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with Parker, Colt, Lefevre, Ithaca, Rem- 

 ington and Baker guns, as well as others of 

 cheaper make, and 1 never found one 

 among them that was " in it," at 100 yards, 

 with No. 6 shot. I still think a 7 pound 

 12 bore that is a sure killer at 40 to 60 

 yards, with No. 6 shot, is a good gun. 



If Mr. Henry wishes a good single gun I 

 will give him pointers if he will write me. 

 D. T. Tuthill, Orient Point, N. Y. 



I was amused at the wonderful perform- 

 ance of the person who signs himself 

 George Richardson in the November issue 

 of Recreation. Pie says he killed a jack 

 snipe at 190 yards, with a 14 gauge shot- 

 gun, using No. 9 shot. Not content with 

 this assertion, he further says so many pel- 

 lets hit this unfortunate snipe that it forth- 

 with sank to the bottom of the lake. Then 

 that writer adds insult to injury by saying, 

 " This is a true statement." 



To those of us who have lived a life- 

 time on the frontier, especially in Mon- 

 tana, and are ardent advocates of rod and 

 gun, we must admit this was a wonderful 

 performance. Still, we do not like to be 

 made bag holder in a snipe hunt. 



David Hilger, Lewistown, Mont. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Urttil last year I always used a large bore 

 heavy repeating rifle for deer and large 

 game. Last season, after trying almost all 

 the repeaters made, I bought a .30-30 Win- 

 chester, model 1894. I never saw deer drop 

 so quickly as when hit with a .30 soft nosed 

 bullet; nor did I ever take so much pleas- 

 ure on a hunting trip as I have since I car- 

 ried this seeming toy. It weighs but 7^2 

 pounds loaded and is a featherweight com- 

 pared to the guns of 9 to 12 pounds I form- 

 erly used. The .30 makes a hole as large as 

 any .50 calibre I ever saw used. 



The Winchester certainly is the best 

 made, best working, and best shooting rifle 

 now on the market. 



Chas. W. Dake, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Replying to the query of " .40-82 " Dick- 

 inson's Landing, Ont, concerning the .22 

 short, mushroom bullet cartridge, I can 

 say that on March 15th, while shooting at 

 a target with these cartridges, I saw a large 

 chicken hawk hovering about 20 feet from 

 the ground, 25 yards away. I fired at it 

 with the intention of scaring it, but at the 

 second shot it fell without a flutter, the bul- 

 let having mushroomed and torn a large 

 hole lengthwise through its body. As to 

 the accuracy of the hollow point .22, I 

 think it is not so good as it should be, ow- 

 ing to its lighter weight, but up to 30 yards 

 I regard it as effective. 



W. G. Stevenson, Philadelphia, Pa. 



one seems to think he has the best. I have 

 2 Winchesters that I think are hard to beat. 

 One is a 12 gauge, lever action, repeating 

 shotgun, and the other a .40-70 rifle. I 

 killed 25 prairie dogs out of 30 shots, with 

 my 12 gauge and No. 5 and 6 shot, at 80 

 yards. I think my rifle large enough for 

 any game except bear, and if I get sight of 

 one I am liable to try it on him, too. Out 

 of 11 deer shot at I knocked all down in 

 their tracks but one. Game is becoming 

 scarce in this part of the country. 



G. A. Fishel, Fairburn, S. D. 



In answer to C. W. Perry, of Helena, 

 Mont., will say I have used Lyman shot- 

 gun sights on a 10 bore hammerless for 

 the last 5 years. I do not find much benefit 

 over the ordinary sights, and there is a 

 constant risk of breaking them. However, 

 when Lyman sights for the rifle are men- 

 tioned, it is entirely different. I never had 

 even fair success with running game, ante- 

 lope and deer, until I fitted Lyman sights 

 to my .38-55 Marlin. Now I get them most 

 of the time. The .30-30 is used with success 

 here, as there is plenty of room. 



All hail to the L. A. S.! 



W. A. Irvm, El Paso, Tex. 



I have a .303 Savage, which I got for an 

 all round rifle, and think it is just the thing. 

 You can shoot grouse or squirrels and not 

 spoil them, and still it is big enough for 

 deer or bear. You can use a 100 grain lead 

 bullet, with round point, and 5 grains Sav- 

 age No. 2 smokeless powder, and you have 

 a load suitable for small game and good for 

 200 yards. If you want to hunt big game, 

 load with 30 grains Savage No. 1 powder 

 and a metal jacketed soft nose bullet. That 

 will stop anything from a deer to a bear. 



Will anyone tell me what clay pigeons 

 are made of? 



Reader, Barre, Vt. ' 



On Washington's birthday 3 friends and 

 I went out to try our skill with rifles. We 

 began by perforating cartridge boxes. As 

 we progressed we tried pennies, concluding 

 by damaging .22 calibre cartridge shells and 

 cutting pieces of twine suspended from a 

 line and held taut by a stone at the end. 

 We used Stevens " Favorite " .22 calibre 

 rifles. 



We are all enthusiastic readers of Rec- 

 reation and have just organized a rifle 

 club which we have named after Recrea- 

 tion. 



J. A. Myers, Pres. Recreation Rifle 



Club, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



I have seen many accounts in Recrea- 

 tion of different kinds of guns, and every- 



After being out in the mountains, on a 

 hunt, for 2 weeks, the first thing on my 

 return was to read Recreation through. 



If the users of small bore nitro rifles, 

 who do not have soft nosed bullets, will 

 split the patch on the point, they will get 



