132 RECREATION. 
I have tested the Laflin & Rand Sport- 
ing Rifle Smokeless powder at 100 and 
200 yards range, in a .45-70 repeater. I 
used 24 grains of powder with a 330 grain 
bullet, hardened 16 to 1. The result of 
the test was very satisfactory, the flight 
of the ball regular and the shots well 
grouped at 100 and 200 yards. The tra- 
jectory is slightly flatter than with 70 
grains of black powder and the same ball. 
It is the best powder I have ever used. 
There is no smoke to speak of, and but 
slight recoil. This powder is a Godsend 
to those using large caliber, black pow- 
der hunting rifles. 
EL. Re Aitcheock, Elwood, “ind! 
Have any of the readers of RECREATION 
tried a cast bullet made of Io per cent 
copper, I0 per cent tin and 80 per cent 
lead, for use in the .30-30 or .40-40 
smokeless rifle? 
Hy” Py) Pettit,” Kort Atkinson, “Was! 


Coyote Ash must have a wrong idea of 
lateral drift; or, perhaps, he is only mak- 
ing fun of somebody’s theory about a 
known difficulty in rifle shooting. 
I should say there would be no drift at 
point blank range, no matter what the 
grade or range of the rifle may be. I am 
much interested in the Guns and Ammu- 
nition columns of RECREATION, because 
they give the practical experience of men 
who know about things. 
C. F. Marble, Rockland, Mass. 

Everybody to his notion about rifles; 
and me to mine. I have hunted and trap- 
ped in the Rocky mountains for 18 years; 
have studied the nature and habits of 
game in its nativehauntsin the wilderness 
and have used nearly all kinds of rifles. 
I find the Winchester .30 U. S. Army the 
best big game gun I ever tried. 
Chas. Marble, Chestnut, Mont. 

Get a Winchester sling strap, a Heikes’ 
hand protector, and a leather recoil pad. 
Cut through the recoil pad in 2 places 
3g inch apart for hook of strap. Hook 
the other end of strap to end of hand- 
protector, or attach the regular fore end 
swivel to same if desired, and the whole 
thing can be attached or removed without 
defacing gun in the least. 
©. R., Brookline, Mass. 

Has any reader had any practical ex- 
perience in using a 32-40 repeater, bored 
for high pressure smokeless powder, and 
using 36 to 40 grains Dupont Government 
smokeless powder and a paper patched 
cylindrical bullet? Or a 32-40 barrel 
bored for low pressure smokeless Dupont 
No. 1 powder; but using the above men- 
tioned high pressure ammunition? If so, 
please tell us about the velocity, penetra- 
tion and trajectory. 
Frodue, Visalia, Calif. 

Will some brother sportsman give his 
experience with the .25-20 repeater as a 
deer gun? 
Can anyone give results from using the 
above gun with split nose or express bul- 
lets on deer? Will some one give as 
nearly as possible the cost per 100 of re- 
loading Marlin .30-30 shells, short range, 
lightest load? The above information will 
be of great help to me. 
R. S. D. Loach, Karnes City, Tex. 

Can some of your readers inform me 
(1) as to the way of, reloading .30-30 
shells? 
(2) Can the bullets be made by the 
Ideal reloading tool, or must they be 
bought from the companv. (3) What tool 
is best for the .30-30, and how would you 
reload them. (4) Is the steel jacket 
bought separate? 
Old Subscriber. 

Will the editor or some reader of REc- 
REATION give an estimate of the per cent 
of successful shooters at the trap who 
shoot with both eyes open? “Dude” Gil- 
bert, of Spirit Lake, Ia., shoots with both 
eyes open. How is it with Hykes, EI- 
hott, Bud, Grimm and other good trap 
shots? Bert T. Barnes. 

Ishould liketo ask through RECREATION 
of some one who has used them, Ist, 
which he thinks is the best rifle for target 
shooting and for rabbits and prairie dogs; 
the W:nchester single shot C. F. .22 cal. 
or the Stevens rifle, No. 44 or 45, bored 
for their new .22-15-60? 
2. Is the Winchester .22 C. F. inside lu- 
bricated? , 
3. Will it handle one of the Ideal 
heavier bullets, say 55 grains? 
H. L., Hackberry, Kas. 

Noting the many objections to .30-30 
bottle-nicked shells, I am moved to ask: 
Why ' can we not have a Stevens .30-30 
straight-shell, for smokeless powder, 
metal jacketed bullet of about 170 grains? 
This shell could be reloaded with light 
charge, hardened lead, with good results. 
The barrel, of course, should be of spe- 
cial steel, twist one in 12. 
William Blake, 

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