GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 



457 



Company, I wish you would print a letter 

 I have just received. I wrote the Savage 

 people last week, calling their attention to a 

 minor defect in the barrel of a rifle I 

 bought from them 2 years ago. This de- 

 fect could have been easily remedied ; in 

 fact I called their attention to the matter 

 more to see what their attitude would be 

 respecting it than from any other reason. 

 The lapse of time would have been suf- 

 ficient had they been disposed to take ad- 

 vantage of any excuse. 



The success of the Savage Arms Com- 

 pany is not surprising when they treat their 

 patrons in this manner. 



R. G. Bickford, Newport News, Va. 



Utica, N. Y., 

 Mr. R. G. Bickford. 



Dear Sir: With reference to your favor, 

 would say that we hav e received your rifle 

 No. 26,881, and to avoid any possibility of 

 trouble we are fitting the rifle with a new 

 barrel and refinishing the arm complete. 

 We will see that the rifle is carefully target- 

 ed, and that the target is sent for your in- 

 spection. We believe you will have no fur- 

 ther trouble and that your rifle will give 

 you the best possible service. 



This work shall have our best attention 

 and the rifle will be returned at the earliest 

 possible date. 



Savage Arrns Comjpany. 



What a difference between Savage and 

 — well between Savage and a certain New 

 Haven man, for instance ! — Editor. 



from the right shoulder with the left eye. 

 The crook in the stock brings the barrel 

 exactly opposite the left eye. 



Geo. M. Savage, Detroit, Mich. 



ANSWERING STANLEY WATERLOO. 

 In September Recreation Stanley 

 Waterloo asks for advice as to how to have 

 a gun stock bent so he can shoot right- 

 handed, using his left eye. This can be 

 done easily by one of the large gun repair 

 shops in Chicago, or by D. M. Le Fever, 

 Sons & Co., Syracuse, N. Y. I have seen 

 many shooters who, having lost the sight 

 of their right eye, have had a stock bent 

 as described, and who could do as good 

 shooting as they did before. In watching 

 these men shoot one would never know 

 they were using the left eye. From a cas- 

 ual glance at their guns you would never 

 know the stock was different from the or- 

 dinary. If Mr. Waterloo will have his 

 gun stock bent in this way he can enjoy any 

 kind of shooting the same as before. 



Harry L. Yance, Racine, Wis. 



In September Recreation I notice a com- 

 munication signed Stanley Waterloo, Chi- 

 cago, in which the writer says that owing 

 to an accident to his right eye he has been 

 unable to use it when shooting, and asks 

 advice as to how to overcome the dif- 

 ficulty. In reply will say I have had stocks 

 made for my guns with a crook just be- 

 hind the breech, which enables me to shoot 



WOODCHUCK TALK. 



I wish to add my experience in hunting 

 woodchucks. Have used both the Stevens 

 25 R. F. and 32-40-165. Chucks are hard 

 to kill. I hold on the neck, if he shows 

 that much; then should the aim be a trifle 

 high I have a chance to kill. I once made 

 a peculiar shot on an old chuck. He was 

 headed for his hole at full speed. I made 

 a snap shot with my 25 and caught him 

 just back of the shoulders. He turned sev- 

 eral somersaults and fell stone dead. Have 

 a friend who uses a 32-40 smokeless, soft 

 nose bullets. He hit a chuck at 70 yards 

 in the head. It quivered and sank as if 

 struck by lightning. I prefer my 32-40 with 

 good target sights. This is powerful enough 

 for chucks and is accurate up to 400 or even 

 500 yards. I use about 1 part tin to 30 of 

 lead, and Du Pont No. 1 smokeless powder. 



Recreation is a friend to man, bird and 

 beast. 



W. O. Isaacson, Jamestown, N. Y. 



I have read lots about woodchuck shoot- 

 ing and the right rifle to use. I do not 

 claim every woodchuck I shoot at, but I 

 do claim every one I hit. I use a Win- 

 chester 22 short with a mushroom bullet, 

 and it will stop anything it hits. I have 

 used the Winchester smokeless and grease- 

 less. It is a fine cartridge, but when it 

 comes to rabbits or chucks give me the 

 mushroom every time. 



C. M. Smith, Campbell, Mass. 



A NEW REVOLVER. 



728,896. Revolver. Andrew Fyrberg, Wor- 

 cester, Mass. Filed Oct. 28, 1901. 

 Serial No. 86,186. 



& $ 9 



Claim.— In a revolver, the combination 

 of top frame D the upper part of frame A, 

 and cylinder E, with the thumb latch d, its 



