vs THE REFERENDUM 185 
peatedly reloaded the .25-35 shells 15 and 20 
times each without a sign of breaking. How 
canan ammunition salesman say that the primer 
has nothing whatever to do with the breaking 
of shells, insisting that the extreme pressure is 
the cause? I have had my gun two years and 
have been experimenting all the time, but until 
lately have regularly been splitting shells after 
the fourth or fifth shot. This the No. 9 copper 
primer has stopped. 
The statement commonly advanced that 
reloading high-power ammunition cannot be 
done satisfactorily by the average rifleman is 
not just correct. The reloading of high-power 
ammunition may have its limitations, but my 
experience has been more than satisfactory— 

RALPH TRIMBLE, EXPERT TRAP SHOT OF THE CINCINNATI GUN CLUB, AND AN ENTHUSIASTIC 
ADVOCATE OF TRAP-SHOOTING AS A RECREATION 
