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RECREATION. 



I have read Recreation from its first 

 number. It is doing a much needed work. 

 I would sacrifice every other periodical I 

 take rather than be without my favorite 

 magazine. W. E. Stevens, D.D.S., 



Windham, N. Y. 



REMINGTON GUN IS BEST. 



The Remington E. E. grade gun has the 

 ■fewest defects of any American gun made, 

 and for closeness of pattern and penetra- 

 tion it is inimitable. I have a 12 gauge 

 Remington E. E. N. that will put 68 per 

 cent, of No. 6 chilled shot in' a 24-inch 

 circle at 45 measured yards from the muz- 

 zle of gun when loaded with 3^2 drams 

 powder and 1 3-16 ounces No. 6 shot in a 

 3-inch shell. The ejection in these guns is 

 the most positive and best timed of any 

 make of ejector gun I 'have ever seen, and 

 my experience is general', as I belong to 

 some and shoot with many clubs, both at 

 trap and in -the field, from British Colum- 

 bia to San Diego, Cal. 



The new U. M. C. 22 caliber smokeless 

 cartridge is the only accurate 22 caliber 

 smokeless on the market. I have shot on a 

 75-foot range some 6,000 of them from a 

 Stevens barrel with a Sidle telescope at- 

 tached, rest shooting, of course, and it is 

 the only cartridge I have used that will 

 put 25 consecutive shots in a ^-inch cen- 

 ter. The U. M. C. long rifle comes the 

 nearest to it in accuracy. The Peters cart- 

 ridge, 22 long rifle, both smokeless and 

 semi-smokeless, is a failure; at least in any 

 rifle I have seen adjusted to do fine tele- 

 scope work. My belief is that the bullet is 

 too small, both in weight and diameter. 

 The statement in your journal concerning 

 the rim of Peters shot gun cartridges^ is 

 correct, so why should that company kick 

 about it. I have 2 fine English guns, in 

 both of which I have found the Peters shell 

 slips past the extraction. Neither the 

 Eley, the Winchester Leader nor the U. M. 

 C. smokeless did this in either gum I 

 have never shot the Peters in an American 

 gun. 



John C. Cracknell, Oakland, Cal. 



PETERS SHELLS MISS FIRE. 

 Mr. Radcliff's letter was mild compared 

 with some things I can truthfully say of 

 Peters' shells. Last fall I had some of 

 their shells, bought from one of their job- 

 bers. I had fully 25 per cent, misfires with 

 their semi-smokeless shells and 2 or 3 out 

 of a box of 25 of their smokeless. _ I have 

 often read letters commending their goods 

 in Recreation, and felt as if you were im- 

 posing on your readers in leading them to 

 believe Peters' ammunition as good as that 

 of other makers. Our dealers handle Pe- 

 ters' shells because they are cheap. In an 

 experience with them for 3 years, only buy- 



ing them when I could not get other goods, 

 I have always been disappointed with them. 

 Tell the Peters Company if they wish to 

 have a growing trade, they must not only 

 advertise, but must put out goods of a bet- 

 ter grade than any I have ever used. 



B. G., Bellefonte, Pa. 



I see the Peters Cartridge Company has 

 fallen into the ways of the Marlin ArnX 

 Company, which I think is very bad for 

 themselves, as several of your contributors 

 put it, in the July number of Recreation. 

 I am satisfied these companies are hurting 

 themselves badly, in not continuing to ad- 

 vertise in the best sportsmen's medium in 

 the United States. I trust they may soon 

 see the error of their ways, and come back 

 to the market. 



Jos. J. Ogden, New Orleans, La. 



PREFERS 12 BORE. 

 A year or more ago I asked the readers 

 of Recreation for information about re- 

 peating shot guns, and since then the dis- 

 cussion has gone on merrily. I have 

 owned and used 6 repeaters and would feel 

 qualified to say something if the ground 

 had not already been so well covered. To 

 sum up: Repeaters are strong, safe, dur- 

 able, convenient for special purposes, and 

 are excellent shooters. Double guns are 

 stronger, safer, more durable, and are 

 more pleasing to the eye, probably 

 because we are more accustomed to 

 them. One is no more a game hog's 

 gun than the other; it all lies with the 

 shooter. I can not choose between them, 

 and so am willing to let each choose for 

 himself. I thank t e brethren who kindly 

 gave information and spoke a word in my 

 defence when some others were inclined 

 to say ugly things about all users of re- 

 peaters. I am always interested in the 

 Guns and Ammunition department, and 

 read that first. The small bores threaten 

 to become a fad. They are nice in their 

 places, but can never compete in general 

 usefulness with the light 12 bore. I have 

 ■had 2 16 gauges of first class makes, but I 

 would not give a light 12 for all the others. 

 G. R. Rucker, M.D., 



Checolah. Ind. Ter. 



GOOD WORK WITH 38-55. 

 I take great pleasure in reading your 

 gun and ammunition department, but no- 

 tice there is little said about the 38-55. I 

 have a 30-40 Winchester and a Savage. I 

 prefer the 38-55 to either, though its pene- 

 tration is not so great as that of the 30. 

 I think it a much better all around gun. I 

 have shot deer with the 30, and on several 

 occasions they ran hundreds of yards after 

 being shot through the body. Last 

 fall I killed 4 deer with my 38-55, and only 

 one of them required a second shot. 



