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50 to 200 yards and, after calculating the 

 distance to shoot, set your sights for it. 



Chucks should be hit in or in front of the 

 shoulder, if one expects to get them. I have 

 had 'chucks run one to 2 rods and get into 

 a hole after I had shot them through the 

 paunch with a 38-55-255. 



I have shot most of my 'chucks at 50 to 

 150 yards, with a few at 200. A 'chuck's 

 head at 150 yards presents such a small 

 mark that unless I have a fine hair trigger 

 I am likely to trigger off the mark. In 

 shooting for the head it is not necessary to 

 center it in order to score. I think it is 

 much more enjoyable to hold dead on your 

 game after elevating your sights properly, 

 than to guess at the proper hold and then 

 blame the gun for a miss. Be careful on 

 a downhill shot or you will over shoot. 



I shoot a Stevens Special, 10 pound rifle, 

 32 Ideal caliber, set triggers, combination 

 bead and- aperture front sight, and vernier 

 rear sight. I think it perfection for 'chucks 

 and target up to 200 yards. 



Mr. Roberts' gun is powerful enough for 

 'chucks, but if he wants a gun to kill them 

 wherever struck I do not know what to 

 recommend. For its range no cartridge is 

 more accurate than the 32 Ideal. He will 

 make no mistake in trying it. 



Guy M. Philips, Finleyville, Pa. 



FOR TRAP SHOOTERS. 



722,132. — Target Trap. William W. Mc- 

 Queen, Bay City, Mich. Filed Sep- 

 tember 29, 1902. Serial No. 125,240. 

 (No model.) 



of target traps mounted thereon ; means 

 for revolving said platform to bring the 

 traps successively • into the predetermined 

 firing position; and a stop in operative re- 

 lation to the platform to arrest its rota- 

 tion when the trap has reached the firing 

 position. 



2. Means for automatically locking the 

 platform while discharging the traps. 



USES THE 22. 

 The part of your valuable magazine that 

 most interests me is the gun and ammuni- 

 tion department. I have seen several in- 

 quiries as to the capabilities of the 32 W. 

 C. F. That cartridge is sufficiently power- 

 ful to kill all game as large as deer. Its 

 accurate range is 150 yards. It will carry 

 up to 300 yards, but one seldom kills game 

 that far. I have a 32 Winchester single 

 shot, 24 inch barrel, open sights, and as a 

 rabbit killer it is perfection. The 22 cali- 

 ber will kill deer. I have a friend who 

 killed a yearling buck with a 22 Colt's re- 

 peating rifle with the short cartridge. The 

 deer was hit between the shoulders. Have 

 heard that a man killed a barren doe with 

 a 22 extra long. Another time an acquaint- 

 ance killed 2 black bears with one shot each, 

 using the 22 long cartridge. If any sub- 

 scriber doubts any of the above statements 

 I will, on receipt of a letter from him, re- 

 fer the latter to the shooters and have them 

 reply personally. The first time I used 

 semi smokeless powder I was so disgusted 

 with it that I resolved never to use any 

 more of it. I used it in a 32-40 rifle loaded 

 bulk for bulk with black powder, but it 

 would not shoot any better than black pow- 

 der, in fact, not so well ; and it left a de- 

 posit in the barrel similar to tar and hard 

 to clean out. It made as much smoke as 

 black powder. 



Nimrod, Red Bluff, Cal. 



Claim. — 1. In a , target discharging ap- 

 paratus a revoluble platform; a plurality 



SAVAGE TREATS SPORTSMEN RIGHT. 

 In your January issue R. G. Robertson, 

 of Junction City, Ark., asks users of the 

 Savage for their opinion of the arm. The 

 Savage carbine .305 can not be beaten, and 

 when using one I have yet to lose a deer 

 struck in a vital spot. However, I always 

 use soft nose bullets. For a light rifle that 

 comes to the shoulder right every time and 

 has the power behind it, give me the Sav- 

 age .303. I have used and owned other 

 rifles, and have on my wall at the present 

 time a Winchester and a Mannlicher, both 

 of which I like, but after the Savage. Then 

 again the Savage people are square. Last 

 November while I was on my annual trip 

 to Pike county, Pa., the spindle and carrier 

 of the magazine gave out from long use and 

 refused to throw more than one shell into 

 the chamber. That would have left me in 

 bad shape had we found the bear we were 



