GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 



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it incurs, is beyond the reach of the aver- 

 age rifle shooter, the smaller and lighter 

 guns should receive more consideration. 

 C. B. P., Glens Falls, N. Y. 



Mr. H. E. Greenhall's statement on page 

 302 of October Recreation is extremely 

 amusing, where he says, "The .30-30, .32- 

 40, and Winchester repeating shot gun are 

 the only strictly up to date scientific guns 

 made." While I endorse his choice of the 

 Winchester, the .32-40 sounds queer to men 

 who have had experience with game and 

 not at the target alone, where I assume his 

 has been. I think if Brother Greenhall 

 were to jump a silvertip he would soon 

 change his opinion of the .32-40 as a big 

 game rifle, and begin to realize that lead 

 goes a long way farther than science with 

 a bear. 



Piseco, Denver, Colo. 



I have just bought a shot gun from the 

 W. H. Davenport Firearms Co., through 

 having seen their advertisement in Recrea- 

 tion. I was delighted by the courtesy 

 shown me by that firm. Every question 

 was cheerfully answered, and much outside 

 information was given me before the pur- 

 chase was made. Guns were sent me for 

 inspection without any deposit. Such treat- 

 ment is rare in America, and I wish to 

 publicly thank this firm for such confidence 

 and consideration. The gun bought is a 

 beauty in every respect and surprisingly 

 cheap for such workmanship. 



Norman Astley, New York City. 



Please give me the outside diameter at 

 mouth and base of each rifle and revolver 

 shell for which reloading tools are made. 

 F. P. Vedder, Glenville, N. Y. 



ANSWER. 



If you will consult the "Ideal Hand 

 Book," pages 78 to 106, you will find all 

 the diameters of the various balls for the 

 different cartridges that are made in this 

 country; and the ball size, of course, is 

 the inside diameter of the muzzle of each 

 shell. The Ideal Mfg. Co. advise me that 

 they have no data relative to the diameter 

 of the various heads. — Editor. 



Light Seeker asks in Recreation 

 which is the better gun, the Ithaca, Parker 

 or Remington. I have used them all at 

 different times, but the balance and finish 

 of the Ithaca won me over, and for several 

 years I have been shooting a 12 gauge, 28 

 inch barrel, 6^4 pound gun; right barrel 

 cylinder; left, full choke. I can kill more 

 grouse with it than with any other gun I 

 ever shot. My gun was built to order by 

 the Ithaca Gun Co. and cost me 25 per cent. 



less than the same grade in other makes 

 would have cost. 



Harry Hotaling, Center Lisle, N. Y. 



By reading Recreation I find that sports- 

 men have not yet forsaken the Stevens rifle. 

 This does me good ; there is a big warm 

 spot in my heart for the Stevens guns. I 

 learned to shoot with one, and to this day 

 have never found a better arm. I always 

 choose the Stevens when shooting in a gal- 

 lery, and there are few who can turn me 

 down at that class of shooting. If there 

 were more single shot rifles used in the 

 woods there would be as much game killed 

 as now and not so many men 



Len Whittemore, Redlands, Cal. 



In Recreation I notice, from time to 

 time, articles condemning the repeater. I 

 want to say in reply to T. B. Nelson, Pu- 

 laski, N. Y., that I have a repeater and am 

 perfectly satisfied with it. I do not think 

 that simply because a person has a repeater 

 he has it for no other purpose than to mur- 

 der game. I have used nearly all kinds of 

 guns, and I prefer a repeater to all others. 

 If Mr. Nelson prefers a double gun, I think 

 he ought to be charitable enough not to 

 condemn another man's preference. 



A. T. Abbott, Stockport, O. 



Tell F. H. Campbell, Lexington, Va., 

 that the Savage is the most accurate high 

 power, smokeless rifle now on the market. 

 It can also be depended on for short dis- 

 tances, 50 to 75 yards. I have tried Win- 

 chester, Marlin and Blake guns, and, 

 though accurate at 150 to 300 yards and 

 over, they will not center at short distances. 

 With the Savage I have no difficulty in hit- 

 ting the head of a prairie dog at 50 to 75 

 yards. 



Eugene C. Giault, Escalante, Utah. 



I have a 25-25 rifle. With a load of 9 

 grains of .250 Rifleite and a hard lead 

 ball it will shoot through 4 inches of ash. 

 With a jacketed ball it will shoot through 

 5 inches. Have had a number of different 

 calibers and makes of guns, but never 

 owned nor saw one equal to my 25-25 Ste- 

 vens. Do you think my 25-25, with a 

 soft nose bullet, would do good work on 

 big game? 



C. M. Brawn, Sutton, Neb. 



ANSWER. 



Your 25-25 would be all right for big 

 game if you could put your ball in the 

 brain, spine or heart, but not otherwise. — 

 Editor. 



In looking over Recreation I notice 

 Light Seeker's inquiry about different 



