GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 



'37 



in it with the 45, as the base of your bullet 

 barely covers the flat point of the 45. 



W. Mashck, Kewaunee, Wis. 



To Mr. Pierce I would say, I have al- 

 ready related my experience with a 25-35 

 and my article appeared in Recreation. I 

 will never buy or carry another 25-35 on a 

 deer hunting trip. If Mr. P. killed 4 bucks 

 in 5 shots with one, he certainly got 

 enough, and anyone who knows what a 

 25-35 will do can say that he must have 

 been right up where he could place his 

 bullets. If the man with the 45"70, had the 

 same chance as Pierce, one ball from that 

 gun would have been enough, without the 

 wire fence. Any man or woman who 

 hunts deer will agree with me. 



Mr. Pierce may be a crack shot, but if 

 he will come to Minnesota next fall and 

 hunt in the tamarack swamps, pine stumps, 

 and underbrush, it will worry him to pick 

 up 4 deer in 5 shots. However, this fall 

 I went back to a 30-30 Winchester, 20 

 inch barrel and succeeded in killing 6 deer 

 for a party of 2. My partner did the driv- 

 ing and I did the shooting. No wounded 

 deer got away from me. 



A. Huff, Minneapolis. 



In a recent number of Recreation a 

 correspondent wrote of having trouble 

 with his Savage rifle owing to the fact that 

 the trigger and lever lock, or safety slide, 

 soon became so loose as to slip backward 

 and forward too easily. Several of my 

 friends have had the same trouble with 

 their rifles. This annoyance may be rem- 

 edied by dismounting the rifle according 

 to the instructions given in the Savage 

 catalogue. Take out the trigger and lever 

 lock, and make the slit in the rear end of 

 the same a little wider, using a screw- 

 driver or other instrument for the purpose. 

 In order to prevent breaking, the lock may 

 be fastened in a vise while widening the 

 slit, but I did not find this necessary. The 

 lock may be made to work hard or easily, 

 depending on how much you widen the 

 slit. The whole operation may be finished 

 within half an hour. My ignorance of how 

 to remedy this trouble cost me several 

 good chances at deer and turkeys last year. 

 John C. Futrall, Fayetteville, Ark. 



Under the Heading "A 12 Guage Load" I 

 note Frank A. Wood is advised to use 

 38-42 grains of Laflin and Rand powder. 

 This is all right ; I have used 45 grains 

 safely; but with the new Laflin and Rand 

 Infallible this will not do. Thirty is the 

 limit in 12 guage. With this powder, or 

 Ballistite in ^4 base shells, the load can not 

 be improved ; but 26 grains is enough for 

 a Ballistite load. 



Cleaning .30 caljber rifles is vexatious, 



but get a Remington-Lee. The action 

 can be dismounted in a moment, and you 

 can get at both ends of barrel at once. Be- 

 sides the ease of cleaning you will have 

 the best rifle made in America. A look 

 through one of these barrels is a revelation 

 in cleanliness and depth of rifling. They 

 match a Mauser in cartridge, and the Rem- 

 ington is made for all, while the Mauser 

 is not in the same class with America's 

 best gun,, notwithstanding the advertising 

 the Mauser gets. 



S., Leadville, Colo. 



I have always used small bore rifles 

 since the advent of smokeless powder am- 

 munition. If you want a rifle for moose, 

 deer and bear try the .32 caliber Win- 

 chester Special if you care to reload for 

 target practice or for use with telescope 

 sights. If you do not care for the above 

 sights I recommend the .33 Winchester. I 

 have one of each and both give perfect 

 satisfaction. I used the .33 last year in 

 the woods and got 2 large bucks. This 

 gun is light and handy, has 24 inch barrel, 

 and is powerful. I prefer it to the .30-40 

 on account of its lighter weight and larger 

 caliber with a trifle more velocity. The 

 rear sight is much nearer the eye than on 

 other rifles, and it has a neat ivory hunting 

 sight on front which can be changed for 

 ivory bead front. It has a nicely rifled 

 barrel, well finished inside and out, and 

 very accurate. If the Savage or Marlin 

 Companies make such barrels I have yet to 

 see one. 



F. F. Cooley, Waterville, Me. 



I notice in Recreation a query from Mr. 

 A. W. Crampton in regard to Robin Hood 

 smokeless powder. I am using Robin 

 Hood powder, both at the trap and for 

 hunting. It is the best powder I ever 

 used. I shoot a great deal at the trap and 

 have used all makes of powder. For pat- 

 tern and penetration Robin Hood, beats 

 them all. Another good thing about it is, 

 when you are through shooting you can 

 clean your gun by simply wiping it out 

 with a rag. 



All other powders leave a scum on the 

 inside of the barrel that has to be scoured 

 out with a brass cleaner. If Mr. Cramp- 

 ton will give Robin Hood a fair trial he 

 will never use any other powder. 



Will also say to Mr. Turf, of Pittsburg, 

 that he can use Robin Hood smokeless 

 powder in any kind of gun or shell, includ- 

 ing brass shells. A black powder primer 

 will explode it. 



J. N. Lund, Rochester, N. Y. 



When I was a boy it was my good for- 

 tune to own a Hollis 16 guage gun. As 

 smokeless powder had just come to no- 



