GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 



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from the Krag regulation U. S. Army rifle 

 without causing deterioration in the shoot- 

 ing qualities. — Editor. 



WHO CAN TELL HIM? 



Like many of your readers I" have been 

 looking for an all around rifle, one suitable 

 for either man or woman to use at targets 

 and on game, and taking various loads 

 adapted for anything from ruffed grouse to 

 moose. Have thought that, since the pro- 

 duction of a high pressure smokeless cart- 

 ridge for this caliber, the 3 2 "4° would most 

 nearly fill the bill. 



What is the twist of rifling in Savage 

 32-40 ? 



What is the velocity, trajectory, accuracy 

 and recoil of the black, the smokeless and 

 the high pressure smokeless loads, respec- 

 tively? 



How does the 32-40 high pressure smoke- 

 less load compare with such loads as 30-30, 

 30-40 and .303 Savage as regards power and 

 accuracy? 



In black powder loads the U. M. C. Com- 

 pany list 4 cartridges: 32-40-150 Reming- 

 ton, 32-40-165 Winchester, 32-40-165 Mar- 

 lin, and 32-40-185 Bullard. - Which of these 

 does the Savage take? What is the differ- 

 ence between the Marlin and Winchester 

 cartridges? 



What are comparative merits of rifle and 

 gun shot butts? 



S. B., St. John, N. B. 



Will some of my readers please answer. — 

 Editor. 



13-INCH STOCK THE BEST. 

 W T hy do not the Savage people make 

 standard stocks on their guns? I have 

 heard many complaints on account of their 

 making 13 inches the standard length while 

 nearly every shooter uses a 14 inch stock. 

 With a stock of that length the Savage 

 would be perfection. Two or 3 riflemen 

 around here have bought other guns in 

 place of the Savage, on account of its short 

 stock, at the same time declaring that the 

 Savage in other ways was the best gun they 

 had ever owned. Maybe the Savage corn- 

 par y will enlighten a number of users of 

 their guns on this point. 



J. B. Burnley, Mexico City, Mex. 



ANSWER. 



We have found a 13 inch stock most satis- 

 factory and suitable to the average shooter. 

 In fact in this respect, the length of the 

 Savage stock, from the trigger to center 

 of butt plate, is somewhat longer than that 

 furnished on other American repeating 

 rifles. Of course, we can supply stocks of 

 any drop or length desired, but for any 

 special dimensions we are obliged to make 

 an additional charge of $10 list over the 



regular price of the butt stock. This may 

 seem excessive to the purchaser, but it is 

 necessary to cut the stock out of solid 

 block by hand. That, of course, is slow and 

 expensive work. 



Savage Arms Company. 



SINGLE TRIGGER. 



722,706. — Single Trigger Mechanism. James 



J. Hewson, Mac- 

 leod, Canada, as- 

 signor of one-half 

 to William Francis 

 Cochrane, M a c - 

 leod, Canada. Filed 

 October 9, 1901. 

 Serial No. 78,080. 

 (No model.) 



Claim. — 1. In a 

 firearm, the com- 

 bination with gun- 

 locks, of a trigger 

 provided with 

 means for succes- 

 s i v e 1 y actuating 

 the gun locks and 

 having a locking 

 shoulder, a detent 

 moulded in opera- 

 tive relation to the 

 trigger and ar- 

 ranged to have in- 

 terlocking engage- 

 men t with said 

 locking shoulder 

 and having a 

 squared lower end, 

 and a detent spring pressing upwardly 

 against said squared lower end to normally 

 hold said detent free from the trigger. 



NOT FOR GAME. 

 I intend going to Southeast Alaska in 

 August. I am not going on a hunting ex- 

 pedition, but should like to be prepared for 

 any game, big or little, that comes within 

 range. I object to- the weight of a Savage 

 or Winchester, and am informed by experts 

 that a Luger pistol will answer all pur- 

 poses and protect me from any attack pro- 

 viding I can see the animals, stand my 

 ground, and shoot. 



Mc., Detroit, Mich. 



ANSWER. 



The Luger pistol is a powerful small arm 

 and has approximately the killing power of 

 a 32-20 black powder cartridge shot from 

 the ordinary hunting rifle. It is not, how- 

 ever, well adapted for game shooting, inas- 

 much as it requires much greater skill to 

 shoot it accurately than a shoulder weapon. 

 A skeleton stock attachment can be bought 

 for the Luger and Mauser pistols, but even 

 with that it is difficult to obtain quick, ac- 

 curate shooting. As a weapon of defense 



