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open at the other, the mouths of the pocket 

 of one group being at the edge of the band 

 opposite that at which the mouths of the 

 other group are located. 



724,190. — Cartridge Carrier. Emil Krough, 

 Cornelius Hogan and John E. Hogan, 

 Chicago, 111. Filed April 8, 1901. Se- 

 rial No. 54,888. (No model.) 



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Claim. — 1. The combination with a car- 

 tridge receptacle adapted to receive a plu- 

 rality of cartridges end to end, of means 

 for normally engaging the end cartridge, 

 means adapted to engage a succeeding car- 

 tridge and means for actuating said en- 

 gaging means simultaneously in different di- 

 rections to cause the release of the cartridge 

 or cartridges between the said engaging 

 means, and the detention of all the remain- 

 ing cartridges. 



2. An interchangeable nozzle therefor, a 

 detaining device carried on said nozzle, and 

 means for actuating the detaining device 

 to release the end cartridge, etc. 



WINCHESTER VS. IDEAL. 



The Ideal reloading tools and implements 

 are generally considered perfection, but I 

 must take exception to the No. 3 special. 

 That tool, in my opinion, does not com- 

 pare with the Winchester, model '94, tool 

 for general utility, ease and speed of opera- 

 tion. 



With the Ideal, the expelling pin and the 

 shell are inserted in the chamber, a slow 

 operation ; with the Winchester, 2 or 3 

 primers may be expelled in the same time 

 by holding several shells in the left hand, 

 passing the expelling pin from one to an- 

 other, striking it each time with a mallet. 

 Again, the insertion of the new primer is 

 much more easily and quickly effected with 

 the Winchester tool. 



Next comes the opening of the mouth of 

 shell. The Winchester tool is provided 

 with a projection for that purpose, which 

 enables the operator to do the work easily 

 and with little or no injury to the shell. 

 The projector on the Ideal tool for that 

 purpose is an unmitigated nuisance. It 

 will not open the shell at all, merely grind- 

 ing away the point of it. It could easily be 

 made different, and I advise all users of 

 Ideal tools to take their die to a ma- 

 chinist and have it turned down to a proper 

 taper. It could be done without injury to 

 the chamber. 



In seating the bullet the Winchester tool 

 has decided advantages over the Ideal. To 

 get best results in shooting, the powder 

 should be carefully settled in the shell 

 without ramming, and then should not be 



disturbed in seating the bullet. To accom- 

 plish this with the Ideal it is necessary to 

 work the tool upside down ; and to get the 

 shell in place is an awkward and clumsy 

 operation. With the Winchester, the bullet 

 is placed in the mouth of shell, standing 

 upright on the table. The die is then 

 placed over it and pressed down until it 

 holds the shell firmly, when the die is 

 screwed in the frame without changing the 

 position of shell. The shell is resized and 

 the bullet seated with the one operation, 

 perfectly, and more quickly than with the 

 Ideal. 



Sharp point bullets can also be seated 

 with the regular chamber in the Winchester 

 tool in the following manner : Make a 

 block of hard maple conforming to the 

 shape of the point of chamber, and after 

 hollowing it out to receive the sharp point 

 of the bullet insert it in the point of the 

 chamber. After seating one or 2 bullets, 

 you can shape it to the right thickness to 

 seat the bullet just where you want it 

 crimped. Then it is advisable to stick it in 

 place with a little mucilage. I recently got 

 a 32-40 Winchester repeating rifle as a pre- 

 mium from Recreation, and as I wanted 

 to use the No. 31,949 Ideal 152 grain sharp 

 point bullet, I contrived this way of seating 

 the bullet with the Winchester tool. It 

 works to perfection. The Winchester 

 Company could easily make these blocks 

 of metal to go with the tool at trifling ex- 

 pense, thus adapting it for both the regu- 

 lar and sharp point bullets. 



I might say for the benefit of J. A. Elliot 

 and others wanting information as to the 

 best all around rifle that such a weapon 

 can, in the nature of things, never be made. 

 The nearest approach to it is, in my opin- 

 ion, the 32-40 Winchester repeater. It is 

 the standard for accuracy, is easy to clean 

 and keep in order, and can be made effec- 

 tive on big game by using express bullets. 

 G. B. Crandall, Cherry Valley, Ont. 



SOMETHING ABOUT RIFLES. 

 I have stated before this that in my opin- 

 ion the lever, action of the Winchester and 

 Savage rifles is far more satisfactory to the 

 sportsman than any bolt action, because 

 he does not have to change the grip when 

 using a finger lever, which certainly counts 

 for much. Furthermore, the exorbitant 

 prices quoted for the above guns in this 

 country make them undesirable for sports- 

 men. One can buy a well finished Mann- 

 licher, with checked pistol grip, octagon 

 barrel, matted rib, and magazine for a clip 

 of cartridges in the buttstock, for $16 or 

 $17 in any gun store in Germany, while 

 $40 is asked for the cheaper round barrel 

 rifle here. These German rifles can not be 

 excelled for light weight, material, work- 

 manship and accuracy. Such rifles cost 

 about $30 in Germany. Which of the 2 



