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RECREA TION. 



DAVENPORT 



SINGLE 

 GUNS 



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ANOTHER REPEATER CHAMPION. 



The only advantage I can see in a re- 

 peating shot gun is that after firing 2 shots 

 you still have 4 more at your command. 

 Theoretically, too, a single barrel should 

 shoot more accurately than a double gun; 

 practically, I doubt if it does. Its advan- 

 tages are, however, outweighed, except in 

 goose and duck shooting, by its defects. 

 As a brush gun it is clumsy, poorly bal- 

 anced, heavy and, in my opinion, the sec- 

 ond shot cannot be delivered so quickly 

 as with a double barrel. Besides, most 

 double guns offer you the choice of dif- 

 ferently bored barrels — one for short and 

 one for long range shooting. I believe, if 

 handled carefully, repeaters are. as safe as 

 any guns. I think, also, they will out- 

 wear many double guns, especially those 

 of the ejector type. They are not likely to 

 jam, if properly used, and I never knew 

 one to burst. Of all repeaters I prefer the 

 Winchester fore-end action. The useful- 

 ness of the repeater as an all around gun 

 depends on the game you hunt and on the 

 size of your "roll." Where ducks and 

 geese were abundant I should choose a re- 

 peater. The gun is all right, also, at the 

 trap. But for upland shooting give me 

 a 7-pound double hammerless. 



Top Snap, Brockton, Mass. 



SOME CURIOUS GUNS. 



In January Recreation I saw J. S 

 Bennett's article entitled "An Old Timer.' 



I also have one of the old 7-foot flint- 

 lock guns. Mine was made in England 

 prior to 1770, and is no longer serviceable. 



In the State Reservation Museum, at 

 Newburg, N. Y., there is a flintlock gun 

 between 8 and 9 feet in length. Though 

 made before 1770, it is in excellent condi- 

 tion. It was presented to the Museum by 

 a colored man, an ex-slave of a New York 

 family. He obtained it as a fffesent from 

 his master. 



While in New Orleans, several years 

 ago, I saw. in a small gun shop, a curious 

 swivel gun, made for duck shooting. It 

 was built in France for an old Louisiana 

 planter, at a cost of $1,500. It had 3 bar- 

 rels set in triangular shape, 2 barrels form- 

 ing the base, and one barrel the top. The 

 barrels were 7 feet long and 1% inch 

 bore. They were mounted on a regular 

 extra large shot gun stock. The gun was 

 fired by one hammer and a percussion cap. 

 all 3 barrels being discharged by one ac- 

 tion at the same time. It was held at 

 $300, and the owner hired it to market 

 hunters at 50 cents a day. It is said the 

 first discharge of the gun killed 500 duck*. 

 Eug. E. Stokes, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



