GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 
bullet enthusiast. The use of explosive bul- 
lets in warfare is prohibited by all nations 
as cruel and inhuman; it is still more bar- 
baric to use them on animals. Their em- 
ployment in lion, tiger, or rhinoceros 
shooting may be excusable, but the man 
who uses them on lesser game is either a 
lamentably poor shot, or a coward. 
F. W. Hambledon, Tres Piedras, N. 
Mex. 

In every issue of RECREATION I note 
with pleasure praises of the small bore 
shotgun. When I was a boy my uncle 
gave me a beautiful Parker gun. It is 16- 
bore, 36-inch barrels, and of the $80 grade. 
I have owned it 7 years, and have yet 
to find the tree that I cannot knock a 
squirrel out of with it, and in spite of its 
close shooting I bring down many quails. 
I have often killed a bird after it was be- 
yond the range of my ffriend’s gun. 
For squirrels I take 2%4 drams powder and 
one ounce of No. 8 shot. I have used sev- 
eral guns, but can’t find one that will beat 
my little Parker. 
M. H. Brown, Phoenix, Miss. 

I should like to ask your readers who. 
use rifles taking the .25-25 Stevens cart- 
ridge a few questions. In how small a cir- 
cle can the gun place, at 100 yards, Io or 
more consecutive shots? At 200 yards? 
-And at 300? Please give length, weight 
and make of rifle; also penetration secured. 
- It would be interesting to know what kind 
- of powder was used, size of grain, weight 
of charge and bullet. I have used the .25- 
20 single shot and repeating Winchesters. 
They are fine arms, but I think the .25-25 
should be better. 
A. A. Haines, Armington, Mont. 

I should be glad to have some readers 
answer the following questions in regard to 
repeating shotguns: 
1. What advantages 
double guns? 
. Are they as safe? 
Do they wear as well? 
. Is there much liability of jamming? 
. Did you ever know one to burst? 
. What is your favorite make? 
Have you used any others? 
. Do you think they are as useful as a 
double gun for general use? 
G. R. Rucker, Checotah, Ind Ter. 
have they over 
CON AnAY bd 

I have hunted in South Missouri and 
Arkansas 3 seasons, and the only rifle 
I saw used there was the Winchester. 
The calibres used were the .40-60, .40-70 
and .45-90. The .40-60 gave the best satis- 
faction, as it is a powerful gun and not so 
heavy as the .45-90. Deer always drop at 
the crack of the .40-60 Winchester if it is 
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held -on them. I have seen its bullet shot 
through iron 54 of an inch thick, at 25 
yards; also through a 10-inch tree at the 
same distance, with black powder. 
E. R. Newton, Alliance, O. 

Has any reader had practical experience 
with a_ .32-.40, rifled for high-pressure 
smokeless powder, and using 36 to 4o 
grains Dupont’s Government smokeless 
powder, with a paper patched cylindrical 
bullet? Or with a .32-40, rifled for low 
pressure smokeless Dupont No. 1 powder, 
but in which the above mentioned high- 
pressure ammunition has been used? 
Otto Luhdorff, Visalia, Cal. 

A friend sent me 4 circulars issued by 
Eley Bros., London, in 1868. These show 
cuts of a number of cartridges in use at 
that time, which are now entirely obsolete 
Among these are the old pin-fire cart- 
ridges, for both pistol and shotgun. Any- 
one interested in the study of such litera- 
ture, and who will call here, may ex- 
amine these circulars. 

For birds and small game I use a Win- 
chester .22, and for target work a .32-40 
Ballard. I used the .22 until I was beaten 
by an opponent shooting a .44. My shot 
was ¥% inch closer than his, but the scor- 
er insisted on measuring from the edge of 
the shot holes instead of from their cen- 
ters. So now, when match shooting, I use 
a .32-40. : 
James Marsh, Pittsburg, Pa. 

How does the Remington semi-hammer- 
less single gun compare with other single 
guns? Is there any hunting on Long 
Island; I mean ducks, s uirrels and quail, 
within 20 miles of Long Island City? Give 
it to the game hogs good and hot. 
Reo boat Blushing lee 
Will readers of RECREATION please an- 
swer? 

‘To. EY. > ME; G22 Storm. Lake, ‘Ia.: IF had 
a Remington 12 gauge, and have kill- 
ed ducks at fully 75 yards, with No. 8 
shot. On one occasion I killed a lone 
mallard 110 yards away. My Remington 
was a dandy and I have never seen it 
beaten by high priced guns. 
W. F. Monroe, Placerville, Cal. 

Which is the better gun, the Savage .303, 
or Winchester .30-30? Is the Lee straight 
pull longer ranged than the Winchester, 
model ’95, .30 U. S. A.? Can lead bullets 
and small charges of powder be used in 
the Lee gun? 
J. P. West, Wyse’s Ferry, S. C. 
