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RECREATION. 



ite single shot rifle. My wife and I have 

 lots of sport with it. I want to trade a 

 good 4x5 Cyclone camera for a single barrel 

 repeating shot gun, or will trade my Fa- 

 vorite rifle for one, or for a double barrel 

 16 grain. I have a fine burnt wood case for 

 my rifle; holds 800 shells, or 16 boxes, 

 jointed ramrod, screw driver, oil can and 

 all complete. I live in Nebraska and all we 

 get are cottontails, jacks, a few quails and 

 the fun of outwitting the muskrats along 

 the creeks. I killed 13 in 3 weeks with my 

 little rifle. It shoots short, long and long 

 rifle cartridges. 



W. C. Bonham, Wayne, Neb. 



Will some shooter kindly give me the 

 benefit of his experience with Sporting Bal- 

 listite powder, as compared with E. C, In- 

 fallible and other dense smokeless powders. 

 I wish to know how it compares in cleanli- 

 ness, penetration and recoil. Has any one 

 made a practice of shooting 26 grains and 

 one ounce of shot in a 12 gauge? For field 

 work, I have used 3 1-2 drams E. C. and 

 one ounce shot. Some claim that I am 

 wasting energy, but I think I can reach 

 birds a great deal farther with that kind of 

 a load. 



R. W. Pratt, Parker, S. D. 



Please tell me if it would in any way 

 injure a rifle to shoot shot cartridges in it. 

 F. A. Dorland, Hyde Park, N. Y. 



ANSWER. 



It will not really injure the barrel of a 

 rifle to shoot shot cartridges in it, but it is 

 likely to lead it badly, and you will then 

 have trouble getting the lead out. You 

 could not make any kind of a killing pat- 

 tern with shot from a rifle and I there- 

 fore advise you not to attempt it. — Editor. 



Kindly inform me as to the possibilities 

 of the Stevens 22-15-60 cartridge at target 

 and in the field, and whether, in your judg- 

 ment, a rifle as light as 5 1-2 pounds would 

 do good work with it. 



G. C. Webster, Conesus, N. Y. 



ANSWER. 



I have not used the 22-15-60 myself, but 

 see no reason why it should not do good 

 work. It probably dees or it would not be 

 made up and put on the market. — Editor. 



I noticed some one claimed excellent re- 

 sults with a Marlin 25-36, using the no 

 grain lead bullet. I once owned a Marlin 

 25-36 and a set of reloading tools. Could 

 not get any lead bullet to work except the 

 80 grain, with small charge of Walsrode 

 powder. I remember trying the no bullet, 

 as it was advertised as standard, and 

 under no circumstances would it work. 

 I sold the gun long ago. 



Ranger, Fort Grand, Ariz. 



Herewith I send you a soft lead 

 patched bullet which I shot out of a 40-70 

 Ballard rifle, aimed at the brain of a 2,000 

 pound ox as he licked meal from a small 

 measure. The ox was killed instantly. The 

 bullet fell, kicking up a little furrow of 

 dust, just in front of my feet. I stood 40 

 feet in front of the ox. I should like to 

 have readers of Recreation describe the 

 course of that bullet. 



Pike, Albany, N. Y. 



I notice what Fred Lambert says about 

 a 22 shell that exploded without anything 

 touching it and with the gun at safe. I 

 have had the same thing happen several 

 times in a single shot rifle, but never in the 

 Savage. It occurs, I think, when the rim 

 of shell is a trifle too large for the cham- 

 ber, the pressure causing the primer to ex- 

 plode. 



M. L. Lavey, North Manchester, Ind. 



Last season I used a Savage 25-35, and it 

 gave such good satisfaction that I have or- 

 dered a larger caliber of the same make. 

 My friend, Al. Kennedy, of Post Falls, 

 Idaho, wrote me some time ago of the man 

 who loaded with J2 grains smokeless. That 

 man should be thankful that he is yet alive. 

 J. W. Smith, Bonner, Mont. 



I consider the Baker gun, '97 model, a 

 first-class weapon and most reasonable in 

 price. Its locking device is particularly 

 good. Dr. Cecil and Small Game will make 

 no mistake if they buy Baker guns. 



E. Kl ingle, Waukon, la. 



A game hog before vacation. 

 Bought a copy of Recreation ; 

 Though he found but little in it to amuse 

 him. 

 And as he thumbed it o'er, 

 He was satisfied the more 

 That coquina was determined to abuse 

 him. 



With a curse he threw -it down, 

 And as he stamped it in the ground, 

 He squealed: "Of that blamed rot I've 

 had a plenty, 

 For the only thing that's in it, 

 That is worth my time a minute, 



Is the ad, ' Four full quarts three- 

 twenty.' " I. L. P. 



Do not forget Recreation's 9th Annual 

 Photo Contest. Read announcement in 

 Photo Department and make your entries 

 as soon as possible. The time is short. 



The Maid — I can't find your costume for 

 the last act. 



The Soubrette — Look in my purse. — Chi- 

 cago Daily News. 



