
GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 
killed as much game as any one of my age 
in this vicinity. 
I used to shoot a .40-90 Remington, and 
for a black powder gun it could not be 
beaten. I killéd one antelope at % mile; 
an accidental shot, for I did not expect to 
get him. 
Last May I bought a box magazine 
Winchester .30-40. When I became fa- 
miliar with its flatter trajectory and high- 
er velocity, and had arranged the sights to 
suit me, the old Remington was not in it. 
I used the .30 all summer; killed 25 or 30 
antelope and a few deer. None of them 
ran so far after being struck as did those I 
shot with the big gun. 
This spring I got a single shot Winches- 
ter to use the .30 government cartridge, 
and although I have had no chance to test 
it on game, I think it will prove a much 
better weapon than the other, as the barrel 
is heavier and the gun better balanced. 
I have killed both deer and antelope and 
had them drop in their tracks when shot 
through the heart, and that with either the 
_.40-90, .30-40 or .40-82. I have also had 
them run 200 or 300 yards when shot in 
the same way. An old hunter says if 
the animal has just exhaled its breath and 
the lungs are empty at the time the bullet 
strikes the heart the animal drops dead. 
If the lungs are just filled, he runs. An- 
other says if the heart has just expanded 
and is full of blood, when the ball strikes it 
the game drops dead; if just contracted, 
he runs. I think the latter theory the 
correct one. 
F. H. Ferris, Rawlins, Wyo. 

SHOOTING FOR RECREATION PRIZE 
GUNS. 
I enclose the scores made at the second 
shoot for the Parker prize gun awarded 
by RECREATION and won by our team at 
the Sportsmen’s show: 
Shooting League. 
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APUG Iie soaker ase 6 i See a te ae 2 18 
Peittlve dienes te coeteae, Me ati rale se Dan alle 14 
SUM@OE 2 etek capa ameter as har ae & 13 
Shootoff: Neilson, 7; Parish, 5. 
Oglesby Paul, captain, University of 
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., May 8, 
1899. 

“We held the third competition for the 
Parker gun awarded us by RECREATION on 
-April 22d at Keystone Shooting Grounds. 
Following is the score. W. C. Neilson won 
this as well as the 2 preceding competitions. 
Cooper and I tied him but were beaten in 
the unknown angles. Conditions, 5 traps, 
unknown angles, 
J. .4R. would-not have at. alf: 
2097 
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EAU eS eee ne NaN ae haa a lesa: wile bi oip-s 19 
(Heo ofc Caen Man Nt Se teen ee 19 
SINGS. ch a pea RRR uot oie Rome 1h aaa De a 16 
peyaltel Sais Shs Sie Sag starsat Pe eg ke Bese e Shc 15 
Shootoff: Neilson, 8; Paul, 7; Cooper, 
eNeilson therefore becomes the owner of 
the gun. 
Oglesby Paul, Captain University of 
Pennsylvania Gun Club, Philadelphia, 
April 24, 1899. 
Following is the result of first shoot for 
RECREATION prize gun which our team 
won at the Sportsmen’s show. Winner of 
gun has to win 3 times 2 of the 3 to be in 
succession in order to become the owner of 
the gun. The ties to be shot off to-morrow 
at I5 or more clays. 
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YG OEM prec en oper ORR chon on yi Seal agen WL eo ors 20 
PAO Tages Ney euetwt ined ital Sea th ie vs Oe 18 
Bi linenter ets gate ati ot = eee knee oa vaes 18 
Mira Qheven care k oe we aeiealed Setiaiutos aaron 17 
Skachleet Sita Ue Sab an teen eee 16 
@hilelester. ysis acer ode ees os ee 15 
There was a high wind directly from the 
quarter. 
W. W. Young, Princeton University Gun 
Club, April 10, 1899. 

SMALL SHOT. 
R. Slade, in October RECREATION, and 
J. L. R., Jr., ask which is the best all- 
round gun—the Ithaca, Forehand or 
Syracuse. In your January number W. S. 
Moorse volunteered his favorite gun, as 
did’ WES. Mead and: Tc. “Mo. Pitts: 
burgh, Pa. If J. L. R. will study com- 
ments on guns in RECREATION columns he 
can soon select the gum he is after, 1. e. a 
serviceable gun, neat im appearance, ma- 
terial as good as any other gun, work- 
manship perfect, and at moderate cost. 
Visit gun stores, compare the different 
makes, ask some friend that uses such 
guns as J. L. B. thinks will suit him; then 
ask another friend who uses a gun, which 
the man 
who uses that gun will swear it is the best 
gun made. 
I don’t go into a controversy about any 
particular make; every gunmaker claims 
some advantages over all others. That is 
natural. 
I have used many different makes of 
shotguns, foreign and domestic, W. 
Scott & Son Premier” included. - Ef use 
none but domestic make now. There is 
a wide range in prices, and the fact of 
paying 20 or 25 per cent more does not 
necessarily make it better. 
I do not wish to iniure the reputation 
of any gun made in this country, but if 
J. L. R. or any other man in his predica- 
ment wishes to correspond with me on 
