GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 



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SMALL SHOT. 

 Is it safe to load shells made for black 

 powder with nitro powder? 



Query, Honesdale, Pa. 



ANSWER. 



Black powder shells may be loaded with 

 nitro powder with safety, when light 

 charges are used, but the manufacturers 

 of ammunition and powders do not advo- 

 cate anyone's doing so. The black pow- 

 der primers will not ignite nitro powders, 

 however, without a little priming of black 

 powder, say, 34 to Yi grain of fine fff 

 black powder. It is always best to use 

 nitro shells made for nitro powders. Sat- 

 isfactory results can not be guaranteed 

 from any other grades of shells. — Editor. 



I like your magazine very much, and 

 always read the Gun and Ammunition de- 

 partment. I enjoy the way you publish the 

 different opinions regarding different 

 makes. I have an odd rifle in a '90 

 model Winchester repeater, .22 caliber, 

 with a small pin that works with the lever 

 of slide. I have it so arranged that I can 

 put BB, short, long and extra long in ; 

 the magazine at the same time without 

 any setting or adjusting. It works per- 

 fectly excepting with the BB. They hang 

 between the carrier and the barrel. I 

 never use them. I only mention them be- 

 cause they can be inserted. 



C. C, Huntsville, Ala. 



Where are Mauser rifles sold in this 

 country and what primer is used in the 

 shells. 



L. A. R., Los Angeles, Cal. 



ANSWER. 



The Mauser cartridge uses the No. 2 y 2 

 W. primer. These rifles can be bought 

 of Clabrough, Golcher & Co., Dieckman & 

 Co., Dunham, Carrigan Hardware Co., 

 San Francisco, Cal; Harper & Reynolds 

 Co., Tufts-Lyons Arms Co., Los Angeles. 

 who will obtain them for you if they do 

 not happen to have them in stock. 



If you will send me your name and ad- 

 dress and repeat your second question I 

 will answer it direct. — Editor. 



I should like to hear from some of the 

 readers of Recreation, who can speak 

 from experience, as to the merits and de- 

 merits of the following named single bar- 

 rel shot guns as trap guns on inanimate 

 targets ; Davenport, Forehand, Remington 

 and Stevens. I have fired my last shot at 

 live birds thrown from a trap. While 

 others find sport in that kind of shooting 

 I have made up my mind it is not the 

 right thing; therefore, I have no use for a 

 double gun for trap purposes. Again I do 



not like the balance of any of the so-called 

 pump guns. They seem awkward to me. 

 J. A. Gallup, Pomona, Cal. 



I will appreciate it very much if readers 

 of Recreation who have used the .45-90 

 rifle will write me regarding that arm. I 

 am much interested in it, and should like 

 to learn the bad as well as the good points 

 about it. When writing give make of 

 rifle, length of barrel and kind of sights 

 used. Also distances shot and state 

 whether cartridges used were factory 

 loaded or not. 



I should be glad to hear from the gen- 

 tleman who claimed in March number of 

 Recreation that "the .45-90 shoots like 

 a bell muzzled gun"; also from others who 

 agree with him. 



Robert A. Morrisette, Richmond, Va. 



There are times when 3 things are abso- 

 lutely necessary for a man's life. These are 

 a rifle, a bag of salt, and a match. Matches 

 are useless unless dry. There is only one 

 sure way to keep them dry on a hunting 

 trip. That is by carrying them in one of 

 Marble's Waterproof Match Boxes. Do 

 you want such a life preserver? Send me 

 2 yearly subscriptions. You can get them 

 in 2 minutes, and they will earn you one of 

 these waterproof match boxes, which may 

 often save you much suffering. 



I hope no one thinks women do not 

 read Recreation. I read it all, and the 

 ads, too. Rabbits, squirrels, ruffed grouse 

 and foxes are plentiful here, and most of 

 the sportsmen are gentlemen, not game 

 hogs. Mrs. R. M. Smith, Greene, N. Y. 



The premium can of Laflin & Rand 

 smokeless powder was received O. K. It 

 is strong and quick, but what surprised me 

 most is how clean it leaves the gun barrels. 

 Please accept my thanks for it. 



R. J. Foster, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The Ithaca gun you sent me as premium 

 for club of subscribers to Recreation is 

 at hand, and is satisfactory in every respect. 

 It is beautiful in design and perfect in 

 workmanship. 



Chas. B. Finkle, Gloversville, N. Y. 



I received the Hawkeye camera, and it is 

 a beauty. I thank you for such a beautiful 

 premium. 



Edw. J. Barkdoll, Garrison, la. 



The Primus stove which you sent me 

 as premium is a little beauty. 



O. O. Moore, Augusta, Me. 



Recreation is the best sportsmen's 

 magazine published. 



R. N. Sherman, Jamestown, N. Y. 



