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RECREATION. 



at times a fellow does such things when in 

 a hurry. 



If some of the owners of 30-30S, 30-40S, 

 etc., would try the following light loads 

 perhaps they would be as well pleased as I 

 have been : Five or 6 grains, weight, of 

 Lafiin & Rand Infallible shot gun powder 

 with 100 grain hard lead bullet, lubri- 

 cated, seated in short range shell, no crimp ; 

 or 10 or 12 grains, weight, same powder, 

 with Savage full jacket miniature bullet, 

 100 grains loaded as above for a longer 

 range. These loads are clean, quick, cheap 

 and accurate, and the last is really powerful. 

 The gun is not hard to clean if ammonia is 

 used to cut the waxy residue. With my 

 30-40, sights must be raised for these loads 

 as they shoot low, but group the shots nice- 

 ly. Have tried low pressure smokeless for 

 small loads and can not get as good results 

 as with Infallible. 



F. U. R., Appleton, Wis. 



A LATE INVENTION. 



724,327.— Attachment for Firearms. Ross 

 M. G. Phillips, Los Angeles, CaL, 

 assignor to Ideal Holster Com- 

 pany, Los Angeles, Cal., a cor- 

 poration of California. Filed Oct. 

 16, 1901. Serial No. 78, 881. (No 

 model.) 



Claim. — 1. An attachment for 

 a gun comprising scales 

 furnished with seats and 

 constructed to be respec- 

 tively mounted on 

 the opposite sides 

 of the back-strap 

 of the gun ; a stock 

 furnished with bi- 

 furcated jaws con- 

 structed to engage 

 said seats ; one of 

 said jaws 

 being fixed 

 on, and the 

 other pivot- 

 ally connect- 

 ed with, the 

 stock ; means 

 for actuating 

 the movable 

 jaw to move 

 the same to 

 and from its 

 seats ; and a 

 device con- 

 structed to lock and unlock said actuating 

 means. 



not a reliable gun, he says; the barrel is 

 too light, and, owing to the tremendous 

 initial velocity, the bullet has a lateral 

 swerve. Will the Doctor kindly explain 

 how he accertained that startling fact? 



The 30-40 cartridge was tested with va- 

 rious others of both American and foreign 

 manufacture, for accuracy, range, trajectory 

 and penetration, by the U. S. Ordnance 

 Bureau before being adopted by the U. S. 

 Army, and was pronounced the peer of them 

 all. Had the Doctor been present to ad- 

 vise the Ordnance Bureau of the lateral 

 bullet swerve no doubt the Army would 

 to-day be using the 40-82 or the 45-90, 

 which the Doctor claims are superior guns. 



The 30-40 is not only an accurate gun at 

 extreme ranges, but ranks first among the 

 most powerful game cartridges manufac- 

 tured. From experience and observation 

 of its effect on large game, with which this 

 country abounds, I am sure the soft nose 

 30-40 cartridge is strong enough for any 

 game on this continent. I am likewise 

 positive that the 30-40 Winchester rifle bar- 

 rel is sufficiently strong and accurate for 

 any sportsman not prejudiced by the bul- 

 let swerve discovered by Dr. Brown. 



I have noticed that those who find fault 

 with the accuracy of guns usually flinch 

 when firing, and thus impart a lateral 

 swerve to the barrel and it is my opinion 

 that the Doctor is in this gun shy class. 

 P. A. Melick, M. D., Williams, Ariz. 



FLINCHING OR BULLET DRIFT ? 

 In May Recreation Dr. Douglas Brown 

 attempts to criticise the 3°-4° r ^ e - I* ^ s 



TO REMOVE LEAD. 



How should buck shot be loaded so as to 

 give the best possible pattern in a modified 

 choke gun at 75 to 100 yards? 



Where can I obtain the old fashioned 

 wire cartridges or shot concentrators, such 

 as were used in muzzle loaders ? 



What is the best way to remove lead from 

 rifle barrels? 



J. W. Dunbar, Mammoth Springs, Ark. 



ANSWER. 



Buck shot should be loaded in layers, one 

 deep, between thin wads, putting a sufficient 

 number, depending on the size, in each 

 layer to chamber ; that is, so as not to more 

 than fill the bore at the smallest diameter. 



Write to Hartley & Graham, 317 Broad- 

 way, New York city, for information as to 

 ■the wire cartridges. 



To remove lead from rifle barrels, if this 

 can not be done with a brass wire brush, 

 close up one end of the barrel with a cork 

 and fill it with mercury, allowing the latter 

 to remain in the barrel over night or until 

 the lead is removed. 



A metal patched bullet will, of course, 

 wear the inside surface of a rifle barrel more 

 than a softer bullet will. Just how much 

 more has not been definitely determined. A 

 great many thousand rounds have been fired 



