GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 



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STILL PRODDING PETERS. 



Grand Island, Neb. 

 Peters Cartridge Co., 



Cincinnati, Ohio : 

 Dear Sirs : — I think you do Mr. Shields 

 a great injustice in regard to your ad. 

 Recreation reaches a class of sportsmen 

 who have used your goods many years. 

 I have shot many thousands of your shells, 

 but I shall discontinue the use of them. 

 The L. A. S. is an organization that should 

 stick together like brothers. When anyone 

 undertakes to down Shields he should have 

 the whole 5,000 or more to jump on. The 

 Marlin Arms Company are sorry they 

 quit Shields, as all members of the League 

 in this locality, and I think everywhere, 

 have quit using Marlin guns. One can 

 hardly give a Marlin away in this country. 

 We are an organization of good fellows, 

 believe in the right thing, and stick up for 

 one another. All I can do to stop the use 

 of your goods in this State I shall do. 

 May the Peters shells lie dusty on the 

 shelves as long as the company bucks 

 Recreation. Sincerely vours, 



E. C. Statler. 



Caldwell, Idaho. 

 Peters Cartridge Co., 



Cincinnati, Ohio : 



Dear Sirs: — I think your house unjust 

 in discontinuing your advertisement in 

 Recreation. I have used your cartridges 

 and ammunition for years, and have al- 

 ways found them satisfactory. If Recrea- 

 tion did not publish the faults of guns, am- 

 munition and sporting goods, as well as 

 their good qualities, no true sportsman 

 would want to read it or support it. As a 

 member of the L. A. S., I do not wish 

 to patronize any manufacturer who does 

 not advertise his goods in Recreation. 



Yours respectfully, C. S. Davis. 



BEST MEDIUM-PRICED SHOT GUN. 



A. C. Burg, Livingston, Mont., asks 

 which is the best medium priced shot gun. 

 I had the. Remington people make me 

 what has proved an ideal quail gun for this 

 country. It is their grade A hammerless, 

 sold by most retailers at $35. The barrels 

 are 26 inches; right cylinder, left modified. 

 It is a handsome weapon and good enough 

 for anyone. I targeted it with buck- 

 shot over smokeless powder, at 60 steps. 

 It made equally as good a pattern as did 

 a 34 inch barrel that was shot against it. 

 Some dealers say smokeless powder will 

 not shoot buck shot properly, but my 

 experience tells me differently. Should 

 like to hear from others on the subject. 

 P. H. Willson, S wanton, Va. 



I want to tell Mr. Burg that the best 

 medium priced shot gun I have used 



is the Baker. Am now using a Batavia 

 Leader made by the Baker Co. It is a 

 hammerless with 30-inch barrels, full 

 choked. For trap and duck shooting it 

 can not be beaten. My next gun will be 

 a 7 pound, 28 inch, full choke Baker, for 

 upland shooting. The safety on these 

 guns makes them absolutely safe, which 

 is more than can be said of other makes. 

 J. B. Hewey, Elkhart, Ind. 



A. G. Burg, who wants a medium priced 

 gun, can not do better than to buy a 

 Baker. I have used one a long time 

 and would not part with it. I think the 

 Baker the only safe hammerless; the auto- 

 matic block safety locking it absolutely 

 until pushed back. 



Geo. S. Lang, Rondout, N. Y. 



THE REMINGTON LEE. 



I rejoice to find the Remington-Lee 

 coming to the front so magnificently. 

 It has long been my favorite rifle in theory, 

 though, in fact, I've never yet seen it. 

 The picture in the Remington catalogue 

 is as near 1?o the weapon as I have ever ap- 

 proached, but that has appealed to what 

 I like to call my good sense. The sim- 

 plicity of the action is wonderful, and is 

 a strong argument in its favor. 



From Recreation I learn that Frank 

 Hyde, at Sea Girt, carried off honors and 

 money with a Remington-Lee against 

 all comers. 



I remember that some writer a few 

 months ago criticised this gun on the 

 ground that while its range was wonderful, 

 its accuracy above reproach and its 

 trajectory admirably low, it yet lacked 

 shocking power and penetration. It seems 

 to me that the force which achieves great 

 range must insure great penetration also. 

 Perhaps I am a poor witness, for I swear 

 by Remington. I have never known a poor 

 weapon to come from the Remington 

 shops. I have always thought the firm so 

 old fashioned as to be honest. Perhaps it 

 is only because they do not know how to 

 put up a poor arm. In either case the 

 brethren get good goods for their money. 

 Whatever bears the Remington stamp is 

 all wool and a yard wide. 



W. H. Nelson, Washington, D. C. 



SMALL SHOT. 

 Though I have owned a 30-30 rifle 3 

 years I can give Dr. A. W. Smith no in- 

 formation as to reloading 30-30 shells, as 

 I invariably use Winchester soft nose am- 

 munition. Have never had a jacket strip 

 or a bullet keyhole that I know pi. At 

 target w r ork, of which I do considerable, 

 using an ivory front sight and Lyman's 

 combination rear sight, I can hit an object 

 a foot square nearly every time at 300 or 



