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RECREATION. 



Winchester or Savage. I want a gun I can 

 use on either small or large game, and at 

 the same time I wish a gun weighing not 

 over 7% pounds. Will such a rifle, with 

 a 20 or 22-inch barrel, be as good for hunt- 

 ing purposes up to and including 250 yards 

 as one with a 26-inch barrel? Will it also 

 handle the short range cartridge as accu- 

 rately as the rifle with a longer barrel? 

 How long a barrel has the Krag-Jorgenson 

 carbine as used by the U. S. cavalry? I 

 should like to hear from army men on the 

 above as well as from other gun cranks. 

 H. U. S. Hublard, Los Angeles, Cal. 



For the benefit of those who have not 

 tried King's semi-smokeless powder in 

 rifles and revolvers I want to say that this 

 powder is strictly first class. My experi- 

 ence has been chiefly with the .25-20 Win- 

 chester single shot and repeating rifles. 

 Have used fg, ffg, and fffg powders. 

 All give good results; but with the finer 

 grained it is best to use a bullet slightly 

 hardened with tin. For the repeater, I 

 prefer the 77 to the 86-grain bullet. The 

 success I have had with the former makes 

 me think it would be good for deer shoot- 

 ing. A. A. Haines, Armington, Mont. 



During '96 and '97 I hunted ducks and 

 quail with a 10-gauge Parker and thought 

 it a good one. In '98 I got a Winchester 

 repeater, which I wouldn't trade for 2 

 double guns. With it I can kill ducks, 

 from mallards down, at 60 yards, with 3 l /> 

 drams of powder and 1*^ ounces of No. 6 

 shot. I can get 4 out of 6 quails, and they 

 are pretty quick birds in this part of the 

 country. 



Harry Clay, Phoenix, Ariz. 



I have an Ithaca 12-gauge hammerless 

 gun, No. 2 grade, 28-inch barrels, weigh- 

 ing 6 pounds 13 ounces, and it is the finest 

 gun I ever saw for the money. Its finish 

 and balance are all that could be asked 

 for. I should like to ask through Recrea- 

 tion what would be the best load to use in 

 it, for ruffed grouse and quail, that would 

 not give too much recoil. 



S. A. S., Naples, N. Y. 



In answer to Old Subscriber's query in 

 August Recreation, I will say there are 

 several .30-30 cartridges, and a variety of 

 bullets for same. I would advise him to 

 write to the Ideal Mfg. Co., New Haven, 

 Conn., for a copy of their hand book, in 

 which he will find the desired informa- 

 tion and many other useful points for 

 sportsmen. They advertise in Recrea- 

 tion. 



R. F. P., Franklin Falls, N. H. 



.22-caliber rifles, with different length cart- 

 ridges, 3 to 7 grains of powder, and with 

 light and heavy bullets. The Stevens Ideal, 

 No. 44, .22 caliber, made for .22 long rifle 

 cartridges, gives the best results of any I 

 have tried so far. The .22 L. R. is accu- 

 rate, both for long and short range, and 

 in a Stevens. 



Geo. W. Nellis, Dannebrog, Neb. 



I think the .44 Winchester the best rifle. 

 It will kill as far in the woods as a man can 

 see, and as far on the water as an ordinary 

 shot can hit anything. I have killed every- 

 thing from moose down with the .44, and 

 it kills without tearing the animal to 

 pieces. G. H. Ross, Ahmic Lake, Ont. 



Why is the man with a pump shot gun 

 more of a game hog than he with a pump 

 rifle? The average man with a magazine 

 rifle, coming upon a band of deer, will 

 pump his gun dry if the game remains long 

 enough in sight. Would it not Se a good 

 idea to forbid the use of all repeating guns? 

 A. Kennedy, Missoula, Mont. 



I have hunted, with many black powder 

 rifles of different calibers and found them 

 far inferior to .30-30 smokeless. The .30- 

 3o's I have used did good work, with no 

 smoke and little noise. With the one I am 

 now using I killed 7 deer with 10 shots. 

 Not one of the deer went 15 rods after 

 being hit. J. J., Eholt, B. C. 



I thank you for the can of Laflin & Rand 

 powder you sent me as premium. For ve- 

 locity, penetration and cleanliness it sur- 

 passes any powder I have ever shot. Hope 

 to send you some more subscriptions in a 

 short time. 



B. R. Smith, Winston, Mont. 



Replying to J. D. N., of New York city: 

 The .30-30 Winchester, '94 model, is all 

 right for big game. This has been proved 

 in the West. A .38 caliber revolver is the 

 best size for all ordinary purposes. 



Geo. W. Nellis, Whitehorn, Col. 



Will some of Recreation's many read- 

 ers please tell me what they think of the 

 Gun Bore Treatment, and how guns so 

 treated stand damp weather. 



R. E. P., Franklin Falls, N. H. 



I would say to E. I. Oliver, of Blanches- 

 ter, O., that I consider the Baker ham- 

 merless shot gun absolutely safe. 



A. Chamness, Gunsmith, Elwood, Ind. 



T have used several different makes of 



What is the relative accuracy of a .25-20 

 and a .32-20 Winchester? How accurate 

 are they at 200 yards? 



Deerfoot, Denver, Col. 



