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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 12, 1885. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 Kennel notes are inserted in this column free of charge. To insure 



publication of notes, cm-respondents MUST GIVE the following par- 

 ticulars 01 each animal; 



1- Color. 6. Name and residence of owner, 



2 Breed. buyer or seller. 



3 - Sex. 7, sire, with his sire and dam. 



4. Age, or 8. Owner of sire. 



5. Date of birth, of breeding or 6. Dam. with tier sire and dam. 



of death 10. Owner of dam. 



All names must be plainly written. Communication on one side of 

 paper only, and signed with writer's name. 



NAMES CLAIMED. 



13?" See instructions at head of this column. 



Phrync and Psyche. By Frank F. Dole. New Haven, Conn., for 

 white hull-terrier bitches, whelped Jan. 16. by President (A.K.R. 1308) 

 out of Scarlet III. (Young Royal— Scarlet 11.). 



Peek a-Boo, Frolic. Lorna and Vera. By city View Kenuels,New 

 Haven, Conn., for pugs, two dogs and two bitches, whelped Jan, 8, 

 by Napoleon but of Daisy II. (A.K.R. 1361). 



Jvchie and Bessie. By George W. Huot, Springfield, Mass., for 

 black pointers, dog and bitch, whelped Sept. 23, 1881 (Peter Black- 

 Bessie), 



Ned and Gipsy. By C. F. Keys, Washington, D, C, for Gordon 

 setters, dog and bitch, whelped July SI, 1881, by H. Malcolm's Black 

 (Malcolm— Dream IV.) out of Jet (A.K.R, 960). ' 



Fly. By E. Holley, Jr., Hudson, N. Y., for liver and white and 

 ticked cocker spanM bitch, whelped July 4, 1883, by Dr. Cattanaek's 

 Baby out of L. A. Eider's Fido. 



Golden Floss. By E. Holly, Jr., Hudson, N. Y., for orange and 

 white cocker spaniel bitch, whelped Oct, 89, 1881, by Colonel StubOS, 

 (A.K.R. 303) out of Pet (A.K.R. 314), 



.American Daisy and Honest Best. By E. Holley, Jr., Hudson, N. 

 Y.. for orange and white and liver, with white breast, cocker spaniel 

 bitches, whelped Mav 30. 1884. by Chance (Don— Flossy) out of Flv 

 (Baby— Fido), 



Tale, By Dr. Win, W. Seymour, Troy,N. Y., for black and white 

 English setter dog, whelped June 23, 1881, by Blue Dick tA.K.R, 930) 

 out of Pilgrim (Mack— Louise). 



Foreman 11. By Tobias Burke, Nayatt, R. I., for beagle dog, 

 whelped May 30, 1884, by imported Foreman (A.K.R, 1120) out of 

 champion Bush (A.K.R. 139). 



Peg of Lim.avn.dy. By W, T. R. Ogilby, Now Brighton, 8. 1., for 

 white and lemon pointer bitch, whelped May 11, 1883, by Beaufort 

 iA.K.R. 094) out, of Duchess (Sensation— Whiskey). 



Flushn-. By F. D, Ogilby, New Brighton. S.I.. for white, black and 

 tau beagle (log, whelped June 9, 1884, bv Ringwood (Ranter— Beauty ) 

 out of Roxey (Battler— True). 



Gaylard. By Geo. B. Inches, Boston. Mass., for white, black and 

 tan fox-terrier dog, whelped Aug. .3. 18S4, by Mixture (Spice— Fairy 

 III.) out of Jaunty (Joker— Torment). 

 BRED. 



%ST° See instructions at head of this column. 



Daisy— Grand Duke. H. W. Holmes's bull-terrier bitch Daisy to 

 champion Grand Duke (A.K.R, 524), Jan. 25. 



Lassie— Grand Dwfce, Wm. Pretyman's bull-terrier bitch Lassie to 

 champion Grand Duke (A.K.R, 524), Jan. 16. 



Lady Mac— Joker, Jr. Gr. H. Nixon's (Leesburg, Va.) pointer 

 bitch Lady Mac (Faust— Gertrude) to his Joker, Jr. (Beaufort- 

 Nymph), Jan. 24. 



..,,'/, Turner -Joker, Jr. G. A.Wynkoop's (Leesburg. Va.) pointer 

 bitch Fannie Turner (Sensation— Queen II.) to G. H. Nixon's Joker, Jr. 

 (Beaufort -Nymph), Jan. 36. 



Gipsey —Hero n. W. D. Cook's (Boston, Mass.) mastiff bitch GftJSey 

 (Turk— Baby) to the Ashmont Kennels' champion Hero II. (A.K.R. 

 545), Dec, 27, 1884. 



Lorna Doom— Hero IT. The Ashmont Kennels' (Boston, Mass.) 

 mastiff bitch Lorna Doone (Crown Prince— llford Baroness) to their 

 Hero II, i A.K.R. 545), Dec. 7, 1884. 



Lady Gladys -Hero it. O. II. Morgan's mastiff bitch Lady Gladys 

 (Crown Prince - Rowcna) to the ■ Ashniont Kennels' champion Hero It. 

 (A.K.K. 545), Jan. 5. 



Scout. W. T. R. Ogilby 's (New Brighton, S. I.) 

 pointer bitch Peg of Limavady (Beaufort— Duchess) to D. G. Elliott's 

 Sci.ut (ATK.R. 216). Dec. 20, 18J-4. 



