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RECREATION. 



claiming all the accuracy and penetration 



of full metal jacket without injury to his 

 gun. I am using a .30-30 with good effect, 

 always using factory ammunition. 



Dick Harper, Alto, Wash. 



Mas any one using a .30-30 rifle ever no- 

 ticed a residue of unconsumed powder 



alter firing? In using factory loaded Win- 

 chester shells I get 3 to 5 grains of un- 

 burnt powder after each shot. 



W. C. B., Bronson, Kan. 



ANSWER. 



It is probably not unburnt powder, but a 

 red ash, or chemical substance, that re- 

 mains after burning the powder. — Editor. 



I want to buy a small revolver for target 

 practice. Will you kindly advise me 

 through your magazine what kind to get. 

 R. J. T. C, New York City. 



ANSWER. 



You will find the Forehand revolver as 

 mmd as any and much cheaper than some 

 of the others. There are 2 makers who 

 charge more for their name than for ma- 

 terial and work. The Forehand people do 

 not do this. — Editor. 



My partner, George Evans, and I use 

 single shot rifles. Whenever we pull 

 on our game we either miss it slick 

 and clean or else we find it but a short 

 distance from where we shot it. I use a 

 Ballard, and although some would" not give 

 $2.50 for it, I would not trade it for the 

 best .30-30 I have ever seen. I want my 

 gun to weigh 12 pounds and to shoot. 



F. E. Cavanagh, Weitchpec, Cal. 



Tn answer to "Ramrod's" inquiry as to 

 how to load .30-30 shells cheaply, I advise 

 him to take 40 grains of black powder, a 

 light pasteboard wad, a number I buck- 

 shot; crimp the end of the shell in a 

 .30-30 reloader, which holds the buckshot 

 in place; carry loose in the pocket and 

 load from the breech as a single shot. 

 Will do good work up to 100 yards. 



L. L. Bales, Haines, Alaska. 



Will some reader who has used them 

 write of the comparative merits of the 

 Remington and the Forehand single guns? 

 What is meant by full choke bore and cyl- 

 inder bore? What are the proper sizes of 

 shot for rabbits, squirrels, otter, foxes 

 and raccoons"-' And correct charges of 

 powder for the same? 



F. L. Kuhle, Hoboken, N. J. 



Aside from its greater liability to deflec- 

 tion by the wind, how does the .22 long rifle 

 cartridge compare with the .32-40 at the 

 200 yard range? Is smokeless powder or 

 black most accurate at that distance? Is a 

 30-inch barrel too long for the .22 caliber? 

 S. T. Stevens, Rifle, Colo. 



I should like to learn, through Recrea- 

 tion, whether the Savage .303 rifle is ac- 

 curate. I am satisfied as to its killing 

 power, but am uninformed as to accuracy. 

 F. H. Campbell, Lexington, Va. 



Which would be the better for ruffed 

 grouse and quail shooting, a modified 

 choke or a cylinder bore barrel, on a Win- 

 chester repeating shotgun? 



C. E. Turrell, New Milford, Conn. 



Will some one who has used Davis ham- 

 mer, Forehand hammer, and Winchester 

 hammerless guns, please give his opinion 

 of them ? H. R. P. 



THE GAME HOG'S WAY. 



JOHN T. GOOLRICK, JR. 



Across the fields of newly fallen snow, 



At earliest dawn, 

 A pig-eyed runter follows tracks that 

 show 



Where quails have gone; 

 'Till, reached a wooded dell beside a 

 stream, 

 He sees too great a sight for words 

 To paint ; beyond the picture of his wildest 

 dream; 

 A flock of nearly frozen birds. 



Nestling together, fain to keep the heat 



They hold within ; 

 Moving to keep their frost-chilled, aching 

 feet 



With unprotected skin, 

 From freezing. Then aims this brute, with 

 eager eye, 

 Lays half their number dead upon the 

 ground, 

 And when the remnant tries to fly 



Both barrels bring another quartet down. 



Then bears swift he his bloody burden 

 back 



In merry mood ; 

 Xor stops to grieve o'er all the quails he's 

 slain 



In next year's brood ; 

 But goes forth of his dirty work to brag, 



And of his mighty prowess with a gun — 

 H2 savs not how beneath a bush he killed 

 his bag- — 

 Proud of his work, but not the way 'twas 

 done. 



