RECREATION. 



XXXIX 



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I have become much interested in the 

 discussion in Recreation concerning the 

 merits and demerits of the Marlin rifle and 

 Peters' cartridges. The altercation brings 

 to my mind an incident and suggests a few 

 thoughts. 



In October, '99, with 2 friends, I was 

 hunting deer on Howe brook, about 6 

 miles East of St. Croix lake, Aroostook 

 county, Maine. I carried a 38-55 Winchester, 

 one companion had a 30-30 Winchester 

 and the other a 30-30 Marlin. One even- 

 ing the owner of the Marlin came into 

 camp in a rage. He had jumped a small 

 band of deer and fired one shot without 

 apparent effect. The deer circled and came 

 to a stop in plain view, with a big buck 

 affording a fine shot. Did my friend shoot 

 him? No, he did not. Why? He was 

 frantically trying to extricate a jammed 

 cartridge from the breech of his rifle. The 

 deer joyously bade him good-bye, with a 

 wave of their flags. After sitting down 

 on a log and fussing with the gun for half 

 an hour, my friend made a short cut for 

 camp. On the way he had another good 

 shot at a deer which he could not take, 

 and on entering camp he would have 

 smashed the Marlin rifle to pieces if I 

 had not taken it from him. 



I have nothing to say about the Peters' 

 cartridges, for I never used any; but it 

 strikes me as foolish for any firm to with- 

 draw its patronage from a journal because 

 of adverse comments on their goods by 

 correspondents. 



A thought suggested by the controversy 

 is that since Recreation, its editor and its 

 patrons advocate the protection of game, 

 they might favor, as the best means to that 

 end, the use of Marlin rifles and Peters' 

 ammunition. What could better promote 

 the protection of game than hunting with 

 rifles and ammunition that will not work? 

 You might even carry the idea farther 

 by buying and presenting this combination 

 to the game hogs as fast as you obtain 

 their names and addresses. 



W, H. Sanborn. St Catherines. Ont. 



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Dayton. Ohio, 

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 Binghamton 



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