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RECREATION. 



I think the .303 Savage repeater the peer 

 of any rifle yet produced as an all round 

 hunting arm. I have used one on deer and 

 bears, and am more than satisfied with its 

 penetration and " shocking " power. 



I never knew the jacket to strip or come 

 off until buried in the game. There is no 

 more danger in using a soft nose, jacketed 

 bullet, in hunting in the woods, than in 

 using a .40 or .45 calibre ball. A tree that 

 will stop one will stop the other. 



The idea that the metal jacketed bullet 

 will wear the rifling is nonsense — at least, 

 as far as the Savage gun is concerned. I 

 have fired 2,000 in my gun, and the barrel 

 shows no sign of wear. 



R. H. Pooler, Serena, 111. 



Allow me to say, for the benefit of O. R. 

 Hartel, that the Stevens No. 44 Ideal rifle, 

 of .25-21 or .25-25 calibre, is what he ought 

 to have. As to price of ammunition, the 

 factory loaded cartridges cost 60 cents a 

 box of 20, which is rather expensive, if one 

 shoots a great deal. In that case let him 

 buy a set of Ideal reloading tools and these 

 cartridges can be reloaded at a cost of 25 

 cents a 100. This is not guess work. I 

 know it by experience. The .25-21 is ac- 

 curate up to 200 yards and the .25-25, up to 

 300. All rifles should be fitted with Lyman 

 sights as they add 50 per cent, to the ac- 

 curacy. 



W. C. Turnbull, Cleveland, O. 



Having read with much interest, the 

 numerous letters for and against .30-30 

 rifles, I should esteem it a favor if some 

 small bore crank would give me his opin- 

 ion and help me out of a fix. I sometime 

 ago bought a rifle from the Marlin Co., 

 fitted with a receiver sight and No. 5 Ly- 

 man foresight. It is a 30 inch barrel. At 

 a measured 200 yards, it shoots 9 inches 

 high. I wrote the Lyman people, and they 

 advised me to use the No. 5, which I had 

 already. 



A. W. Palmer, Canmore, N. W. T. 



I would like to say to " Sandpiper," I 

 have tried a few .22 calibre soft nosed bul- 

 lets, with good results. I tried these bullets 

 on live cats, and doubled them up in good 

 shape. Then I hung up one of the carcasses 

 and fired a number of shot through it. 

 Wherever a bullet struck a bone, it shat- 

 tered it and went on, making a hole about 

 the size of a .38. As far as I could tell, none 

 of the bullets that went through flesh only, 

 mushroomed. These bullets will hold their 

 shape when fired into wood. 



In June Recreation, Mr. L. IT. Steel 

 asks for opinions of the Parker gun. I have 

 owned 2 Parkers, the first an old style lifter 

 action, and the present one, a light Parker 

 hammerless. My experience with this 

 popular American gun has been most satis- 



factory, and, were I buying a half dozen 

 guns, they would all be Parkers. 



There may be others just as good, but I 

 don't believe there are any better. 



Wm. A. Thompson, Belleville, 111. 



In February Recreation B. expresses 

 a belief that a tree which will stop a .45-70 

 bullet will also stop a .30-30. I own a .30-30 

 Winchester, which for penetration, and in 

 fact everything else, stands alone. B. prob- 

 ably used soft-nosed bullets. These are 

 not intended for extreme penetration, but 

 for tearing big holes in game. If he will 

 use full mantled bullets in his .30-30, he will 

 find a .45-70 is not in it for penetration. 



Charles T. Sperry, Whitesboro, N. Y. 



I see in Recreation many inquiries 

 about the Marlin rifle, .25-36 calibre. I have 

 been using one for 6 months. It cannot be 

 beaten for either long or short range. I use 

 smokeless and black powder cartridges. I 

 reload my shells with black powder, and 

 find they shoot as well as the factory loads. 

 Lyman's combination rear and ivory front 

 sights are the best I ever used. 



- L. E. Morris, Bethlehem, la. 



Will readers of Recreation please an- 

 swer the^ following questions : 



Which gun will shoot the longest without 

 getting loose and shaky — the Lefever ham- 

 merless, Ideal G. grade, or the Ithaca ham- 

 merless, No. 38 grade? 

 _ Which gives the best pattern and penetra- 

 tion with 3 drs. of Hazard blue ribbon, or 

 gold-dust smokeless powder, at 30 yards? 

 Roy Slade, Cedar Rapids, la. 



How much advantage in range has an 8- 

 gauge shotgun over a 10 gauge, both being 

 properly bored and loaded? Should also 

 like to know if they will shoot coarse shot 

 like 000 well, and if they make good deer 

 guns. Will they use smokeless powder? 

 Would appreciate personal replies. 



Dr. G. R. Rucker, Eufaula, I. T. 



For the benefit of L. E. Morris, I will 

 say, that what would please him is a Mar- 

 lin rifle, model 1892, .32 calibre, with 

 changeable firing pins. I have used the 

 Winchester, Colt and Stevens rifles, but 

 prefer the Marlin safety to all of them. 

 M. D. Cary. 



Which is the best rifle cartridge for 

 ducks, rabbits, squirrels, woodchucks, etc. 

 I am advised to use the 25 rim fire Stevens, 

 containing 11 grains of powder and a 65 

 grain bullet. Is that the best? 



J. Hauser. 



I should like to hear from readers of Rec- 

 reation who have used the .25-36 Marlin 

 on deer. ( "oquille, Bandon, Ore. 



