GUNS AND AMMUNITION 



359 



target is something you can easily manufacture 

 for yourself, once you have the dimensions. — 

 Editor. 



Interested in the .38 C. A. 



Editor Recreation: 



As a constant reader of your magazine, I should 

 like to ask a few questions: 



What are the advantages (if any) of the Colt's 

 .38-calibre automatic pistol over the ordinary 

 revolver ? 



About how long would such an arm remain 

 accurate with the use of metal-cased bullets 

 exclusively ? 



Also, what is the penetration, velocity and 

 trajectory of said bullet ? W. F. Smith. 



Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 



"The Derringer" 



Editor Recreation: 



Did any of the many readers of Recreation 

 ever use or handle the Remington Derringer of 

 .41 calibre, with two barrels? 



It is said to be a good one and to shoot hard, as 

 the powder gases cannot escape as they do in a 

 revolver, between the cylinder and the bairel. 

 Moreover, it lies flat like a book in the pocket. 



Elmira, N. Y. M. H. Cale. 



Another .38 Special Man 



Editor Recreation: 



I am very much interested in the gun ammunition 

 part of Recreation and hope to see the .38 

 Special come out as Mr. Haines has described, 

 then I would have a new revolver. 



I would like to ask if the 1894 Model Winchester 

 .38-55 is all right for the high power loa.d, 26^ 

 grains of high power smokeless. M. L. Peck. 



Elmira, N. Y. 



A Good Gun 



Editor Recreation: 



For gunning sea ducks in Penobscot Bay, I use 

 a Remington 10-ga. 10-lb. 32-inc hbarrel gun. 



I have used several guns, but like this best of 

 any. For load I use four and one-half drams 

 black powder, one and one-half ounces No. 3 

 shot and Winchester shells. L. H. W. 



Vinalhaven, Me. 



Effect of a Heart Shot 



Editor Recreation: 



Being quite interested in the discussions of large 

 vs. small-bore rifles, also soft-nose bullets and 

 their effect on game, I enclose photograph of a 

 deer's heart, shot November 27, 1905, at 200 

 yards, with Marlin .32-40-165 soft-nose bullet, 

 which did not strike a bone until after it passed 

 through the heart. C. E. Hadley. 



Bradford, N. H. 



Wants .25-20 Savage 



Editor Recreation: 



As I am a constant reader of your valuable maga- 

 zine I am very much interested in "Guns and Am- 

 munition," and would like to say a few words in 

 regard to the .25-20 calibre rifle. 



I would very inurli like to see thai ( alibre made 

 by the Savage Arms Company, the same as their 

 [899 model, also the .32-20. J don't sec why I hey 

 don't make them, as they are a most desirable gun 

 for small game. I would like to hear from other 

 riflemen what they think about them. I consider 

 the .25-20 Marlin the best rifle for anything 

 smaller than deer. ".25-20." 



Elyria, O. 



a heart shot 



Paris Green and Quail 



Editor Recreation: 



The quail shooting season which has just ended 

 here has been very poor — very few birds. Un- 

 doubtedly the severe winter of 1904-5 has had a 

 great deal to do with the scarcity of birds. One 

 sportsman that I have talked with tells me that 

 while the heavy snows and cold weather of last 

 winter killed a great many, the paris green spray- 

 ing machines operated by the farmers kill some 

 also. These machines are used to spray the rows 

 of potato vines, to kill potato bugs, and when the 

 machine is turned around on the end of the rows 

 more or less of the poison gets onto the weeds, etc., 

 in the hedge, and the birds eat the buds, etc., and 

 are poisoned. He says that he has seen a number 

 of dead birds lying in the rows of potatoes near the 

 hedge and can attribute it to no other cause. 



P. Harvey Duryee. 



Mattituck, L. I. 



