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with it a moose and a caribou at between 
200 and 250 yards. Each dropped where it 
stood, with both shoulders broken. When 
using a 45-90 I never succeeded in putting 
a bullet clear through even a deer. An ani- 
mal might escape with one shoulder broken, 
but never with both shattered. 
In regard to the automatic shot gun, I 
think the putting forth of such a weapon 
would be calamitous alike to sportsmen, gun 
makers and to the game. Its sale would be 
limited to market hunters and hogs, while 
its disproportionate destructiveness would 
lessen the demand for other guns by lessen- 
ing opportunity for their use. 
A. H. Gilbert, Philadelphia, Pa. 

As a lover of the birds and the wild ani- 
mals, I protest against the making and sell- 
ing of an automatic gun. Neither I nor 
any member of my family will ever buy 
or use an automatic gun, and we will dis- 
courage its use by others in every legitimate 
way. We will not associate with any man 
who may use such a weapon. 
Aurelia Hall Bonney, Hanover, Mass. 
President of the Hanover Band of Mercy, 
Director of the Rockland Humane So- 
ciety, Local Secretary of the Massa- 
chusetts Audubon Society. 

I have been reading RecrEATION for years, 
and think it is the best magazine for true 
sportsmen. I strongly endorse your protest 
against the automatic gun. It is a shame 
that these guns have been invented; in a 
few years the game will be exterminated if 
the use of these abominable weapons be per- 
mitted. 
John D. Wing. Millbrook, N. Y. 

Keep up the good work against the auto- 
matic gun. Every true sportsman in the 
country is with you, as well as every one else 
who doesn’t want to see the wild creatures 
of the woods exterminated. I will do all I 
can to discourage the use of both automatic 
and repeating shot guns. 
H. C. Wilcox, Bennington, N. H. 

I heartily endorse your crusade against 
automatic and pump guns, and trust you 
may be successful in securing the passage 
of laws in all the States to prohibit the use 
of these weapons. Of course, decent sports- 
men will never use them, and the other fel- 
lows should be restrained from using them. 
Will Thomson, Independence, Kan. 

We expect to make the manufacturers of 
pump and automatic guns stick their fingers 
in their ears when they hear the roar of 
New Jersey’s non-destructionists. 
Edward F. Duffy, Newark, N. J. 
RECREATION. 
The Winchester people will make a great — 
mistake if they put an automatic gun on the — 
market. 
hogs. 
I like the way you roast the game 
P. O. Badger, Augusta, Me. 

Your bill to prohibit the use of repeating 
shot guns received. 
get this bill enacted into law. 
W. B. Ivey, Jacksonville, Fla. 

SMALL SHOT. 
Until last fall I used a 12 gauge, 30 inch 
Ithaca, weighing 7 pounds, 9 ounces. While 
it was satisfactory in every way, I fancied 
ei aie 
I will do all I can to 
that a lighter gun and its relatively lighter — 
ammunition would suit me better. 
ingly, I ordered a 16 gauge, 28 inch, 7 pound 
gun of the same make. 
Accord- | 
It was built exactly 
as ordered, save that it weighed only 6 
pounds, II ounces. 
It gave good penetra- — 
tion, but the pattern was poor and the recoil, — 
even when I| used a shoulder pad, was un- 
bearable. I tried it with Winchester, U. M. 
C. and other factory loaded shells, always 
with the same result. 
some defect in the gun, or to the fact that 
Is the trouble due to | 
standard 16 gauge factory loads are too 
heavy for this particular weapon? Not load- 
ing my own shells, I have not tried it with 
lighter charges. CC. E. Baird, Albia, Ia. 

We have been hunting ducks and other 
game most of the winter. We killed 537 
mallards in February, 173 of these on one 
trip; and 58 birds were killed at 5 shots 
with a Winchester pump gun. 
Mr. Boval, sneaked up to a small pond and 
killed 84 ducks with 6 successive shots of a 
pump gun in as many seconds. This 
sounds marvelous, but it is true. 
T. J. Dunn, Pawhuska, O. T. 
Yet some people claim it’s all due the 
man behind the gun! 
son imagine that these brutes could have 
committed such slaughter with double bar- 
rel guns? 
—Eprror. 

I have an old Colt’s army revolver, cap 
and ball, caliber 36, 7%-inch barrel. It is 
in excellent condition and I am told it is 
an accurate shooter. What is the best way 
to load such a revolver, and will a round 
or conical bullet give best result at the tar- 
get? I should greatly appreciate informa- 
tion regarding the charging, holding, use 
and care of this. weapon. 
W. O. Brown, Youngstown, O. 

My partner, — 
Does any sane per- © 
Such talk is simply ridiculous. — 
le Oe ies 
I have a new 22 Savage rifle and consider 
it the best-gun of that caliber for target 
purposes and small game hunting. I like 
the way you pen the game hogs; they 
need it. . 
Lester R. Watts, Kensington, Kans. 
