

GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 
bricks, mortar and iron, and my heart often 
becomes sick with longing for the woods 
in which I was reared. RECREATION is my 
solace and delight, and at the’ same time 
my sorrow; for when I read of some of 
the glorious trips to the woods described 
in your magazine, it makes me wish I had 
never left my native heath. Long life to 
both you and REcREATION. 
J. M. P., New York City. 

In looking over. RECREATION, I see that 
Mc. W. H. Pringle wishes to know how to 
keep a gun from rusting. I have found the 
following method effective: After the hrnt- 
ing season is over, fill the gun barrels with 
lard oil, plug up the ends and set the gun 
away until the next season. The inside of 
the barrels will look more like silver than 
steel after such treatment, and the same oil 
can be used again. If the barrels have con- 
tained any rust the oil will remove it in a 
few days. 
I hunt in Florida, all along the coast 
from Tampa to Key West. I once sold a 
fine Parker gun on account of its being 
slightly rusted, but since I have tried lard 
oil my Ithaca, after 5 years’ use, is as clean 
as it was the day I bought it. 
John W. Steil, Sidney, Ohio. 

Will you kindly inform me if, among 
hunters, it is generally known that a 30-30 
shoots higher in a high altitude than in a 
low one? I have never seen mention made 
of it in any of: the magazines. My expe- 
rience is that a 30-30 will shoot 5 to 6 inches 
higher at a distance of 125 to 150 yards and 
in an altitude of 7,000 feet, than it will at 
the same distance in an altitude of 1,200 
‘feet. I have wondered if a black nowder 
gun of low velocity will follow the same 
rule. Persons. in the low altitudes of the 
East, anticipating a hunt in the Rockies, 
may save themselves the disappointment 
of scoring a miss on some fine trophy, as 
was my experience, if they bear the above 
fact in mind. 
Dr. A. C. Wheeler, Roswell, N. Mex. 
Will RecrEATION readers please answer? 
—EpITor. 

I enjoy every word in RECREATION, espe- 
cially the gun and ammunition department. 
I am glad to see you take the stand you 
do in regard to the automatic shot gun, and 
I trust it will not be put on the market. 
f it is, we must say good-bye to a large 
portion of our game. I live in one of the 
best game portions of Manitoba. Ducks 
and geese are plentiful here in the spring 
and fall, and a large number are shot while 
resting here on their way North and South. 
If the automatic is sold a great many more 
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of them will be killed. The repeater is bad 
enough on the game, as it is. 
Norman T. Miller, Virden, Man. 
Your Legislature has recently passed a 
law prohibiting the use of the automatic 
gun. Long live the men who voted for 
that measure.—Epiror. 

I want a 12 gauge shot gun, principally 
for squirreis 1nd chickens, and would like 
ihe opinion of readers of RECREATION as to 
the best gun to buy. What length, weight 
and bore shail I choose? What is con- 
sidered the best American made gun? How 
can | determine the length for a stock? 
G. E. Cecil, M.D., Flat Lick, Ky. 

Have any of ReEcrEATION’s readers had 
experience with a Savage 32-40? I think 
the 32-40, with high power cartridges, 
is as near the all around gun as one can 
get. To subscribe to, RECREATION is the 
best thing a man can do with a dollar. It 
is the best magazine of the lot. 
E. R. Fellows, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

I think of buying a single barrel gun, on 
account of its superior sighting, and an El- 
terich rifled bullet shell, 6 inch barrel, to , 
use in it. Is the combination practical? 
Is there a possibility of damaging the choke 
or otherwise injuring the gun by using the 
rifled bullet shell ? 
J. P. Tilson, Wales, Mass. 

What do you consider the best long 
range rifle? 
What do Lee-Mitford:and Martini rifles 
cost in this country? 
Lee Covell, Charlevoix, Mich. 
Will some reader. of RECREATION please 
answer ?>—EDITor. 

I endorse your sentiments in regard to 
the automatic shot gun, though I have a 22 
rifle on that plan with which I have a lot 
of fun; but few men can shoot ducks on the 
wing with a rifle. I shall do all I can to 
discourage the use of the automatic gun. 
M. Kelly, Seattle, Wash. 

Please inform Subscriber, Los Angeles, 
Cal., that I was using Winchester metal 
patched soft point bullets with a full charge 
of 30 caliber Dupont powder in a U. M. C. 
shell when I shot the deer 5 times as printed 
in September RECREATION. 
E. G. Dewey, Hanover, N. H. 
He (at the theater): 
“Would you mind 
keeping that hat on?” 
“Keep it on! Why, I was just about to 
take it off.” 
“T know it. But I don’t want to see any 
more of this play than I can help.”—Life. 
