GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 



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ens took the gobbler. All 3 of my shots 

 were in the bull's eye and a nickel would 

 cover them. I use long rifle cartridges. I 

 think them the best .22 cartridges made, 

 for accuracy. 



S. L. Spencer, Covina, Cal. 



To H. Livingston I would suggest that 

 he put the desired charge of powder in the 

 shell; on this a wad; fill shell with saw- 

 dust that has no acid in it. On this place 

 another wad, and then seat the bullet. I 

 have made some very good targets with 

 this combination. The objection is the 

 dust gets into the eyes when shooting 

 against the wind. W. B. L. 



Why don't the cartridge companies make 

 a groove or crimping shoulder in the .30 

 calibre U. S. A. and the .303 Savage metal 

 patch bullets, the same as the .30-30 Win- 

 chester and Marlin? I find in reloading 

 the .30 U. S. A. or ^he .303 Savage cartridge 

 the shells cannot be swaged tight enough 

 on the bullet to keep it from receding into 

 the shell. P. H. M. 



Lead can be removed from a gun barrel 

 by filling the barrel with mercury, which 

 will amalgamate the lead in a few minutes, 

 leaving the barrel intact. The mercury 

 may then be cleaned by running through 

 a buckskin or chamois skin, and not a par- 

 ticle will be lost. Be careful to cork one 

 end of the barrel tight. 



Nye Jordan, Suttons Bay, Mich. 



I can endorse the statements of W. R. 

 C, Joliet, 111., in regard to Lyman sights. 

 I have used them in the woods and in the 

 open. Am now using a Stevens No. 44 

 Ideal rifle, .25-21. If W. R. C. gets one he 

 will never regret it. Let him fit it with 

 combination rear sight, with cup disc and 

 No. 3 ivory bead front. 



W. C. Turnbull. Cleveland. O. 



I own 4 rifles and one shotgun. The only 

 bore I am opposed to is the common bore 

 — one that has the only gun rn existence — 

 is the only one who gets any game. My 

 guns are all good, and none of their victims 

 has ever risen and reproached me for not 

 hitting him with a different kind of pro- 

 jectile. 



C. M. Letts, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



In the May number, A. Hedger speaks 

 of making explosive bullets. The mixture 

 he advocates is about as explosive as bak- 

 ing powder would be. A hollow pointed 

 bullet, -filled with beeswax, has all the ex- 

 pansive effects (which Mr. Hedger has 

 mistaken for explosion) required. 



C. E. Ashburner, Richmond, Va. 



the .40 calibre army model revolver, with 

 smokeless powder, and whether they ob- 

 tained better results with it than with black. 

 J. S. Barron, M.D., Raquette Lake, N. Y. 



Frank McCord, of the Columbian Rifle 

 Club, of Rochester, N. Y., shooting 25 

 yards at ]/ 2 inch centre, recently made what 

 we believe to be the first perfect official 

 score, securing 250 out of a possible 250. 

 G. H. Cheney, Rochester, N. Y. 



A reader of Recreation asks about the 

 Ithaca gun. I have used a 12 gauge for 7 

 years, and in that time it has never needed 

 any repairs; it is perfect in every way. It 

 is the best gun I ever handled. 



William G. Dunlap, Marion, Va. 



It would be interesting to know how 

 many Spaniards a bullet from the new 

 Navy smokeless powder cartridge would 

 penetrate. Also whether soft nose or full 

 mantle bullets are preferable. 



A. B., Lima, O. 



I would like to hear, through Recrea- 

 tion, from some sportsman, as to the 

 shooting power of the American Arms 

 Co.'s single barrel, semi-harmless shotgun, 

 and its exact killing range. 



M. Frasier, Rondout, N. Y. 



I shot a match near here with 2 of the best 

 county shots, at 50 birds. I used the Peters 

 cartridge. One of my opponents got 39 

 birds, the other 40, and I got 46. 



R. Boyd Cabell, M. D., Dewitt, Mo. 



Will some of the readers of Recreation 

 please give their experiences with smoke- 

 less powder and lead bullets in .38-55 rifles, 

 also the brand of powder used? 



B. Nj Harrington, Bandon, Ore. 



Can any reader of Recreation tell me 

 where to get .22 calibre rim-fire cartridges, 

 having the letter " S " stamped on the 

 head? 



S. L. Doolittle, Ingersoll, Ont, Can. 



I should like to have the opinion of some 

 Recreation readers on the ejecting quality 

 of the Marlin repeater, in sizes larger than 



Scott Kneeland, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Will some one who has experimented 

 with all lead bullets and black powder in a 

 •30-30 or .30-40 Winchester, please tell me 

 what the result was? 



Samuel Matter, Loganton, Pa. 



I should like to ask, through Recrea- 

 tion, whether any of its readers have used 



My favorite rifle is the Winchester .38-40 

 calibre, and I am the owner of 5 rifles of 

 different sizes. 



A. E. Lines, New Haven, Ct. 



