GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 



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and large game at 75 to 200 yards, without 

 making any allowance for distance in any 

 instance. I have never tested my gun for 

 the point blank range, but am confident it 

 is beyond 200 yards. 



I rind that the hide of an elk, deer, bear, 

 or antelope is sufficient to mushroom a soft 

 nosed bullet, if fired from a Savage rifle. 

 In no instance did the jacket leave the ball 

 except when it struck a bone or other hard 

 substance. When it does this it often leaves 

 the course taken by the ball and destroys 

 tissue in an entirely different direction. 



The arm is light, strong, safe, and the 

 least complicated of any gun in the market. 

 Its manipulation is more readily acquired 

 than any other repeater in use, and I have 

 handled about all of them. As to its killing 

 possibilities there is no doubt, as high ve- 

 locity means great penetration and destruc- 

 tion of tissue. 



S. T. Davis, M.D. 



HE LIKES THE IDEAL TOOLS. 



Mansfield, O. 

 To The Ideal Mfg. Co., New Haven, Conn. 



Gentlemen: I have your No. 10 Hand 

 Book and have been looking with a long- 

 ing and wistful eye at your description of 

 the No. 4 and 2 Universal measures, es- 

 pecially the No. 4. I don't need it, and yet 

 I am crank enough to want it. It seems 

 to me it ought to fit and be interchangeable 

 with the attachments on the Shot Shell 

 Loader. If not, it will most likely find such 

 a place in the near future, when I would be 

 dissatisfied with the investment. I have 

 just been inventorying your products 

 adorning my arsenal, with the following re- 

 sults: 



Reloading tool, No. 4 and 3 with single 

 and doub. ad. chambers. 



Dipper, pot and holder. Shell resizing 

 tool. 



Wad cutters, for 32 c. and 38 c. Kake 

 cutter. Two discs. 



Shot shell loading inch, and 4 shell re- 

 ceivers of 10 and 12 ga. 



High grade closer, 12 ga. 



Star crimper, No. 2, with heads round 

 and square for 10 and 12 ga. and geared to 

 about 800 rev. a minute. Foot power. 



Universal powder measure No. 1 with 

 funnels 1 and 2 and discs. 



And now I want a No. 4 U. P. and S. 

 You have this on the special list with a 

 probability that it will soon be improved 

 to interchange with the shot shell loader. 

 What do you say as to this probability. 

 Don't forget me when the No. 11 Hand 

 Book comes from press. 



Every Ideal tool I have is a gem and a 

 source of satisfaction in every respect. I 

 do not load shells for the market, but for 

 my own use only, except some that I give 

 to my friends. I can make as handsome 

 work for the gun as can be bought from any 

 source, and perfect in quantity as any scales 



can weigh. I ran off the other day 5 pounds 

 chilled No. 4 with loader set for 1% ounces 

 and made 72 loads and a fraction. It should 

 have made exactly 71 and a fraction; thus 

 gaining only a single load in nearly a hun- 

 dred. N. M. Wolfe. 



I am informed that the No. 4 measure 

 will now interchange with the Ideal loading 

 machine. — Editor. 



TOO MUCH SHOT. 



I ne»ver tire of reading Recreation's 

 gun and ammunition department. The 

 discussion as to the best all around gun 

 has been specially interesting. When John- 

 ny gets his gun the next question is how 

 to load it. I believe factory loaded shells 

 are overloaded with shot. 



For example, one of the most common 

 loads for a 12 gauge is 3% drams powder 

 to iyi ounce shot. This is too much shot 

 for the amount of powder. No. 12 gauge 

 gun will not burn enough black powder to 

 properly handle more than one ounce of 

 shot. I obtain the best results when using 

 only one ounce. By thus proportioning 

 the load you increase the range, get better 

 penetration and higher velocity. One of 

 my hunting companions, who makes more 

 clean kills for the number of shots fired 

 than anyone I ever hunted with, uses for 

 a 10 gauge, 1054 pound gun, 4^ drams of 

 black powder and one ounce of shot. If 

 you have a gun of standard make that does 

 not give a satisfactory pattern, do not con- 

 demn it, but keep experimenting until you 

 hit upon the right load for it. 



Sam Crofoot, Fond du Lac, Wis. 



SQUIBS. 



1. Please explain the different parts and 

 the working of modern rifles. 



2. What is meant by the rifling? 



3. How is a shot gun different from a 

 rifle? 



4. What is meant by printing caliber of 

 cartridges this way : .30-30 or .22-7-45 ? 



Novice, Hartford, Ct. 



ANSWER. 



1. You will find this information in the 

 catalogues issued by the standard rifle mak- 

 ers, such as the Winchester, Savage and 

 Remington people. See their ads in Rec- 

 reation. 



2. By " rifling " is meant the twisted 

 grooves cut in the inside of the rifle bar- 

 rel. 



3. The difference between a shot gun and 

 a rifle is that the former is smooth bored 

 while the latter is grooved, as above stated. 

 This is best understood by looking through 

 the barrels of the 2 types of weapons. 



4. .30-30 means a .30 caliber cartridge, 

 containing 30 grains of powder. If the fig- 

 ures read .30-30-260 this means a .30 caliber 

 cartridge containing 30 grains of powder 



