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RECREATION. 



form any of its functions. It is the most 

 perfect of automatons. 



Its extremely homely appearance does not 

 at first prepossess one in its favor, but 

 "handsome is that handsome does," and 

 the weapon certainly does it. 



Many men have of late become admirers 

 of the modern small caliber; some at first 

 trial, others after much study and thought, 

 fr it was hard to lay aside and forget the 

 old favorites. So it will be with the good 

 old 6-shooter; yet one trial of the new 

 pistol will not fail to convince the most 

 confirmed revolver advocate of its superi- 

 ority. 



The only drawback to the Luger pistol 

 is the larger grip, incidental on the handle's 

 containing the magazine. This makes the 

 grip awkward in a small hand, but a little 

 practice will overcome that. 



E. E. Stokes, Brooklyn, N, Y. 



WANTS POINTS ON AMERICAN GUNS. 



Will some of your readers please give 

 their experience of the arms mentioned in 

 the list of questions below? I am anxious 

 to get opinions on the latest American arms 

 from those who have used them, before 

 buying such of them as seem most satis- 

 factory. 



Which is the best repeating shot gun? 

 Would such a gun with cylinder barrel 

 shoot ball well; and would 12-bore cart- 

 ridges loaded with ball work through the 

 magazines and action without jamming? 



Do those who have used both prefer 

 them to double guns? 



Do they and other American guns work 

 equally as well with English cartridges as 

 with American shells? Which is the best 

 American double gun? How does it com- 

 pare with English guns such as Greener's, 

 Scotts' and others, of same price? Does 

 the 50 caliber '86 model Winchester shoot 

 the 50-100-450 and 50-110-300 cartridges in 

 the same rifle and with same sighting? Can 

 the shells be reloaded often and which are 

 the best tools and powders? Which of the 

 2 cartridges gives the most accurate and 

 deadly shooting? Which is the best re- 

 peater for the 30-30 smokeless cartridge? 

 With a soft nosed bullet is it as deadly on 

 game as the 50 Winchester? Is the 40-72- 

 330, '95 model Winchester an accurate and 

 hard hitting rifle for large game? Can 

 anyone give his experiences with the new 

 32 Special Winchester? Is it a better cart- 

 ridge on game than the 30-30? 



How do the Mauser and Mannlicher 

 rifles compare, as regards accuracy and 

 target is not heavy and well backed your 

 shots will go through it. 



Never once is there a missfire or a 

 failure on. the part of the weapon to per- 



illing power, with American smokeless 

 powder small bore rifles, and for working 

 of action, etc., with the Remington-Lee and 

 Lee straight pull rifles? 



Is the Lee straight pull rifle likely to be 

 made in calibers larger than .236? 



Is the Savage rifle preferable to the 

 Winchester? 



What are the best rifles and cartridges 

 for shooting birds and small game and for 

 target practice; the distance about 150 to 

 200 yards? . . 



Britisher, Calcutta, India. 



SAVAGE SAME AS WINCHESTER. 



I notice in Recreation a long letter 

 signed J. Chester,' Sarnia, Ont., and com- 

 paring Savage and Winchester rifles, as 

 to their using, in the case of the Savage 

 rifle, several cartridges of different loads, 

 and in the Winchester only one load, the 

 Winchester rifle being accurately sighted 

 for that one cartridge only. The Win- 

 chester Arms Company was the first to 

 manufacture the 30-30 smokeless cartridge 

 and a rifle to take it, and if Mr, Chester, 

 or any one interested, will look on page 

 103 of the Winchester catalogue, number 

 67, he will there find that they advertise to 

 supply and sell for their 30-30 rifles 3 car- 

 tridges of different loads for the one gun, 

 a fully jacketed bullet load, an expanding 

 bullet load and a short range miniature 

 load. The Savage Arms Company manu- 

 facture their 30-30 rifles to take these iden- 

 tical cartridges ; therefore it is ridiculous 

 to make any comparison between these 2 

 arms from that point of view; there is no 

 difference on that point. 



The Winchester Arms Company also 

 manufactures 3 cartridges of different loads 

 for their 30-40 rifle, which uses the United 

 States present standard ammunition, the 

 same combination as the 30-30. If, there- 

 fore, the Savage Company is to be con- 

 demned because it makes rifles to take dif- 

 ferent cartridges for the one arm, then it 

 is in good company with the Winchester 

 Arms Company, and to criticise one ad- 

 versely is to criticise both. 



Relative to sighting each rifle perfectly 

 for any particular cartridge for the trade 

 in general, Mr. Chester has yet to learn that 

 no 2 people look through sights exactly 

 alike, and any rifle sighted accurately by 

 one man, will shoot many 1 ches off when 

 used by another person at even as short a 

 range as 100 yards ; so if the Winchester 

 Company targets every rifle for a certain 

 cartridge by a certain expert, everyone 

 else who buys those rifles will be com- 

 pelled to change the sights in order to get 

 perfect results. I am ready to prove this 

 statement at any time. 



M. W r Miner, York, Neb. 



