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and has since built a comfortable and 
commodious club house on the banks of 
Stearns bayou, in Robinson township, 
5 miles from Grand Haven, ‘The officers 
of the club are, Conrad Vanden Bosch, 
President; Wm. Pelleyrom, Vice-Presi- 
dent; William Thielman, Secretary and 
Treasurer; Peter Wieringer, Martin Van- 
den Bosch, and Henry Hubert, Directors. 
We have, adjacent to the club house, a 
large tract of open ground, which is shad- 
ed by several large trees, and which we 
shall use for trap shooting. We already 
have 20 members and hope to add largely 
to the number in the near future. Nearly 
all our members are regular readers of 
RECREATION. Sportsmen who may visit 
Grand Haven are cordially invited to call 
on us. 
Peter Wieringer, Grand Haven, Mich. 

732,406. Firearm. Matt Goss, Duluth, 
Minn. Filed July 24, 1901. Serial 
No. 69,561. (No model.) 

Claim.—A firearm, comprising a barrel 
and a stock, the stock having a recess and 
channel formed therein for receiving car- 
tridges, a cartridge case adapted to be in- 
serted in the recess, and means carried by 
the stock and projecting into the case, for 
forcing the cartridges into the channelway, 
together with means for presenting the car- 
tridges to the barrel and firing mechanism 
of the piece. 

Will some reader of RECREATION who has 
had experience give me some information, 
which may also be useful to many others. 
How can Mauser shells of German make be 
decapped ? 
What primers will suit 7.65 mm. Mauser 
shells ? 
How can a good surface be put on a gun 
stock without the glossy finish produced by 
varnish? 
What will restore the blue finish on the 
barrel of a rifle, or be a fair substitute? 
How is it done at the factory? 
Will someone write an illustrated article 
for RECREATION describing the different 
kinds of twist in gun barrels, how they are 
made, and how they may be recognized? 
Which is the more popular method of at- 
taching a telescope to a rifle, by top or side 
mount? . 
F. A. G., Woodstock, N. B. 
_ RECREATION. 
I am greatly pleased with Mr. Savage’s 
letter in Recreation. He certainly looks 
on the comments made in your’ magazine 
about his arms in the right light. He would 
no doubt take advantage of any good ideas 
advanced for the improvement of the Sav- 
age arms. Mr. Savage has certainly made 
many friends by his kindly reply. There 
is a great difference between his point of 
view and that of the Peters Cartridge Co. 
Jno. H. Dawson, Joplin, Mo. 

My experience with the 30-30 has not 
been satisfactory; I have sold out and am 
going back to the old black powder rifle, 
which I believe is far ahead of the high 
power guns for accuracy. ; 
_ There is not a page in RecrEATION that 
is not interesting, and I do not see how 
any lover of the gun can get along without 
it. 
M. W. Hodge, Dayton, Ore. 

What is regarded as good penetration 
for a 12 gauge shot gun when loaded with 
one ounce No. 8 shot and the appropriate 
charge of smokeless powder? How, with- 
out complicated apparatus, can penetration 
be fairly determined? 
Penetration, Pottsville, Pa. 
Will some reader please answer.—Ep1rTor. 

The shells put on the market by the 
Robin Hood Powder Co. are the best I 
ever used. The members of our camping 
club all use and praise them. Robin Hood 
is a particularly clean powder. 
Dan Rifenburgh, Bennington, Vt. 

Doctor—Ah! out for a constitutional ? 
She—Yes; I walk 2 miles before break- 
fast every morning for my complexion. 
“Is the drug store so far as that?”— 
London Tattler. 

I am a printer and like to see good, neat 
work. Typographical appearance counts 
for a great deal in a magazine, and yours is 
Al. Edw. Bush, Buffalo, N. Y. 

“Papa, what is a coquette?” 
“Any girl, my son, that a man wants 
but can’t get.”—Exchange. 

RECREATION is the best sportsmen’s guide 
W. N. Green, Kearny, N. J. 

In family hotels they sing it .“Home, 
suite home.”—Life. 

