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RECREA TION. 



I would say to L. E. Morris, I have a 

 Winchester .30-40 smokeless, box maga- 

 zine, which is as near an all-round rifle as 

 it is possible to make. 



I use model '94 Winchester reloading 

 tools, short range. I cast all my short 

 range bullets of 15 parts pure lead and one 

 part block tin, and reload with 10 grains of 

 smokeless revolver powder. 



For short range work such as hunting 

 squirrels- rabbits, etc., and for target 

 practice, it is equal to any .22 or .25 calibre 

 rifle, for accuracy and penetration. I have 

 done good work with this gun on all kinds 

 of small game. When used with the factory 

 loaded shell, with 220 grains soft nose bul- 

 let, there is no other rifle to compare with 

 it in killing power. 



I killed 2 deer with it last fall, in Alger 

 county, Mich., and it proved its superiority 

 over all other guns, to my entire satisfac- 

 tion. 



H. T. W., Minard, Mich. 



In answer to F. V. Perry's inquiry in 

 May Recreation, will say I have used and 

 am still using a .303 Savage rifle. I think 

 it the best all round rifle in the market. I 

 have killed white and black tail bucks and 

 have never lost but one wounded deer. I 

 killed a large doe at 90 yards, with a minia- 

 ture cartridge. It broke the shoulder, went 

 through the heart and on out on the other 

 side. She ran about 30 steps. I reload my 

 shells and make the bullets considerably 

 harder than factory made; one part tin 

 to 9 or 10 of lead. The heavy ammunition 

 does not shoot as accurately as black pow- 

 der, but is good enough for large game. 

 The stopping power is fearful. As one 

 man says, a deer looks as if it had been run 

 through a saw mill, after being shot with 

 a Savage mushroom bullet. Here, where 

 deer are plentiful, I use the miniatures, as 

 they do not spoil so much meat. 



John B. Renshaw, lone, Wash. 



I notice in February Recreation some 

 one asks about using smokeless powder in 

 a .40-60. I use it in a .40-82 and find it far 

 better than black powder. Killed 5 deer 

 last fall, all the law allows. Had only one 

 bullet stop in a deer. That was a large 

 buck. Shot through about 5 feet of veni- 

 son and the bullet lodged in his neck. I 

 use Dupont's No. 1 for large bore rifles. 

 There is no smoke to speak of, no recoil, 

 not much noise, very little dirt. It doesn't 

 hurt the gun. Tell the people who read 

 Recreation not to try shot gun smokeless 

 powder in a rifle, for if they do they may 

 get blown up. Anyone sending to R. S. 

 Waddell, Cincinnati, O., agent for the Du- 

 pont powder, will receive prompt atten- 

 tion. Tell Dupont people to advertise 

 their No. 1 for big bore rifles, in Recrea- 

 tion. 



W. S. Moon, Big Rapids, Mich. 



In February Recreation Mr. Cuckle, of 

 Athens, O., asks in regard to wadding nitro 

 powder for light charges of powder. 



Use a 2% shell, fill out with wadding on 

 top of powder, and leave Y\ inch or more 

 room for a good crimp. Just use one shot 

 wad on shot. Nitro powder does good 

 work with new rival and blue rival shells, 

 but will do better and quicker work in Win- 

 chester leader shells, with Dupont powder. 

 The best trap or filled load Lean find is a 

 3 in. leader shell, 12 gr. 3*4 dr. of Dupont 

 smokeless, 1 trap wad, \Y% in. white felt 

 wad, 1 black edge wad, i^4 oz. No. 7 chilled 

 shot, 1 top shot wad, with % in. crimp. It 

 is a sure killer if held properly. Light, 

 cheap shells, such as blue rival and new 

 rival are all right for very light, slow loads. 

 John A. Stoops, Chicora, Pa. 



" Brooks " of Olivet, Mich., makes a 

 great mistake when he speaks as he does, in 

 April Recreation, of the Marlin rifle. He 

 not only shows a poor mechanical eye but 

 is talking against the best rifle on the 

 market, for the price. 



The Marlin people are doing as much to 

 make a rifle crank happy as any manu- 

 facturer in the country. If you don't be- 

 lieve it ask them to make you anything in 

 reason, and you will find these people ready 

 to please you in price and workmanship. 



I have hunted deer in Brooks's State and 

 used 3 or 4 different kinds of rifles. It is 

 my experience that a Marlin works as 

 smoothly as any gun in the world, and will 

 not stick unless its holder becomes too 

 rattled to fully swing the lever. 



C. C. Starbuck, Pittsburg, Kan. 



I would like to say to F. V. Dale, Cal., 

 that I purchased a Savage rifle with Lyman 

 bead and receiver sights, last September. 

 Just what it will do I cannot say, as I fired 

 only 5 shots at a target, to sight the rifle. 

 The first shot was low. After raising sight 

 a trifle, I fired the remaining 4 at distances 

 of 100, 150 and 200 yards, placing all in 

 the black in a space 6 inches square. I 

 hunted deer and turkeys much of the time 

 last winter, and found the Savage a pow- 

 erful arm. I used to use a .45-70, but like 

 the .30 calibre better. 



I like the Savage because the magazine 

 is not tubular, neither does it protrude be- 

 low the stock, making it inconvenient to 

 carry on the shoulder. Then, too, it is an 

 easy action to work. 



L. S., Little Rock, Ark. 



In March Recreation, Mr. L. H. Philip 

 replies to some remarks I made regard- 

 ing the killing of hawks at 127 yards, with 

 No. 6 shot. He does not believe this prob- 

 able, nor do I. He says, however, his 

 Parker 10 gauge will kill at 100 yards, and 

 he does not consider a gun that will not 

 kill at 60 yards a good one. I am familiar 



