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tained good results. For medium loads I 

 like DuPont No. I smokeless rifle powder. 

 It is cheap, clean and does not injure the 

 gun barrel. Can as much be said of Du 

 Pont 30 caliber powder? Do copper cased 

 bullets wear a barrel rapidly? Please an- 

 swer through Recreation. 



J. N. Nichols, Bass River, Mich. 



I see Jay Bee says the 45-90 shoots like a 

 bell muzzled gun. I have one, and certain- 

 ly can not agree with him. It will outshoot 

 the 45 Martini at 300 yards, and consider- 

 ing the much lighter bullet this is a most 

 creditable performance. 



W. T. Adams, 

 Howick Station, Natal, Africa. 



I advise J. F. Wilburn to buy a 22 caliber 

 rifle, chambered for the long rifle shell. 

 While it has not so long a range as the 25- 

 25, it is more accurate and is plenty large 

 enough for game up to raccoons. It is also 

 much cheaper, which is a point worth con- 

 sidering if one does much target shooting. 

 L. Arthur, Point Pleasant, W. Va. 



I would say to J. D. Soulsbery that I have 

 used the 25-20 Winchester and found it a 

 good gun for game up to antelope. Am 

 now using a 32-40. It does good work on 

 deer, elk and antelope. I should like to 

 hear from someone using the 32-20 single 

 action revolver, with 7 l / 2 inch barrel. 



H. L. Andrews, Jackson, Wyo. 



I have a 30-30. It is a good gun; but 

 a 30-40 is the gun for me. The Savage 

 Arms Co. claims its gun will penetrate 50 

 inches of pine. That would be equal to 

 about 58 % inch boards. In the Winchester 

 table the penetration is given as 33 % inch 

 boards. Which is right? 



R. M. C, Red Lodge, Mont. 



I, also, can assure Wm. Blake that the 

 Remington hammerless gun will not shoot 

 loose. I have used a 12 gauge, 28 inch 

 barrel Remington hammerless 7 years. It 

 has seen much service, yet is as tight as 

 when I bought it. W. W. Wilson, 



Washington Depot, Conn. 



If C. I. O. C, St. Joseph, Mo., will give 

 me a little time I shall be able to tell him 

 something about the 22-15-60 S. S. Herrick 

 rifle, 26 inch barrel. When I have given it 

 a fair trial I will report, stating straight 

 facts as I find them. 



Capt. Geo. Scott, Oak, Cal. 



Will some sportsman please tell me how 

 to load, to secure best results, an old- 

 fashioned army revolver, using percussion 



caps? Is it necessary to use wads between 

 the powder and bullet and over the bullet? 

 The caliber is 44. 



Repeater, Jamestown, N. Y. 



I should like to hear from someone 

 who has used the Stevens Ideal No. 44 

 rifle. Is it a good gun and what is its 

 range with the 32 rim fire cartridge? Will 

 it do good work with the 32 long R. F. at 

 300 yards? 



W. S. Mead, Woodstock, N. Y. 



I should like to know whether there is a 

 difference in velocity, penetration, and tra- 

 jectory between the 38-55 black powder 

 cartridge and the smokeless of the same 

 caliber? Are they equal in accuracy? 

 F. S. Onderdonk, Mexico City, Mex. 



The U. M. C. Challenge shell seems to 

 be made of harder paper than any shell 

 I have ever used, and works one quarter 

 faster in a repeater, which counts con- 

 siderably at certain periods of a duck 

 hunt. C. A. R., Bloomfield, Ont. 



Should like to hear through Recreation 

 from sportsmen using 20 and 28 gauge guns. 

 Please state kind of game hunted, make of 

 gun and load used. 



E. C. Statler, Grand Island, Neb. 



Tell L. A. S. 2239, that soft point bullets 

 for the Lee rifle are made by the U. M. C. 

 Co. Tell Mr. Thompson the H. H. Kiffe 

 Co. makes shot spreaders. 



38-72, Batavia, N. Y. 



I find the Gun Department of Recrea- 

 tion interesting and profitable. I have 

 learned several valuable facts from it. 



S. A. Nash, Brookline, Mass. 



Please tell me whether any of the makers 

 who advertise in Recreation make a 28 

 gauge shot gun? 



T. L. N., Emporia, Kan. 



Will some reader who has used a 20 

 bore gun at the traps tell me what load he 

 found most satisfactory? 



G. C. G., Indian Head, N. W. T. 



I should like you or some subscriber to 

 tell me of the shooting qualities of the 

 Remington hammerless shot gun. 



C. A. M., Newark, N. J. 



I should like to hear from users of the 

 25-20 what they think of it as a target and 

 hunting rifle. 



A. J. Lang, Rondout, N. Y. 



