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hardly think Mr. Wells would want to 

 use one of them in this age. The difference 

 between the smokeless and the black pow- 

 der rifle is just as marked as it was between 

 the old flintlock and the Sharp's. I use 

 a Savage 303 and it is as accurate as any 

 gun I ever possessed. It weighs only 6 

 pounds and 14 ounces. C. E. Calvert, 

 present County Clerk of Crook county, 

 Wyo, at Sundance, also uses a Savage rifle. 

 He is one of the best shots in the State, and 

 he is enthusiastic in favor of the smokeless 

 rifle. His rifle, after years of use, is just 

 as accurate as it was the first day he 

 used it. 



C. W. Morgareidge, Wolf, Wyo. 



REFERRED TO MY READERS. 



Can you tell me whether any firm in the 

 United States manufactures a peep and a 

 globe sight that can be fitted to the Mauser 

 rifle? 



Wm. Lyman, of Middlefield, Conn., does 

 not make such a sight. 



Can you tell me the meaning of the 

 word "Mauser"? It is a popular gun here 

 and those owning them desire to get target 

 sights. 



Can you or any of your readers give me 

 their experience in killing deer with a 22 

 caliber rifle? I wish someone who has 

 hunted deer successfully with a 22 would 

 tell me whether he succeeded in killing big 

 game. I have a first class make 22 rifle 

 that shoots 22 long rifle cartridges, and I 

 am wondering whether it would pay me 

 to take it on a deer hunt. If a fair tar- 

 get can be made at 200 yards, why couldn't 

 a deer be brought down? Would a shot 

 in the head, or back of the shoulder he 

 likely to fetch a deer? 



What is the difference between a Sav- 

 age 303 and a Winchester 30-30? 

 Chas. G. Reynolds, Colorado Springs, Col. 



ANSWERS TO JAY BEE. 



Mr. Jay Bee, please don't think because 

 you may have seen a few faulty 45-90 rifles 

 they are all that way. I also have used 

 a 44-40 and think a pea shooter would be 

 as effective on deer. May be it would not 

 inflict so much injury, hence would be 

 more merciful. It is a nice little farm gun, 

 all right for killing chickens and hogs. 

 May be it would be of some use in ex- 

 terminating game hogs. However, we will 

 let Coquina crack it to them with his ex- 

 celsior 62 shot repeater. It's Recreation 

 for us, and Recreation is the boss maga- 

 zine gun for that kind of game. 



If a fiunter gets a shot at a prime fat 

 buck at 30 yards he will be likely to punc- 

 ture him ; but a dreary shake of his flag 

 is the fast mark of his flight for miles on 

 frozen ground. If the hunter has no dog 



along he will not get the deer with a 44- 

 40. I am as well satisfied with my old bell 

 mouthed 45-90 as Grizzly Pete is with the 

 reliable old 45-70. Everyone to his taste. 

 I like to shoot to kill, not to scare or 

 cripple. 



Will C. Donalson, Mud Lake, Mich. 



I am especially interested in your de- 

 partment of guns and ammunition. I no- 

 tice Jay Bee says he knows something 

 about guns, and that smokeless powder 

 guns are not so accurate as those made 

 for black powder, except the 45-90, which 

 shoots as widely as a bell-mouthed shot 

 gun. Then he claims that the 44-40 

 with a full cased bullet and smokeless pow- 

 der is the best gun made. I don't think 

 he knows what he is talking about, if he 

 wants a gun that he claims is not accur- 

 ate. His 44-40 will do all right for small 

 game, but let him come East and run up 

 against a 1,000-pound bull moose and he 

 might as well take his pea shooter and go 

 up a tree. The 45-90 is as accurate a 

 gun as the Winchester Company makes. I 

 know something about them and Jay Bee 

 will learn something if he keeps on read- 

 ing Recreation. 



J. E. Brackett, Newport, Minn. 



SMALL SHOT. 



I should like to know the size of the 

 regulation German ring target. 



F. G. P., Marietta, Ohio. 



ANSWER. 



The German ring target has the entire 

 area divided into concentric rings 24 °f 

 an inch apart. The ring in the center 

 which counts 25 is i l / 2 inches in diameter. 

 The bull's eye is 12 inches in diameter and 

 18 is the last count in the bull's eye. The 

 rings from 18 outward to one represent 

 the rest of the target. — Editor. 



Words can not express my contempt for 

 such a man as G. E. Morris, who wants a 

 law prohibiting minors from shooting. 

 When boys hunt they do not pot every- 

 thing they see. At least my crowd does 

 not. I am 14 years old and though some 

 may think me young to be giving my opin- 

 ion I may be able to give G. E. Morris a 

 few points about trapping muskrats. It is 

 only a game hog that would propose such 

 a law. He wants everything himself and 

 does not want to give me a chance to trap 

 a muskrat or shoot a squirrel once in a 

 while. We are all readers of Recreation 

 and some of us are members of the L. A. S. 



I have a .32-20 and it is a fine gun. Al- 

 though it weighs 9^ pounds, I am not 



