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RECREA TION. 



perfectly on the tissue alone, and will utilize 

 nearly all of the tremendous energy devel- 

 oped by the modern small bore rifle, on the 

 object it strikes. You will notice that the 

 ratchet slits being opposite the twist of the 

 rifling, serve to bind the nickel envelope 

 more securely on the lead core, thus pre- 

 venting any chance of stripping, but to 

 make assurance doubly sure, there is a deep 

 groove at the base, holding the metal patch 

 and lead together, as in a mortise. 



The Winchester model '95 ".303 British " 

 handles the bullet perfectly. 



J. H. P. Howard, 

 San Mates, Cal. 



The bullet forms a ratchet on its sides by 

 means of diagonal slots cut obliquely down- 

 ward through the metallic envelope at an 

 angle opposite to that of the rifling of the 

 barrel in which it is intended to be used. 

 On striking, the soft head of the bullet is 

 forced backward, rupturing the envelope at 

 the neck into as many sections as there are 

 slots; while on penetration the spin of the 

 bullet brings the ratchet formation into 

 violent contact with the substance struck, 

 causing an instant stripping of the sections, 

 each with its cutting edge presented 

 obliquely outward to the opposing tissues, 

 and leaving the soft core free to expand in 

 every direction. 



The special property claimed for this 

 projectile by its inventor, Mr. Danl. Fraser, 

 in addition to the destructive effect noted 

 above, is its unfailing and immediate ex- 

 pansion, a quality the importance of which 

 will be at once apparent to all who have 

 used the modern small-bore rifle for sport- 

 ing purposes. The principle is equally ap- 

 plicable to the .256 bullet. 



The bullet is made by Daniel Fraser & 

 Co., London. 



bristles of any hog yet. First class hunters 

 do not kill cow elk. We have several ladies 

 here who have killed bull elk, using a .30-30. 

 They downed them at the first shot and 

 without breaking all of their legs as Pete 

 did. 



W. H. Borem, Camas Valley, Ore. 



Please settle a dispute as to the relative 

 merits of open and globe sights for target 

 rifles. A. claims a man using open sights 

 is at a disadvantage, shooting against globe 

 sights. B. and C. claim there is no advan- 

 tage in globe sights when shooting at a sta- 

 tionary target. 



W. H. Turner, Ritzville, W r ash. 



A man using peep and globe sights has 

 unquestionably a great advantage over a 

 man using open sights — especially for tar- 

 get shooting. You can get much finer defi- 

 nition of your front sight on a target by 

 using a rear peep, than by using a rear open 

 sight. Nearly all of the best target shots 

 use peep and globe sights. Open sights 

 are mainly used for hunting, simply because 

 peep and globe sights are more delicate 

 and are more liable to be damaged by the 

 rough usage which a rifle generally gets in 

 hunting. Furthermore, these peep and 

 globe sights require a better light than the 

 open sight does and frequently, in heavy 

 timber or in the twilight, an open sight 

 can be used on game when a peep and globe 

 sight would not be available. The Lyman 

 sights are popular for hunting purposes. 

 They may be termed peep and globe sights 

 in one sense, though they are not of the 

 elaborate form generally used for target 

 work. — Editor. 



PETE AND HIS .45-70. 



I notice an article by Grizzly Pete in Oc- 

 tober Recreation, praising the .45-70 Win- 

 chester. He says when he was on his an- 

 nual bear hunt last year, he ran across an 

 old sow and 2 yearlings, shot them all in 

 the head with his .45-70 and killed them. 

 He called the old one a " sow," as if they 

 were hogs. I would sooner believe they 

 were hogs than bear, or he could not have 

 gotten close enough to shoot them in the 

 head, for that is the only way he could kill 

 anything with his old .45-70 pop gun. I 

 have hunted 30 years and know whereof I 

 speak. We have about 25 hunters in this 

 part of Oregon and they all use .30-30 or 

 .25-36 rifles. Pete tells of 9 cow elk he 

 killed from his dooryard. He probably 

 meant in his dooryard, or he could not have 

 hit them with that old pumpkin slinger. If 

 he killed those elk he wears the coarsest 



ANOTHER CONVERT TO THE .25-35. 



The .25-35 was given a thorough trial this 

 fall and I find it the best rifle for deer I have 

 ever used. The killing power of this arm 

 has not been over estimated and I think it 

 equal to the .30-30. I killed deer with the 

 .25 that would have escaped had I been us- 

 ing a black powder gun. The .25 knocks 

 the life out of a deer quicker than any .45 

 I ever hunted with, and I agree with Mr. 

 Dunham that it is superior to either the 

 .45-70 or .45-90. I would not advise any- 

 one to reload the high power shells for the 

 .25, but the short range cartridges for small 

 game can be reloaded. The Ideal hand 

 book gives the different loads. The high 

 power shells can be reloaded to shoot ac- 

 curately, but it has been my experience that 

 after reloading a shell 2 or 3 times it splits 

 W. E. L., Merrillam Wis. 



