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checkered and capped with rubber. The 

 forearm is also checkered. The stock is 

 well formed and has a rubber shot gun 

 plate. The sights are a special Lyman 

 combination rear and combination front. 

 Ira Sweet, Little Marsh, Pa. 



SMALL SHOT. 



I saw in January Recreation what M. 

 B. Bcecher said in regard to his $80 Ithaca 

 being as good as a $100 gun of any other 

 make. I think the difference between an 

 $80 and a $100 gun of any make is in the 

 engraving and finish and not in the shoot- 

 ing quality. I have a 16 gauge, $57 grade, 

 Lefever gun which has only line engrav- 

 ing, that being the only difference between 

 it and the $80 grade. I have tried my gun 

 on equal terms with a W. C. Scott that cost 

 $200. It made as good a pattern, and the 

 owner of the Scott admitted that my gun 

 gave the better penetration. I think I am 

 safe in saying I have as good a gun as 

 any made at the same price. I should like 

 to see a gun that is stronger or more sim- 

 ple in its mechanism than the Lefever. 



R. B. Edmiston, Milan, Pa. 



I have used a rifle 25 years, and am per- 

 fectly satisfied with my Winchester 45-70- 

 300 and the 330 grain bullet. I notice that 

 men who were using 30-30's and .303's are 

 fast going back to 38-55 ? s and 45-/o' s - I 

 don't believe in wounding game and letting 

 it get away, as is often done with the 30-30. 

 Many men still crack up the small bore 

 rifle, but let them go into the Maine woods 

 and try to shoot moose, bear, or deer, run- 

 ning, with small bores, and they will soon 

 change their minds. Of course, if game is 

 standing, a small bore rifle may answer, 

 but even then the bullet must strike a vital 

 spot to do much damage. Many men have 

 many minds, but give me the 45-70 Win- 

 chester with the 300 or 330 grain bullet. 

 C. F. Walker, Brockton, Mass. 



I have a 4 bore gun which is 7 feet 8 

 inches. in length. It was used, many years 

 ago, as a sealing gun in Newfoundland, and 

 was bought and sent to me by a friend as 

 a souvenir. The stock runs to the end of 

 the barrel and is bound to it by heavy brass 

 bands. It was a flint lock when it came 

 into my hands, but I have had it fitted with 

 a percussion lock. It is my intention to 

 test the weapon as soon as my family is 

 comfortably provided for. 



R. H. Goudey, Port Maitland, N. S. 



Answering query in October Recreation 

 re Mauser pistol : I have used one. Used 

 as a revolver is used, have found it not as 

 good as a Colt ; it has too light a bullet to 

 be really effective. I do not consider it as 

 accurate as it might be, even when used 



with the holster stock. Would rather have 

 a Colt Frontier, which, in my experience, 

 shoots better and it costs less. 

 Six Shooter, Howick Rail, Natal, South 

 Africa. 



721,050.— Gun Cleaner. James M. Kersey, 

 Bethany, W. Va., assignor of one-third 

 to F. A. Chapman, Wellsburg, W. Va. 

 Filed September 10, 1901. Serial No. 

 74,969. (No model.) 



Claim. — A gun-cleaning projectile made 

 of rubber or similar self-expansive material, 

 elongated and provided with rifling. 



Should like to hear from readers of 

 Recreation who have used either the 33 or 

 35 caliber, '95 model, Winchester, which is 

 best for large game at both long and short 

 ranges? Has either or both greater killing 

 power than 30-40 or .303? I have had a 

 little experience with the small bore smoke- 

 less on, moose and think a large caliber 

 preferable. 



P. S. Marsten, Meductic, N. B. 



Please ask if any of your readers ever 

 tried buck shot in a choke bore gun. Also 

 whether they ever tried cutting a shell be- 

 tween the powder wads in order to bunch 

 the shot at long range. I can, in that way, 

 put buck shot through a 2 inch soft wood 

 plank at 75 yards. 



Buck Shot, Milnor, N. D. 



I should like to hear from some experi- 

 enced sportsman if there is a smokeless 

 % powder that will throw shot as far as a 

 good brand of black powder. I use an Ith- 

 aca gun and have decided I can kill squir- 

 rels farther with black than with smoke- 

 less. 



J. B. Knapp, Parkersburg, W. Va. 



Please give me instructions as to build- 

 ing a good load for a 16 gauge choke bore 

 gun, for long range squirrel shooting. 



Chas. Goss, Paoli, Ind. 



Will some of your readers who have 

 had experience with automatic ejecting 

 guns kindly give me their opinions regard- 

 ing the automatic ejector feature? 



A. P. Bean, Philadelphia, Pa. 



I do not see any complaints about the 

 2 5~35 rupturing in the breech like the 30-30. 

 Is the smaller caliber actually as effective 

 on deer as a 30-30? 



G. W. McKay, Kelsey, Minn. 





