion is 

 that a strong, light, well balanced gun that 

 fits the user will give satisfaction no mat- 

 ter what name is stamped on it. A score 

 of American makers are building just that 

 sort of gun, and one is as good as another. 

 M. A. Curl, Rosehill, O., 



Among pump guns I have used the Win- 



I must add a few lines to what C. L. 

 Adam says of the 44-40, as I have been a 

 user of that gun 6 years and consider it an 

 excellent weapon. I am not a crack shot, 

 but have done satisfactory shooting with it. 



I get better results with Dupont No. 2 

 smokeless powder than with any other. 

 It is certainly the cleanest powder I ever 

 used, and as nearly smokeless as is possible 

 to make. I use the same powder in a 38 

 caliber revolver and greatly prefer it to 

 black. With the latter the barrel fouls 

 rapidly ; but with No. 2 I can fire an un- 

 limited number of shots, all equally accu- 

 rate. The old black powder guns used with 

 a suitable smokeless powder are as good 

 as the modern small bores. 



I would say to A. W. Webly that the 

 32 hand ejector revolver would be too 

 light for 100 yard shooting. He wi : l find a 

 special heavy weight 38 a better weapon at 

 that range. Sportsman, Harney, Md. 



In February Recreation A. D. R. asks 

 which is best for duck shooting, a 10 or a 

 12 bore, and whether a 30 or a 32 inch bar- 

 rel is preferable. The popular gun in the 

 Northwest for ducks and geese is still the 

 10 gauge, 32 inch, 10 to 12 pounder. 

 I am doing plenty of execution with an 8^ 

 pound, 12 gauge, 32 inch gun which I had 

 built to order by the Ithaca Gun Co. It i» 

 the $60 grade, with their double thick nitro 

 breech, chambered for 3 inch shell and 

 bored especially for N#. 4 shot. I use 3^2 

 drams Du Pont smokeless, 1% •unces No. 

 4 shot, and my friends are «ften surprised 

 at the long kills I make,. A 30 inch barrel 

 gives as much penetration with nitro pow- 

 der as a longer one, but the pattern of the 

 32 inch barrel is about 10 per cent better 

 as a rule. P. S. L„ Sioux City, la. 



