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rifle, for the reason that we are so busy 

 on our own lines. However, if sufficient 

 encouragement was offered us we might 

 consider its manufacture. We certainly 

 should like to have suggestions from 

 some of your readers in regard to this. 

 The stock we have on hand of parts is 

 now rather limited, but there is still a 

 quantity of shells and tools." 



Tn March Recreation C. H. G. asks if 

 there is a 3 inch barrel, 32 or 38 caliber 

 revolver that will not keyhole. I have a 

 3% inch 38 caliber Smith & Wesson. It is 

 one of 5 owned by my family. Not one 

 of them will keyhole unless , the bullet 

 strikes some object before reaching the 

 target. There is no revolver made that 

 will excel the S. & M. New Departure. 

 I paid $14 for mine and would not take 

 twice that amount if I could not get an- 

 other. Have used it 12 years and it is as 

 good as when new. 



Old Hunter, of Glen Ellen, Cal., tries 

 to discourage rifle shots of to-day, and 

 sets his foot on modern rifles. I learned 

 to shoot with the Old Kentucky myself; 

 but I should like to see how many balls 

 Old Hunter could put on top of one an- 

 other at 100 yards. I am shooting a 38-55 

 255 that will lay the Old Kentucky in the 

 shade every day. I should like to have a 

 little shoot with Old Hunter; maybe I 

 could learn something. 



L. C. Danner, Wormleysburg, Pa. 



I have been a reader of Recreation 

 since its first number, and am especially 

 interested in the Gun Department. Every 

 crank is enthusiastic over his particular 

 rifle. I read a great deal about the 38-55, 

 the 30-30, and the .303. I have owned 

 them all but the 303 and now have a Win- 

 chester, model '95, 30-40, fitted with Ly- 

 man receiver sight and ivory bead. I 

 would not give that gun for all the others 

 mentioned. It is my ideal for a hunting 

 rifle. It will stop any game on this con- 

 tinent, and is as accurate as any gun I 

 ever fired. I advise those who con- 

 template buying a 30-40 to have the Ly- 

 man receiver sight attached, together with 

 the ivory bead front sight. Remove the 

 factory notch sight and put a blank in 

 the slot. The gun will shoot much bet- 

 ter than with factory sights. The Win- 

 chester 30-40 with Lyman sights and U. 

 M. C. ammunition is a combination hard 

 to beat. 



30-40, Newton, Mass. 



I should also like to know why one 

 can not get a gun with a s 1 /^ inch drop 

 without paying extra for it. Some firms 

 ask as much as $10 extra for a stock with 

 that drop. A man with a long neck wants 

 a greater drop to his gun than one who 

 has a short neck. Straight stocks seem 

 the fashion at present, and one can see 

 long necked men at the trap kinking their 

 spines to bring the eye to the level of the 

 barrel. If those men were put quail hunt- 

 ing in thick cover, they would in almost 

 every case shoot under their birds, not 

 having time to bring the cheek down to 

 the gun. That is why the crooked stocked 

 gun gets more birds than the straight gun, 

 and it shows the difference between trap 

 shooting and snap shooting. 



Henry Merlin, Philadelphia, Pa. 



As I am thinking about buying a Bar- 

 ger gun sight, which i saw advertised in 

 Recreation, I should like to know some- 

 thing about it. Can you follow a swift 

 bird better with that sight? Can a be- 

 ginner do good wing shooting with it, or 

 must one become used to it as with com- 

 mon sights? 



Roy Tansley, Bay City, Mich. 



answer. 

 I have never used the Barger gun sight, 

 but have examined it. It is a band of steel 

 around the muzzle of the gun, forming a 

 loop to be looked through. It is about the 

 same principle as the Lyman rear sight. 

 You look at the game through a hole in- 

 stead of over a pin head. A great many 

 expert trap shots and field shots have 

 adopted the Barger sight and claim it a 

 decided advantage over the open sight. — 

 Editor. 



Should like to hear what Recreation 

 readers think of the 22-13-45 Winchester 

 single shot rifle. What is its range and 

 is the cartridge accurate? 



I read in the February number of Rec- 

 reation your notice of the new edition of 

 the Rifleman's Score Book, that the King 

 Powder Co. and the Peters Cartridge Co. 

 promise to send to any rifleman asking 

 for same. Of course I shall want one. 

 Only a year ago I became interested in 

 semi-smokeless powder, but did not have 

 a chance to try it until a day or 2 ago. 

 You will find target enclosed, a string of 

 10 shots at 75 yards, made with my 38-35 

 Winchester repeater, '94 model, using 48 

 grains, Ideal measure, of semi-smokeless. 

 The target speaks for itself, and I shall 

 use no other powder, as long as I can get 

 King's. I have just made 2 more con- 

 verts who say the same thing. 



George W. Carman, 

 Stewartstown, Pa. 



Which gun caliber would be better for 

 shooting squirrels, woodchucks, and rab- 



