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RECREA TION. 



found the jacket in what was left of the 

 liver; it having been deflected, in some 

 manner, and passed through the diaphragm. 

 The core passed on in a straight line, 

 smashed the opposite shoulder all to smith- 

 ereens and was embedded in a spongy piece 

 of the shoulder blade. 



When the shot was delivered the elk was 

 walking slowly past me, at right angl.es, 

 and when he put his foot to the ground 

 his body followed it and " he never smiled 

 again." 



In fact the Savage has developed such a 

 destructive tendency that the boys have 

 christened it " The Bone Mill." I make no 

 pretensions to being a crack game shot — 

 rather the opposite — yet I have never found 

 it necessary to fire more than one shot at 

 anything I have yet encountered while 

 using the Savage gun. 



Frank Dunham, A.M., M.D. 



A FROZEN REPEATER. 



Leadville, Col. 

 Editor Recreation: After noticing G. 

 H. R.'s article on the repeating shotgun, it 

 occurred to me that the relation of an ex- ' 

 perience of mine last January, might be of 

 interest. The day was cold, with just 

 enough snow falling to make an ideal duck 

 day. After waiting in my blind for some 

 30 minutes without a shot, a small bunch of 

 ducks flew over at which I blazed away, 

 and missed. Of course my first thought 

 was to " pump " for another shot, but on 

 attempting to do so found the action stuck 

 fast. After each of the party had tried in 

 vain to start the gun I packed up and re- 

 turned to town, realizing that my day's 

 sport had been ruined. On arriving at the 

 hotel I put the gun down in a corner near 

 the stove and went for a screw driver, in- 

 tending to find out where the trouble was. 

 I was gone 15 or 20 minutes. On returning 

 I took the repeater up and tried the action 

 once more, just for luck, only to find it 

 working as well as ever. It took but little 

 investigating to find out where the trouble 

 had been. The snow falling into the open 

 side and top of the breech, when the gun 

 was warm, had melted, and later when the 

 gun was inactive and cold, had frozen and 

 sealed the action. It took me less than a 

 week to trade that repeater toward a 

 double hammerless gun, guaranteed not to 

 freeze up and ruin a day's shooting. Let 

 me advise any one going duck hunting in 

 cold weather to leave his repeater at home, 

 or else go provided with a stove of some 

 description, to keep the 6 shooter in order. 

 J. M. H. 



THE REMINGTON SINGLE GUN. 



Replying to Mr. H. J. Henry, MacDou- 

 gall, N. Y., as to which is the best single 

 barrel shotgun, I would say, the Reming- 

 ton semi-hammerless. I have had 20 years' 



experience with guns and have owned 

 probably 30 different makes and grades of 

 shotguns. 



I find the Remington is as well made and 

 accurately fitted as any double gun, irre- 

 spective of price. It is well balanced, a 

 good shooter, a good looker, and will wear 

 well. It has a double bolt; the forward 

 lug being utilized to hold the bolt back 

 when open, taking wear off the bolt and 

 lug. The semi-hammerless feature is neat 

 and convenient. As to durability — I have 

 used one for over 3 years; firing probably 

 3,000 shots from it. It is to-day perfectly 

 tight and shows no wear. Shaking, with 

 the foreend removed, fails to show any 

 rattle or looseness whatever. It makes as 

 good a pattern now as when new. The gun 

 is a 12 gauge, 30 in. barrel and weighs 6^ 

 pounds. I habitually use from ^]/ 2 to 4J/2 

 drams of black powder in it, usually with 

 one ounce of shot. I might compare it with 

 other makes of single guns by name and 

 point out its superiorities, but think Mr- 

 Henry would be better satisfied to go to 

 a gun store and compare them for himself. 

 Zip, Rochester, Minn. 



WANTED. 



Louisville Landing, N. Y. 

 Editor Recreation: Here is a list of a 

 few articles manufacturers of sportsmen's 

 goods might make, and which would be ap- 

 preciated by sportsmen. 



1. A take down 16 gauge repeating, shot- 

 gun. 



2. Aluminum wipers for rifles and shot- 

 guns. 



3. A modern 22 calibre take down repeat- 

 ing rifle, with slide action, that, in propor- 

 tion to its calibre, would throw a bullet with 

 the force and killing power of modern 

 smokeless powder rifles. 



4. A fish spear with jointed handle," and 

 with 3 spears fitting in the same socket; one 

 for frogs, another for large fish and a third 

 for smaller fish. The whole outfit to be as 

 compact and simple as a good jointed fish- 

 ing rod. 



5. A Lyman combination rear sight that 

 could be moved slightly to the right or left 

 by the turn of a screw. The present method 

 of putting paper under one side of the sight 

 is too slow and out of date. 



6. A modern repeating rifle with the 

 magazine running the length of the barrel, 

 on top. The empty shells should fall out on 

 the under side of the frame just in front of 

 the lever, by gravity. The entrance to the 

 magazine should be in rear of the frame, 

 where the firing pin is in the common re- 

 peating rifle. The gun to be hammerless. 

 I believe such a rifle could be made, and be 

 a great improvement on any we now have. 

 The calibre need be no larger than that of 

 the new navy rifle. The cartridges could 

 be made without rims, as some now are. 



