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RECREATION. 



These Colt Pistols 

 are same as shown 

 by the electrotype, 

 only have not the 

 Shell Ejector, 

 beingf made for 

 powder and ball. 



Just received from Government 

 Arsenal. Original cost, $25.00 



"COLTPistol for $2.50 



500 Genuine Colt old style, Powder and Ball 

 Cavalry Revolvers, 7M-inch, round barrel, 

 44 Caliber, Brass Mounted. Price . . . $2.50 



Also if wanted: 200 Leather Holsters 50 



Package 50 Bullets and Box Percussion Caps . .35 

 Package 50 Skin Cartridges, with elongated ball, .65 



These Pistols are in nice second condition, almost as good as new. At the time of our Civil War were 

 the most famous weapons of all. Are valuable, not only as relics of our Civil War, but as accurate shooting- 

 pistols for target or defense, and all right for use to-day. Orders accompanied by cash will be filled 

 in rotation, and if goods are not satisfactory on receipt, they can be returned and money refunded, less 

 cost of expressage. 



Also a few left of the SMITH & WESSON 45 Caliber Metallic Cartridge Pistols. Price 

 for second hand, $6.00; re-blued, same as new, $7.00. 



o°f b 200 "American Arms Co." Hammerless Double Guns 



Closing out at $15 each 



Owing to factory being given up from decease of proprietor 

 The American Arms Co. of East Boston were the makers 

 of the Fox sliding barrel breech-loader, also the Semi-Ham- 

 merless single barrel, both noted as good shooters. These 

 Hammerless are top lever action, fine twist barrels, pistol 

 grip, matted ribs, and fine choke bored. They offer a chance 

 to get a plain finished good shooting gun for little money. 

 Sizes 28, 30 and 32 in., 12 bores, 6% to 7^1b. Send $5.00 with order, and if gun is not satisfactory on receipt, 

 it can be returned, and money refunded, less cost of expressage. If whole amount is sent with order, 

 a nice Victoria canvas case is included. 



Our Specialty, Fine Guns, Scotts, Greeners, Lang, and all makes. Send stamps for full catalogues and list 

 of second-hands. Some high cost bargains. We take second-hands in trade. Mention Recreation. 



WILLIAM READ & SONS. 107 Washington St, Boston 



Most of us know from experience that 

 nearly every lumber camp has its moose 

 hunter, whose duty it is to keep the men 

 supplied with fresh meat in season and out. 

 One of these men will destroy as much 

 game in a year as a train-load of sportsmen 

 — if they were all game hogs at that. To 

 save himself a few dollars' worth of butch- 

 er's meat and haulage, the lumber boss 

 steals public property worth hundreds of 

 dollars, and the local authorities wink at it. 

 A live moose may draw 5 sportsmen, each 

 of whom probably spends $100 or more in 

 the game country. The lumberman con- 

 verts a moose into a hunk of meat and 

 saves $10. Can anything be more wanton? 

 It would be too bad if the increased pros- 

 perity of the lumber trade of Maine and 

 New Brunswick is to be accompanied by a 

 locust-like devastation of their game inter- 

 ests. Joseph Bijur, New York City. 



I am 11 years old and a reader of your 

 valuable magazine. This is how I got my 

 dollar to pay my subscription. I got my 

 collarbone broken in wrestling, so I had to 

 quit school. One day mamma wanted a 

 chicken and I could not run it down, so 

 I told her I would shoot one with my 

 22. She said I could not hit the side of the 

 barn. I told her I could kill a chicken with 

 my rifle, with my left hand at that. She 

 said she would give me all the money she 

 had in her purse, which was 80 cents, if I 

 did. I took my 22 out, drew a bead on a 

 rooster's head and shot both eyes out. Still 

 I did not have enough money. One day 

 a man came along and wanted some oats, 

 so I sold him 20 cents' worth. How is that 

 for a Western lad? 



Earl Hamill, Grangeville, Idaho.^ 



IF YOU WOULD LIVE NEXT TO NA- 

 TURE, READ RECREATION. 



THE PERFECTED MALCOLM" TELESCOPIC SICHT 



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lis is the only telescope that can be carried in stock by dealers. The 

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