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for engaging the sears, means for causing 

 the rotary movement of the sleeve in op- 

 posite directions for engagement with 

 either sear first, and a trigger for causing 

 the upward movement of the sleeve. 



IS THE PUMP GUN A GAME HOG'S 

 WEAPON ? 



Horace Greeley once said, "I do not say 

 that every Democrat is a horse thief, but 

 I do say that every horse thief is a Demo- 

 crat." 



The same savage logic may be applied to 

 the use of the pump gun. I do not under- 

 take to say that every man who uses a 

 pump gun is a game hog, but I do say 

 that nearly all market hunters, and a 

 large percentage of game hogs who do not 

 sell their game, use pump guns. The 

 moral is obvious. 



I have traveled all over the settled por- 

 tions of this continent, and over large por- 

 tions of it that are unsettled, and wherever 

 I have found decent sportsmen and heard 

 any question raised as to the use of the 

 pump gun, these men have invariably said 

 in effect, 



"I would not be seen with one of those 

 guns in my hands. It is a market hunter's 

 and game hog's weapon, and, in my judg- 

 ment, no gentleman would ever use one." 

 J. G. S., Troy, N. y. 



SMALL SHOT. 

 I note what Mr. Powell says in Recrea- 

 tion about my comments on his Alaskan 

 story. His proposition to bet $1,000 that 

 he can hit a target 5 feet square at 200 

 yards with a pistol, as a proof of his ability 

 to kill running caribou at that distance, is 

 too absurd to deserve notice. The vital 

 part of a caribou does not exceed 2^2 

 feet in diameter or 6^4 square feet of sur- 

 face, while a target 5 feet square contains 

 25 square feet of surface. The target is 

 4 times larger than the animal named, 

 and has the advantage of being station- 

 ary, and the distance to it known. 

 Any fair shot can easily hit such a 

 target at 200 yards with an accurate long 

 range pistol, but there are few men who 

 can with any certainty stop running caribou 

 at that distance with the same kind of a 

 weapon. Mr. Powell's $1,000 proposition 

 like his other statements sounds big, but 

 there is nothing reasonable about it. 



G. A. Tremper, Helena, Mont. 



Black Jack seems to think Double Barrel 

 was joking about killing 6 chickens on the 

 flush with a pump gun. There are many 

 hunters who can get 3 to 5 every time. I 

 used a Winchester pump gun, '96 model, 2 

 years and have often killed 3 quails on a 

 rise. Once I got 4 out of 5 shots, but the 

 birds were scattered and did not all get up 



at once. I remember shooting at one bird 

 3 times and killing him the third shot. I 

 can get 2 shots with a Winchester pump 

 where anyone can get 2 with a double gun. 

 I am using a Remington hammerless now. 

 The pump gun was ruining my shooting; I 

 was trying to get in too many shots and the 

 first was always too close. I find the Rem- 

 ington a splendid bird gun. I hunt with a 

 friend and we kill 30 to 50 quails a day, 

 but I get out only 4 or 5 times in a season. 

 L. M. Mitchell, Augusta, Ga. 



Will some readers of Recreation give 

 their experience with the 25-10 Stevens? 

 Are Harrington & Richardson's revolvers 

 accurate and reliable ? I would inform 

 C. W. Linberger that the penetration of 

 the 25-20 Winchester is 9 soft pine boards 

 Y% inch thick. It will do good work up 

 to 200 yards. In reply to M. J. Burns 

 I would say that the velocity of the 

 22 Winchester center fire bullet is 1,400 

 feet a second, at the muzzle of the gun, and 

 that smokeless powder shells are just as 

 good as black powder shells, besides being 

 much cleaner. However, it will not do to 

 leave a gun uncleaned long after shooting 

 smokeless powder in it, as the residue is 

 exceedingly hard to remove after it dries. 

 If it is not removed it will injure the accu- 

 racy of the gun. 



H. H. Anderson, Rossville, Kan. 



737>376. Shooting Spectacles. Josef Ender, 

 Landeck, Germany. Filed May 19, 

 1903. Serial No. 157,808. • (No 

 model.) 



Claim. — Shooting spectacles, having an 

 aiming lens arranged to be adjustably fixed 

 in a recess formed in the rim of one of the 

 glasses near the bow. 



Will you kindly give readers of Recrea- 

 tion the benefit of your opinion of the new 

 Winchester, 22 caliber, automatic rifle 

 which I have seen recently in a gun store 

 in this city, and in which some friends of 

 mine and I are interested 



S. S., Chicago, 111. 



I have not examined the Winchester 22 

 caliber automatic rifle, but I take it for 

 granted the workmanship and materials are 

 all right. I do not, however, like the idea. 

 God knows the game is being slaughtered 



