190 RECREATION 
300 foot pounds more energy at 50 feet than are 
possessed by the .32-40 H. P.” 
I have before me a Marlin catalogue and 
that makes the following statements in regard 
to the two cartridges: .32-40 Ballard & Marlin 
High Power Smokeless: 
1.23 inches 
Bae) Os ee 
300“ . Gh RDO ew eteneyate 16:00. °-* 
Penetration, 38 pine boards % inch in thickness. 
.32 Special High Power Smokeless: 
100 yards trajectory—height at 50 yards...... 
200. 4 4 rT Rede ee ED 
300“ . woe een ge <2 1668. 
Muzzle velocity, 2,000 feet per second. 
The .32-40 over 2,000 feet per second. 
As will be seen by the above, the difference 
is not great, but it is in favor of the .32-40, and 
then it is a stronger shell than the bottle-necked 
32 Special. ty Row: 
Winnipeg, Man. 
1.23 inches 
B92) 3 
[T. K. T. is evidently one of our good friends, 
and thinking he has caught us napping, he writes 
more in sorrow than in anger to point out the 
narrow trail of eternal truth—or something to 
that effect. But, T. K. T., does it not strike 
you that there are different authorities? You 
took the Marlin catalogue and we happened to 
consult the Winchester, which says: 
Penetration of 
bullets in $-in. 
Weight | Velocity| Energy pine board, 









Rifle of at at 
bulleg | BOfe a0 tet ee 
grains) Mise. iff nOS.. |e ee eee ae 
SeP. | BP: 
32-40 W.H.V.....| 165 | 1,700 | 1,058 10 | a9-* 
.32W.S.Smokeless 170 2,050 | 1,585 12 45 
Trajectory of bullets | Free Recoil in 
Inches ft. Ibs. 
Rifle 100 yds.| 200 yds.|300 yds. 
Height | Height | Height | Smoke-| Black 
at at at less 
50 yds.} 100 yds.|150 yds. 
. 32-40 W.H.V.....| 1.70 | 8.23 | 22.08 | 5.45 
.32W.S.Smokeless | 1.17 | 5.60 | 15.26 | 7.66 






If we owned an electric chronograph and a - 
few other things, costing, let us say, $5,000, as 
the big cartridge companies do, we would try 
these things, but not having them, we are quite 
willing to accept the statements of any of our 
large manufacturers, whether Marlin or 
Winchester, ascribing slightly different results 
to unimportant variations in the conditions. 
We fancy that it would make but little difference 
to a moose or deer whether he had a .32-40 H. V. 
builet in his body or one from a .32 Special.— 
Ep. |] 

Just Fox High 
I am a reader of RECREATION and would like 
very much if you could tell me how high in the 
scale of game the Hopkins & Allen .32 is 
effective? The rifle will not accommodate long- 
rifle cartridges. M. M. Bassett. 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
gt woodchuck or coyote at short range.— 
ED. 
Which Is It to Be? 
Will you or some reader of your valuable 
magazine throw some light upon the following 
subject? I wish to buy a Savage rifle, and am 
up a stump as to whether to get a .30-30 or a 
.32-40. The .32-40 handles black and smoke- 
less powder, while the .30-30 does not. Please 
inform me if black and smokeless powder, shot 
from the same barrel, injures it in any way? 
Is the .32-40 as powerful as the .30-30? I have 
used a .32 W. C. F. for years, and also a .44 
Kennedy rifle, but these are rapidly becoming 
out of date. I favor the .32-40 more than I do 
the .30-30, but would like to hear from some 
one who has had experience with both. 
A. G. DILDINE. 
La Canada, Los Angeles County, Cal. 
[We can promise that black powder will not 
injure a barrel that is fit for firing full charges 
of smokeless. As to the rest, if our corre- 
spondent will kindly turn to the last few numbers 
of RECREATION he will find several letters 
discussing the calibers he mentions. He had 
better also procure the Winchester and Marlin 
catalogues. After studying these works of 
reference he will have firmly fixed in his mind 
two great truths, viz.: (1) The .30-30 is more 
powerful than the .32-40. (2) The .32-40 is 
more powerful than the 30-30.—ED. 

Will Buy Two More 
Have been reading with interest the article 
relative to a light-weight .32-20 and .25-20 
repeating rifle. I am willing to buy one of each 
caliber, providing it is in the neighborhood of 
54 pounds weight, and I can sell several more to 
my friends. I should like to hear from your 
readers as to their experiences with the composi- 
tion hollow point bullets of these calibers. 
It would seem to me that either of these cart- 
ridges loaded with low-pressure, smokeless - 
powder and hollow point bullet would be pref- 
erable to the metal jacketed soft point for 
hunting. 
After reading Mr. H. B. Johnson’s courteous 
reply to my inquiry concerning the .25-35 high- 
pressure rifle, I proceeded to invest in one. 
Secured one of the Winchester light-weight 
guns, 22-inch barrel, Lyman combination front 
and rear sights, with pistol grip and shotgun 
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