

GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 
the target is liable to kill somebody in 
the next county. A score on a deer, or 
other large game, however, with the soft- 
nose, is usually fatal instantly or very 
soon. 
For game up to and including deer, I 
prefer a  .25-36, or Winchester  .25- 
35. Either is good for meat at 400 yards. 
Not many shots are taken at so great a 
range. These cartridges can be built 
with black powder. 
Personally. *> pretér/ “4, :25-36 “to a 
.30-40 or .30-30. | can make a better tar- 
get with it, and the recoil is lighter. 
Read what O. M. B., of Dubuque says 
in February RECREATION, p. 136. How- 
ever, I differ from him as to cleaning. I 
keep my .30-40 always in tip-top shape. 
H. B. K., Milwaukee, Wis. 

If that man (?) who “proved” a .30-30 
and who boasted about it—see page 213 
March RECREATION, 1899, whom you gen- 
tly roasted, is a reader of RECREATION 
and supposes true sportsmen admire 
such ‘“proving,’ he must be dull in- 
deed. After so much has been said 
favorable. “tov >this “etn, as” a “game 
weapon, by rehable and trustworthy men, 
he is not satisfied until he destroys 9 large 
game animals. He does not claim the 
settlers along Horse creek were desti- 
tute and needed his assistance; that meat 
was scarce in his wigwam; that his naked 
papooses needed the hides to keep them 
warm, nor even that the carcasses were 
needed for bear bait. He wanted to try 
a .30-30 and imagined it would be agree- 
able to RECREATION readers for him to 
ae about it. He is a long way off the 
trail. 
Thomas S. Boyd, Omaha, Neb. 
i GooMs asks, which 4s..the, best’ all- 
around .22 caliber cartridge. I have tested 
the various .22’s at the target and on game 
for years, and find no one of them suitable 
for every use. The best way is to get 
‘a rifle chambered for all 3 in one barrel— 
the .22 short, .22 long and .22 long rifle. 
The Stevens Ideal and their Favorite will 

chamber and shoot these cartridges as ac- - 
curately as any rifle made. This permits 
a choice that ought to suit the most exact- 
ing. I use the .22 short and .22 long rifle 
as they are the most accurate. If, how- 
ever, one wants a cartridge for squirrels 
and larger game, the .22 Winchester R. F. 
is the one to use. It is larger every way 
than the other .22’s, and a rifle made for 
it will admit no other. It is just right for 
squirrels and will bring down a fox at 50 
or 60 yards. 
B. Garvin, Wheeling, W. Va. 
The Louisville Revolver Club is still 
working enthusiastically and promises to 

tween gun and bird. 
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hold its place as one of the best in the 
country. Several of its members are 
making particularly good scores. Notable 
among these are E. B. Nye and H. S. 
Gilbert. The latter is a young man, but 
his work shows him to be exceedingly 
handy with the revolver, being able to 
put 5 shots into the black at 20 yards with 
a .38, using Peters’ shells loaded with 
King’s semi-smokeless powder. Mr. Dye 
uses the same grade of ammunition. 
The club has fitted up a range on the 
upper floors of F. R. Burrel’s store on 
3d street, and the appointments are of the 
very best. 
Ebel mmemnat .-O. 

At the Michigan state shoot at Wyan- 
dotte, June 20-23, 30 of the shooters used 
Peters’ ““New Victor’ shells loaded with 
King’s sm keless powder, and all the state 
trophies were won with these loads. John 
Parker, of Detroit, won the Expert State 
Championship; Frank Shearer of Bay 
City, won the Semi-Expert Championship; 
Captain Merrill, of Bay City, the Ama- 
teur State Championship; John Parker the 
AA Class Medal of the Passtime Gun 
Club, with a score of 23 out of 25, and in-™ 
the Expert Championship he broke 24 
Ole ONZ5, 

Kentuckian, in May RECREATION, asks 
for my idea of an all-around gun for trap 
and field. For me it must be a I2 gauge. 
7 pound hammerless, 33% drop of stock. 
Left barrel, modifi d choke, right barrel, 
cylinder. With straight stock one is like- 
ly to shoot over the mark, especially in 
hasty work. As to leading quail in cross 
shooting it depends on the distance be- 
From one to 3 feet 
would be likely to grass the bird. I find 
a 12 bore Baker hammerless, A grade, 7 
pounds, 28 inch barrels, a splendid gun for 
ducks and smaller game. There are lots 
of other good guns, but none so safe to 
handle. 
Da Guth) Orient: Point, N>-Y. 

To prevent wads from loosening in 
brass shot shells use a wad one size larger 
than bote ‘gun. Then pour -3 or 4 
drops of orange shellac on the card wad 
and turn the cartridge around until the 
varnish sticks the wad firmly to the shell. 
It will burn off ‘clearly with each discharge 
and the wad will not loosen in one shell 
when the other is fired. I have obtained 
good results with smokeless powder in 
brassushels, , In a:-to° bore gun, fuse" 4 
drams King’s smokeless, one card wad and 
3 black edge No. 7 wads over powder; 1% 
ounces No. 3 shot with 2 card wads 
over it and shellac to hold them firmly in 
place. 
H. Higgins, North Cramer Hill, N. J. 

