GUNS AND AMMUNITION. 



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This bullet is all right for deer if put near 

 the right place. 



I see the Ideal Co. has brought out a 

 machine to cut the crimp from cartridges 

 to be reloaded. I use a piece of hard wood 

 turned the size of the inside of the shells. 

 With this in place, I roll the shell under 

 the edge of a sharp knife, cutting off the 

 crimp as cleanly as any machine could do. 

 W. R. Rief, Denison's Mills, Que. 



In reply to a question about Harrington 

 & Richardson revolvers : I have a 22 caliber 

 with 3 inch barrel. It is exceedingly accu- 

 rate and, after firing 1,000 shells, is good 

 as ever. I like it as well as any pistol made 

 for the price. I consider the 32 special 

 Winchester a good gun for big game. It 

 can be reloaded with black powder ; the 

 charge is the same as for the 32-40. If 

 32 or 30 grains of smokeless is too much 

 for deer, use express bullets and a 30-40 

 powder charge. Will readers tell their 

 experience with the 32 special and the 44 

 Winchester rifles and shells? Are the bul- 

 lets the same for the 32-40 and the 32 

 special? Are Lyman sights good? Is the 

 magnifying sight made at York, Nebraska, 

 all right? 



Alvaie Beckwith, Lincoln, Neb. 



A friend prospecting in the mountains of 

 Idaho last summer carried a 30-30 Winches- 

 ter carbine, using smokeless cartridges. 

 Being out of meat, he shot a buck deer that 

 was running up the mountain side, 30 or 40 

 yards away. The bullet entered the left 

 side of back bone in front of the loins. 

 The deer, after running 200 yards, fell dead. 

 In cutting the deer up the ball was found 

 in the front of the heart. The bullet still 

 had the metal jacket on. Some days later 

 my friend shot a brown bear 3 times, once 

 just behind the foreleg. He was near 

 enough to see the blood spurt from the 

 wound. He trailed the bear several miles, 

 but did not get him. Will some of your 

 readers tell me if the 30-30 carbine is suffi- 

 ciently powerful for large game? 



H. W. Frost, Hennessey, Okla. 



I have a 25-20 rifle and in firing at a 

 stick about 300 yards out on the river here 

 a few days ago, some of the bullets glanced 

 up from the water, went through the side 

 of a veranda post, about 2^2 inches thick, 

 and then an inch into a door frame. If 

 the bullet had not glanced from the water, 

 but had gone straight across the river, 

 would the bullet have gone through more 

 wood than it did by glancing from the 

 water. The bullet is small and the distance 

 from where it started to where it struck 



the house is about a half mile. I have been 

 told first one thing and then the opposite 

 by several persons, and I should like to 

 know your views on the subject. 



C. P. R., Woodstock, N. B. 



Will some reader of Recreation please 

 answer ? — Editor. 



Will readers who have used the Ideal 

 Broken Shell Extractor give their opinion 

 regarding it. In case a shell is broken off 

 close to the head so the extractor cannot 

 be inserted far enough by closing the ac- 

 tion to catch the end of a broken shell, can 

 the tool be used in any other way? 



Is it a good idea to anneal shells by 

 heating to cherry red and cooling in water 

 and then resizing each time they are re- 

 loaded? 



The Gun and Ammunition department of 

 Recreation is a mine of wisdom to the 

 shooter, mixed with just enough tales by 

 Mr. Van Dyke and others to amuse the 

 general reader and instruct the prevari- 

 cator. 



W. C. M., Erie, Pa. 



I advise G. W. McKay to file down the 

 notch in the rear sight of his revolver to 

 make it shoot lower. 



Three drams powder and 1% ounces 

 shot give me better results in a 12 bore 

 than Adirondack's 3^ drams. 



To V. J. N. I would say that the 25-10 

 r. f. cartridge is extremely accurate and 

 effective, but tears the game on account of 

 the flat point and is rather high in price 

 when much shooting is done. 



I have tried the 22 short on steers and 

 sheep and found that the little 30 grains of 

 lead did its work instantly if placed on the 

 forehead. 



40-82, Guelph, Ont. 



I own a 16 gauge, 26 inch Ithaca. The 

 balance, finish, etc., was all right, but it 

 seemed lacking in power. I wrote the 

 Ithaca people stating my difficulty and re- 

 ceived a courteous letter telling me to use 

 2^4 drams DuPont smokeless and % ounce 

 of shot instead of 2 l / 2 drams of powder and 

 1 ounce shot. I did as directed and no- 

 ticed at once a remarkable difference. If 

 any owner of a 16 is experiencing the same 

 trouble I wish he would try the Ithaca 

 people's suggestion. 



H. J. F., Providence, R. I. 



I have a 32-40 Marlin, '93 model. While 

 it is an accurate shooter and a well bal- 

 anced gun, the action will clog. I have no 

 use for the Colt repeater. It will drop 

 shells between the magazine and the barrel. 

 I have a 32 rim fire Winchester, single shot 



