GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 



297 



ical errors, probaDly due to my poor writ- 

 ing. In speaking of the rifle shell muzzle 

 sizer you left off the last letter, making it 

 " size," which might have a different mean- 

 ing. 



Again in speaking of a certain load I 

 said there was no leading and no jumping. 

 As printed it reads, " No pumping." This 

 implies I had discovered a new phenomena 

 in my rifle. 



Angus Ballard, in November Recrea- 

 tion, says of the .30-30 Marlin cartridge: 

 " The factory cartridge for large game car- 

 ries 33 grains of Dupont's No. 2 smokeless 

 powder and a 170 grain metal jacketed, soft 

 nose bullet." This is an error. The full 

 charge cartridge for the .30-30 Marlin, as 

 manufactured by the U. M. C. people, car- 

 ries 3c grains of Dupont's military powder, 

 instead of the No. 2. The latter is a low- 

 pressure powder made expressly for pistol 

 cartridges. Thirty-three grains of No. 2 

 would fill a .30-30 shell to overflowing. 



Not long ago a man here went hunting 

 with a .30-40 single shot Winchester and 

 shot a deer at 400 yards. The bullet struck 

 the neck, cutting the jugular vein and wind 

 pipe and passing through struck another 

 deer just behind the shoulder. Both deer 

 were killed. Where the bullet stopped no 

 one knows. I shot a deer running, at 125 

 yards, striking the shoulder and piercing 

 the heart. He dropped in his tracks. An- 

 other, shot at 100 yards in the neck, also 

 fell dead. I use a .30-30 repeater. 1 saw a 

 buck shot in the neck at 100 yards with a 

 •25-35 Winchester and he was killed in- 

 stantly. 



I enjoy Recreation and think it has a 

 tendency to keep down a growth of bristles. 

 J. W. Henderson, Ouray, Col. 



HE ANSWERS SEVERAL OF THEM. 



Westfield, Pa. 



Editor Recreation: I have long admired 

 your beautiful and valuable magazine, and 

 consider it the best sportsmen's magazine I 

 have ever seen. 



I have used nearly every gun on the 

 market, including the following. If any 

 reader is about to buy a gun he should send 

 to the makers for descriptions and then 

 buy from a retail dealer as his prices are 

 usually lower than those of the manufact- 

 urer. You will find these makes thoroughly 

 reliable in every respect: 



Single guns: Remington Semi-Ham- 

 me'rless: Crescent Arms Company. The 

 New Trap, and Crescent; Forehand; 

 Davenport Arms Company. Ejector. 



Hammer Double Guns: Ithaca, Reming- 

 ton, Baker and Davis. 



Hammerless: Ithaca, Remington. Syra- 

 cuse and Davis. 



Repeaters: The Burgess and Spencer 



guns are possibly still on the market, but the 

 Winchester, with its sterling qualities, is far 

 above either of them. 



In reply to a few queries I would say to 

 " Greenheart " that I can furnish Eley's wire 

 cartridges at 40 cents a dozen. 



To Mr. MacDonough: The Remington 

 Semi-Hammerless is the finest gun of the 

 kind I ever used. 



To S. Kneeland: All the Marlin repeaters 

 have excellent ejectors. 



To Mr. T. A. Harrison: I agree with 

 you. It is not the gun that makes the game 

 hog. It is selfishness. A repeater in the 

 hands of a true sportsman does not make 

 him a game hog. I recommend the sliding 

 action Winchester repeater. 



" Q," Battle Creek, Mich., will find the 

 .22 W. R. F. cartridges entirely satisfactory. 

 He might also try .22 extra long. The 

 former has 7-45 grains; the latter 7-40 

 grains. The former costs 14 cents more per 

 C than long rifle, while the latter costs 17 

 cents more. Use W. R. A., model 1890. 

 Factory loads are cheaper than individual 

 loading, in so small a calibre. 



J. Hauser will be pleased with the .32 R. 

 F. long, or the .22 W. C. F. The .25 R. F. 

 short is also a good cartridge. 



To T. B. S., Boston, I would recommend 

 for a 16 gauge gun, 2^ — one ounce; the 

 shot to be loaded into 3 apartments with a 

 thin card board wad between, and the new 

 thin top wad over. This is an excellent load. 



I consider No. 4 the best size shot for rab- 

 bits. For quail I use No. 8, and prefer 

 chilled to drop shot. 



If Roy J. Boynton will test both pow- 

 ders — King's semi-smokeless and Dupont 

 smokeless — he will find the former is not 

 quite equal to the latter as regards penetra- 

 tion. I use King's smokeless for shot guns, 

 and find it equal to Dupont's in some re- 

 spects, including cost. A one pound can of 

 Dupont's cos f s 54 cents: while a one pound 

 can of King's costs 45 cenu. 



M. W. F . Westfield, Pa. 



A NEW EXPANSIVE BULLET. 



I send you herewith a sample of a new 

 expanding .303 bullet, together with the 

 maker's description, which I hope will 

 prove of sufficient interest to both yourself 

 and the readers of Recreation, to warrant 

 publication in the near future. I cannot 

 recommend the bullet too highly, both in 

 accuracy and efficiency. 



The great trouble I have found hitherto 

 with the ordinary soft nosed .30 and .303 

 caliber projectiles is that they do not invari- 

 ably deform on striking tissue, sometimes 

 slipping through an animal (when no bone 

 is struck) like knitting needles, and allow- 

 ing the poor brute to get away and die a 

 ring death. 



The bullet I am sending you will expand 



