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RECREATION. 



bits, and for use at the target, a 32-20 

 Winchester or a 25-20 Winchester? Is 

 there a soft point bullet for the latter? 

 Which is preferable, a full or a half maga- 

 zine? Would a Winchester, '92 model car- 

 bine, with 20 inch barrel be as accurate 

 as a rifle of same model and caliber with 

 24 inch barrel? Would penetration be the 

 same? 



What has become of the Stevens adver- 

 tisement. I was thinking of getting one 

 of their guns, but not finding their ad in 

 Recreation I changed my mind. 



,H. F., St. Johnsbury, Vt. 



Some time ago I bought a Savage .303 

 with full outfit of reloading tools, and have 

 obtained most satisfactory results with 

 them. 



With 18 grains of King's semi-smoke- 

 less powder and 113 grain bullets I can 

 place all my shots in a y]/ 2 inch circle at 50 

 yards. The cost of reloading shells about 

 equals the price of 22 long rifle cartridges. 

 I have shells that have been reloaded 8 to 

 10 times and show no signs of bursting, 

 others will last only a few times. With 

 the Savage rifle use only Savage and U. 

 M. C. cartridges. Winchesters are less 

 powerful and are unreliable. 



H. W. D., Delia, O. 



I should like to hear through Recrea- 

 tion or by mail from some one who has 

 had experience with the model '95 38-72 

 Winchester. Is its recoil objectionable 

 for fine shooting? I have but one objec- 

 tion to high pressure smokeless rifles ; 

 that is, the difficulty in cleaning. I had a 

 30-40 Winchester and found it impossible 

 to get the barrel clean inside. I wrote the 

 Winchester people about it and they told 

 me to use kerosene. I used it without 

 the least effect. I should like to know if 

 there is a successful way of cleaning a 30 

 caliber rifle. C. S. Root, 



Connersville, Ind. 



Will someone give me a little informa- 

 tion in regard to shot guns? I want a 

 close, hard shooting gun. Have had a 

 great many guns but none that would 

 shoot close enough for long range duck 

 shooting with No. 5 or 4 shot. Is a 10 

 gauge better than a 12 for ducking? I am 

 told the Baker is the best close hard 

 shooter we have. I have a 12 gauge Rem- 

 ington hammerless, 30 inch barrels, but it 

 does not shoot close enough to suit me. 

 I like DuPont's smokeless and U. M. C. 

 shells. 



G. A. Mero, Becker, Minn, 



us have facts and not fairy tales in the 

 Guns and Ammunition department of 

 your admirable magazine." This naturally 

 brings me to the article in same number 

 signed N. O. L. I., which seems loaded 

 with unique information. If the rest of 

 that article is as reliable as its opening 

 statement, that the writer owns a Win- 

 chester, model '98, 30 caliber, you are get- 

 ting valuable matter from that author. 

 John F. Keenan, M. D., 



Rochester, N. Y. 

 I am asking Peters' Cartridge Co. for 

 the Rifleman's Score Book and Calen- 

 dar which I saw mentioned in Recrea- 

 tion. I had the best of results last sea- 

 son with 12 gauge Peters' shells loaded 

 with smokeless powder. I found I could 

 get more birds with it than with any other 

 powder I ever used. It is A No. 1. I made 

 several kills at over 60 yards, and lost only 

 one shot during the season. 



Geo. H. Stibbs, Hartford, Conn. 



The best oil to use on guns before put- 

 ting them away is purified hen's oil. It 

 may be prepared by putting a quantity of 

 shot into a bottle of hen's oil and leaving 

 it in the sun or other warm place sev- 

 eral days. The clear oil will rise to the 

 top and can be decanted. 



Will some reader of Recreation tell 

 which are the best rifle sights for wing 

 and glass ball shooting? 



C. C. Mauley, Milton, Vt. 



I am thinking of buying a Remington 

 hammerless gun. Are they likely to shoot 

 loose in time as some other guns do? 



Wm. Blake, Palmyra, la. 



There is no danger of a Remington gun 

 shooting loose. The Remington is one of 

 the best m^de guns in the world. I have 

 seen Remington guns after they had been 

 used 15 or 20 years, and th»y were then as 

 tight as ever. — Editor. 



There seems to be an ever increasing 

 difference of opinion among shooters re- 

 garding the killing power of the 30 cali- 

 ber smokeless rifles. Why does not -some 

 maker put out a gun of medium caliber, 

 say 38, using a bullet of perhaps 300 

 grains? Such a gun would be appreciated 

 by hunters of large game and would prove 

 a good seller, as well as a killer. 



38 Smokeless, Jamestown, N. Y. 



In March Recreation L. R. Isaacs 

 strikes the key note when he says, "Let 



Should like to have the opinions of the 

 readers of Recreation as to which re- 

 peating rifle now manufactured is the best. 

 A. A. Stott, Louisville, Ky. 



