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RECREATION. 



too fast with the guns we have now, and 

 I dislike to see another come on the mar- 

 ket that is still more deadly. Please read 

 my editorial on automatic guns in Novem- 

 ber Recreation. — Editor. 



Mr. E. W. V., Watertown, N. Y., wishes 

 to hear from someone using the 22-7-45 

 Winchester. I have one and it is the most 

 powerful little gun I ever handled. It can 

 not be beaten for squirrels, woodchucks, etc. 

 When I first bought the gun I experienced 

 the same trouble E. W. V. states, especial- 

 ly with U. M. C. shells, but have had some 

 made with a harder lead and have used 

 200 of these without one shell's becoming 

 jammed. I am careful to keep magazine 

 tube well oiled. The shells in this gun 

 should never be worked through the action 

 as the magazine tube can be easily removed 

 and shells slipped out. 



L. J. Tooley, Kalamazoo, Mich. 



In September Recreation E. G. Dewey 

 tells his experience with a 30-30, and I beg 

 to suggest that he should use soft point bul- 

 lets the next time he goes out after big 

 game. He says he shot and hit a deer 5 

 times, and that no one bullet hole in the 

 animal's skin measured ^4 of an inch in 

 diameter. It is evident, therefore, that Mr. 

 Dewey used full metal patched bullets. 

 Had he used soft point ammunition and 

 shot the buck 5 times the animal would 

 have been so badly mutilated that Mr. 

 Dewey would have had trouble in collect- 

 ing the meat. 



Subscriber, Los Angeles, Cal. 



In June Recreation, A. C. Rawson asks 

 how to keep spots out of his gun barrels. 

 I have used one gun 6 years and the barrels 

 are perfectly clean and bright to-day. There 

 has never been any black powder used in 

 it, but all kinds' of smokeless, mostly Du- 

 Pont. 



There has never been any water put in 

 the barrels intentionally. After shooting, 

 usually the same day, it has been wiped out 

 with a cloth moistened with oil until a 

 clean cloth does not soil. 



E. R. Emery, Houston, Tex. 



What firm supplies the army with Krag- 

 Jorgensen rifle cartridges ? I understood 

 there was to be an improvement made in 

 this cartridge, securing greater velocity, 

 but have been unable to learn anything fur- 

 ther. Recreation is certainly the cleanest 

 magazine for sportsmen I have ever read. 

 C. R. H., Elwood, Ind. 



Most of the cartridges used in the army 

 and navy are made at government arsenals, 

 though some are bought from the various 

 factories,— Epitor. 



I prefer Robin Hood powder to any other 

 on the market, after a long and exhaustive 

 test of it. I shot a good deal of it at the 

 trap and in the field last summer. I made 

 one of those old fashioned, long range 

 shots, such as I used to sneer at, at go 

 yards or thereabout, putting 5 shot in a 

 prairie chicken and killing it with $ l A drams 

 of Robin Hood. No other powder would 

 have done it. From patterns I afterward 

 made I find it was not a scratch shot. 



R. H., Topeka, Kan. 



I have a 32-40 rifle, 1893 model in which 

 I have been using U. M. C. cartridges with 

 good results. Recently I bought a box of 

 Winchester cartridges for this rifle and find 

 they drop 6 inches in 50 yards and 4 feet 

 at 300 yards. Will some reader of Recrea- 

 tion please explain. 



Recreation is the best sportsmen's maga- 

 zine published. Every sportsman should 

 read it and should help protect the game. 

 J. A. Dodge, Ohio City, Col. 



In September Recreation E. C. Barnes 

 inquires for a rifle of smaller caliber than 

 22. I do not know of a smaller caliber 

 arm, but should think the thing for him 

 would be an air rifle. These are easy to 

 clean, the ammunition is cheap and one 

 should satisfy any man who can not be 

 pleased with any of the 22 caliber rifles 

 now on the market. 



Harry L. Yance, Racine, Wis. 



I send herewith a 22 caliber shell which, 

 as you will see, has no mark on the outside 

 that could account for its going off. This 

 cartridge exploded when pumped into the 

 chamber of a Savage rifle. The gun was 

 at safe and nothing hit the cartridge. 

 Should like to hear from any reader of 

 Recreation who has had a similar experi- 

 ence. Fred Lambart, Lindsay, Ont. 



Answering A. W. Crampton's inquiry 

 about Robin Hood shells and powder, 

 would say that after using many brands of 

 ammunition I consider Robin Hood un- 

 excelled for pattern and penetration. 



A. H. Scriver, Champlain, N. Y. 



What's the matter? What are you shiv- 

 ering about? demanded the first rabbit. 



There's a dude out there with a gun, re- 

 plied the other. 



Well, he doesn't see us at all. 



That's just it. He's aiming at something 

 else. — Philadelphia Press. 



Every lover of outdoor sport should read 

 Recreation. 



I. W. Fogg, Gorham, N. H, 



