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slide, controlled by a set screw, has been 

 deemed all sufficient. A rifleman using 

 such an equipment is likely to make his 

 bull's eyes by luck if at all. There has 

 been no provision for windage except by 

 driving over one of the sights in its slot to 

 the appropriate side, or by holding off; 

 either makeshift giving but indifferent re- 

 sults. It has remained for A. W. Savage, 

 of Savage rifle fame, to devise an improved 

 rear site, which has been submitted to a 

 number of riflemen for approval. The 

 sight is made of tough steel, pressed by 

 powerful dies into appropriate shape, and 

 milled accurately to finish. At first glance 

 it looks much like the ordinary rear V 

 sight, and is made in either buckhorn style 

 or with straight top. Though but slightly 

 larger than the ordinary rear sight, it is 

 provided with a fine, accurate, micrometer 

 screw adjustment for both elevation and 

 windage. The mechanism for elevation 

 locks automatically, and windage, or lateral 

 adjustment, can only be accomplished in- 

 tentionally. The movements are adjust- 

 able to i-i,oooth inch, the graduations be- 

 ing clear and legible. A modification is 

 provided by which the screws actuated by 

 the fingers can be replaced by others actu- 

 ated by screwdriver and pin. This latter 

 provision was evidently an after thought of 

 the inventor to circumvent the possible 

 meddler. The dovetail base block is milled 

 to standard size and will fit most modern 

 rifles. The range of adjustment is ample; 

 that for elevation being in considerable 

 excess of that obtainable by the stepped 

 elevator on the ordinary sporting rear sight. 

 No one using open sights can fail to ap- 

 preciate this new device. 



E. B. G., Utica, N. Y. 



ONE AS GOOD AS ANOTHER. 



Nothing else I can find gives me so 

 much real enjoyment as the articles in the 

 Gun and Ammunition department of Rec- 

 reation. Some of the writers know a lot 

 about guns and the others think they 

 do ; yet no 2 can agree as to the best 

 gun, and they never will, since in the end 

 skill counts more toward filling the game 

 bag than any possible combination of wood, 

 metal and gun powder. No one has 

 yet seen an old blunderbuss whose fond 

 owner would not say it was the best gun 

 in the world. Thousands of us can testify 

 to the great shots made and big bags of 

 game secured with the old muzzle loaders. 

 I doubt if better shooting is done now. 



When it comes to rifles, all of us are 

 paying the piper good and plenty for all 

 we learn ; and we are likely to continue do- 

 ing so as long as new loads and calibers 

 are introduced to keep us guessing. 



I bought a Savage. "A good thing," 

 they told me, "for anything from a quail 



to a bear." After shooting it 1,000 times 

 with different loads I doubt if I could to- 

 day hit a barn door with it. On the other 

 hand, I have a 32-40 Winchester which I 

 have fired 5 times as often. It shoots bet- 

 ter than when it was new. It has no recoil, 

 is the most accurate load devised, and, for 

 its power, the cheapest. If I were going 

 elk hunting I should ask no better weapon. 

 Most of my large game shooting was 

 done with a 73 model 44-4° Winchester, 

 and of 42 deer hit by it I only lost 3. Most 

 hunters shoot too quickly. With deliberate 

 aim and steady holding one rifle will kill 

 as well as another. I have a friend who 

 uses a 22 Winchester for deer, and he gets 

 them, too,. 



Wisconsin, Ottumwa, la. 



THE REMINGTON-LEE NAVY. 



I find in Recreation many questions 

 about the Remington-Lee rifle. I've used 

 one of these guns 2 years with the greatest 

 satisfaction. It is bored for United States 

 Navy ammunition, .236 caliber. I consider 

 this the finest cartridge made, and it would 

 be difficult to persuade me to go back to 

 larger calibers. 



The Remington-Lee has many excellent 

 points. It weighs but 6^4 pounds, is well 

 balanced and neat in appearance Accord- 

 ing to the Government test, made with the 

 Lee straight pull, it has the greatest pene- 

 tration, the flattest trajectory, and the high- 

 est velocity of any rifle made. 



The velocity given by the Lee straight 

 pull is 2,550 feet a second. Its penetration 

 is 60 inches in dry pine.. The penetration 

 of the Krag-Jorgensen is 58 inches, and 

 its velocity is but 1,960. The Remington- 

 Lee, having the same rifling and shooting 

 the same ammunition as the Lee straight 

 pull, will doubtless shoot as well. 



The Remington-Lee has excellent sights. 

 It is, moreover, the fastest loader of any 

 gun I know, the magazine being removable 

 by simply touching a spring. Taking all 

 things into consideration, I like it much 

 better than the Savage or Winchester as 

 a sporting rifle. 



C. A. Goggin, Spearfish, S. D. 



SMALL SHOT. 



Please tell me if a 26-inch shot gun bar- 

 rel will shoot as far and as hard as a 30 

 or 32 inch barrel. Also how much pressure 

 should be used in loading nitro shells? 

 S. R. B., East Tilton, N. H. 



ANSWER. 



As between iong and short barrels there 

 is, with nitro powders, little difference in 

 velocity. Both being choked the same, the 

 longer barrel will give a better pattern than 

 the other, and thus kill at a greater distance. 



In high grade shells like the Winchester 

 Leader and U. M. C. Smokeless, when 



