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RECREATION. 



1,110 feet and penetrates 7 boards. It is 

 accurate up to 200 yards. 



The only 25 short now made is for an 

 old pistol; it is practically obsolete. — 

 Editor. 



Are there any revolvers made to shoot 

 the soft nose or mushroom bullet, and the 

 solid bullet also? If so, of what caliber, 

 and where can they be secured? 



I know rifles are made to use these spe- 

 cial shells, but as yet I have not been able 

 to buy a revolver which will do so. I saw 

 one last summer, but can not now learn 

 where it is made or sold. 



Dr. G. W. Gallagher, New Haven, Pa. 



The revolvers made to shoot soft nose 

 or mushroom bullets are 30 Mauser ana 30 

 Borchardt. The Union Metallic Cartridge 

 Company supplies both metal cased and 

 soft nose bullets for these revolvers. — 

 Editor. 



I use a rifle altogether, believing if I 

 can not cut a grouse's head off I do not de- 

 serve to have the bird. But the shot gun, 

 or game exterminator, is the thing to get 

 birds, if that is all you are after. The 30 

 caliber is the coming rifle. For the fel- 

 lows who want a more powerful gun, 

 why not design one with a bottle-necked 

 cartridge of about 35-45 caliber? A 38 

 rifle with power in proportion to a 30-40 

 would not leave enough of a deer to feed 

 your dog. Quick twist is necessary in a 30 

 caliber to spin the bullet fast enough to 

 keep it point on, though the ibullet is 

 more likely to jump the grooves than it 

 would be with a slower twist. 



P. H. Manley, Gilmer, Wash. 



It is interesting and instructive to read 

 in Recreation the different opinions on 

 guns and ammunition. If a man can shoot 

 straight and has had considerable experi- 

 ence with a rifle on large game he can kill 

 with almost any modern gun, down to and 

 including the 25 calibers. If he can not 

 shoot, and place the bullet in the right 

 spot, he would better buy the largest bore 

 rifle to be found. Many of us can recollect 

 when nothing but small bore, muzzle load- 

 ing rifles were used; yet those guns in the 

 hands of good hunters killed game at the 

 first shot almost invariably. 



A. A. Henderson, Okoboji, la. 



The Gun and Ammunition department 

 is the most interesting part of Recrea- 

 tion. I have used all calibers of rifles, 

 both black powder and small bore smoke- 

 less. , All are good if the man behind the 

 gun is good. 



I am using a 30-40 smokeless. Fitted 



with Lyman sights it is the best gun I 

 ever used for big game. It is as accurate 

 as any hunting rifle on the market. The 

 only fault I can find with it is the cost 

 of its ammunition. For cleaning use half 

 and half sperm oil and alcohol, which will 

 keep the gun in good condition. 



H. C. Tupper, Topsfield, Me. 



In answer to E. L. Dupuy's question in 

 March Recreation, will say I am using 

 a Winchester single shot 25-11-65 R. F. 

 rifle. It is the best gun I ever put to my 

 shoulder, either for small game shooting 

 or at the target up to 100 yards. I have 

 not tried it beyond that distance, but I 

 am told it will shoot accurately up to 200 

 yards in still weather. I used a 22 caliber 

 long rifle for small game shooting for 3 

 years. It was good, but the 25 R. F. is far 

 better. The only objection is the rather 

 high price of that cartridge. 



Single Shot, Milwaukee, Wis. 



In reply to W. M. Randall's inquiry as 

 to what a 32-40 hollow point will do on 

 deer, will say it is all right. I shot a deer 

 at 90 yards with a 32-40 hollow point plain 

 lead bullet that I cast with an Ideal mould. 

 The bullet struck him 3 inches back of the 

 ear, and he dropped so quickly I thought 

 I had missed him. Part of the bullet 

 passed through; where it mushroomed 

 it tore a hole as large as a man's fist. 



A hollow point bullet in front of good 

 powder is bad medicine. 



H. P. Pettit, Fort Atkinson, Wis. 



For 25 years I have been using U. M. 

 C. ammunition of almost all calibers from 

 22 to 45-70 U. S. Government and have 

 found the loads uniform and exceedingly 

 accurate. I had splendid results from 

 U. M. C. 12 gauge smokeless shot shells 

 last season, making some remarkable 

 shots in field and brush at long range. I 

 killed a fox at 75 yards with a 12 gauge, 

 No. 2 shot, smokeless. No other factory 

 loaded ammunition suits me so well as the 

 U. M. C. 



E. P. H., Concord, N. H. 



I have been using Peters long rifle 

 cartridges in my 22 Stevens, and am high- 

 ly pleased with them. They have great 

 accuracy, flat trajectory and are cleaner 

 than any other make. They also burn 

 all the powder in the barrel, not throwing 

 sparks on the ground to set the leaves on 

 fire. The bullet is soft and will not give 

 as great penetration in . hard wood as 

 some other makes, but that is no objec- 

 tion in hunting. 



W. J. Duff, E. Palestine, O. 



