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THE REFERENDUM 
velocity would be obtained with a full charge 
of black or King’s semi-smokeless powder ? 
I want a rifle for small game and target prac- 
tice at fairly long range. A small calibre that 
can be used to shoot ducks or geese with, up 
to about 300 yards, and which can be reloaded 
without the use of the metal patched bullet. 
Will the .25-35 fill the bill? 
Like a good many more, I have had my 
troubles with a high-power small-bore and 
short twist. And before investing in another 
would like to hear from some brother sports- 
man who has had better success, and benefit 
by his experience. P. WALTER. 
Inver Grove, Minn. 

For Pitted Barrels 
I have a Winchester repeating shotgun the 
barrel of which is badly pitted; how can I 
clean this out? I have tried 3 in 1, and a 
Tomlinson cleaner, but with no effect. 
What do you suggest to remedy the matter? 
Where can I get trap shooting rules? 
Philadelphia, Pa. Pa Fa be 
‘Better send it to the makers to be rebored or 
to have a new barrel. You may possibly be 
able to take out most of the pits with flour of 
emery, but in all probability you will spoil the 
gun’s shooting in so doing. 
For trap shooting rules, write to the Peters 
Company, 98 Chambers Street, New York 
City, or to the Winchester Repeating Arms 
Company, New Haven, Conn.—Ep. 

Remember the Game Laws 
On page 459 of your May number, “Rancher,” 
of Deep River, Conn., states that ‘‘Three 
years ago the .30 gun bagged two caribou, one 
deer and a moose for me in Nova Scotia.” 
Now, this statement has been very adversely 
commented on. It has been close season for 
caribou forsome years. Deer have never been 
allowed to be shot since the Game Society 
imported them from New Brunswick. My 
friends, M. H. A. P. Smith (high sheriff of this 
county) and Major Daley, of Digby, spent a 
good deal of time and money catching and 
turning down the red deer. Very heavy 
penalties have been imposed on some of our 
own people for killing deer, others have been 
fined for shooting caribou. 
Your correspondent may have killed the 
caribou in open season, and shot the deer by 
mistake. If such is the case, there is no more 
to be said on the matter. If, on the other hand, 
he poached them, he has no right to make use 
of the columns of a first-class. sportsmen’s 
Magazine to advertise the fact that he is a 
oI 
poacher. I hope that you will enquire into the 
case. : 
I am no ‘‘crank,” nor do I wish to speak 
harshly about a case until I hear both sides of 
it. In common with the other game wardens of 
this province, I will do anything I can to help 
the American sportsman, and spare no pains to 
land the poacher (Canadian or American) in 
jail. EDMUND F. L. JENNER, 
Agent, Nova Scotia Game Society. 
Digby, N. S. 

. Sights for the New Springfield @ 
After exhaustive experiments, a military 
board recommended a set of sights for the new 
United States Army rifle, Model 1903. The 
sights recommended were accepted and are 
now being manufactured. They resemble 

THE NEW GOVERNMENT SIGHT 
those brought out by the Westley Richards 
Company, of Birmingham, some years ago, 
and differ much from the new British and 
German sights. 
They will no doubt be excellent for fine work 
and deliberate shooting, but will possibly not 
possess any great advantage over present and 
less complicated sights for use under the con- 
ditions that usually obtain in active service. 
New York. ““ GUARDSMAN.” 

Game Protection in Canada 
_ Our brother sportsmen over the border will, 
no doubt, be glad to learn that we are waking 
up to the value of protection. Hitherto, we 
have had such quantities of game and so few 
sportsmen in comparison to acres that the 
need of stringent regulations has not been felt 
very keenly. Now, with the rapid spread of 
civilization and the ever increasing number of 
men coming to Canada from your side during 