St. Kilda— Beaufort. C. A. Chapman's (Nvack, N.Y.) pointer bitch 

 ;cr— White Lilly) to C. H. Mason's Beaufort (A.K.R. 



Schoouhoven. The Alpine Kennels' (Mount Vernon, 

 lard hitch Marchioness (A.K.R. 1268) to their Sehoon- 



St. Kilih 

 094). let 



March 

 N. Y.) St. Bernar 

 hoven (A.K.K. 795). Jan. 20. 



Virpi a in— Fritz. C. W. Littlejolm's (Leesburg, Va.) pointer bitch 

 Virginia (A.K.R. 1357) to his Fritz (A.K.R. 1351), Jau. 31. 



Leiqh Doane— Chief. I. H. Roberts's (Philadelphia, Pa.) red Irish 

 setter Ditch Leigh Doane (A.K.R. 58) to Max Wenzel's Chief (A.K.R. 

 231), Jan. 11. 



Jill— Joker, Jr. G. H. Nixon's (Leesburg, Va.) pointer bitch Jill 

 (Doctor II.— Fannie Turner) to his Joker, Jr. (Beaufort— Nymph), 

 Feb. 2. 



WHELPS. 



USp^ See instructions at head of this column. 



Scarlet III. Frank F. Dole's (New Haven, Conn.) bull-terrier bitch 

 Scarlet III. (Young Roval— Scarlet H.), Jan. 16, two bitches, by Presi- 

 dent (A.K.R. 1208): both white. 



Kitty Wells. The Maple Kennels' (Patterson, N. Y.) pointer bitch 

 Kilty Wells (A.K.R, 1043), Jan. 28, six (three dogs), by their Fritz 

 (A.K.R. 200); one since dead. 



Sheila. The Alpine Kennels' (Mount Vernon, N. Y.) St. Bernard 

 bitch Sheila (A.K.R. 796), Jan. 26, ten (five dogs), by their Carlo 

 (A.K.R. 89). 



Faustina. John Watkin's pointer bitch Faustina, Jan. 13, eleven, 

 by C. H. Mason's Beaufort (A.K.R. 694). 



' Wallkill Blanche. Archibald Gordon's (Middlctown, N. Y.) cocker 

 spaniel bitch Wallkill Blanche (A.K.R. 1201), Jan. 17, seven (three 

 dogs), by Hornell Silk (A.K.R 1397). 



Orsvm. The Alpine Kennels' (Mount Vernon, N. Y.) St. Bernard 

 bitch Ursula (A.K.R. 26), Jan. 31, four (one dog), by their Carlo 

 (A.R.R. 89). 



Erin. Frink Rivers's (Bridgeport, Conn.) pointer bitch Eria (Rake 

 II.— Browny), Jan. 29, seven (four dogs), by champion Rush (AXE. 

 357); all lemon and white. 



Althea. J. Herbert Flint's (Haverhill, Mass.) black cocker spaniel 

 bitch Althea (A.K.R. 842), Feb. 3, six (four dogs), by the Cummings 

 Cocker Spaniel Kennels' Oher (A.K.R. 855). 

 SALES. 



JEff See instructions a,t head of this column. 



Dick Laverock. Blue Delton English setter dog, whelped June 19, 

 1879 (Thunder— Peeress), byT.G. Davey, London, Ont., to S. McCuen, 

 New Orleans, La. 



Anno. Smooth-coated St. Bernard bitch (A.K.R, 1606), by Essex 

 Kennels. Andover, Mass., to Chequasset Kennels, Lancaster, Mass. 



8t. Kilda. Pointer bitch, age and coler not given (Dilley's Ranger 

 —White Lilly), by H. D. Towner, Nyack, N. Y., to C. A. Chapman, 

 same place. 



Venture. Dandie Dinmont terrier dog, whelped Nov. 8, 1884, by Peef 

 (A.K.R. 1407) out of Vixen (A.K.R. 434), "by Thos. H. Bell, Troy.N. Y., 

 to Hon. Erastus Corning, Albany, N. Y. 



Do 

 Aug 



strong „ .. 

 Delaware City, Del , to Pierre Loriliard, New York. 



,,,:'•, English setter bitch, age not given (Count Dick- 

 Petrel), by J. C. Higgins, Delaware City , Del., to Pierre Lerillard, New 



Petrel II. Blue belton English setter bitch, whelped Jan. 9, 1878 

 (Pride of the Border— Petrel), by E. I. Martin, Wilmington, Dei., to 



Pierre Loriliard, New York. ' 



llford Cromwell. Imported mastiff dog. whelped Feb. 23, 1883 

 (Cardinal— Cleopatra ), by W. H. Lee, Boston, Mass., to Ashmont Ken- 

 nels, same place. , , , , „„.,„„, 



Lady Emma. Liver and white pointer bitch, whelped Aug. 10, 1884 

 (Clipper— Countess Nelly, A.K.R. 913), by Major Lovejoy, Bethel, Me., 

 to .James Thomas, Boston, Mass. 



Casnerinia. Black pointer bitch, age and pedigree not given, by 

 Major Lovejoy Bethel, Me., to W. E. Johnson, Melrose, Mass. 



Lizzie. Red Irish setter bitch (A.K.R, 1851), by Major Lovejoy, 

 Bethel, Me., to O. F. Hill, Greenbush, N. Y. 



Rose. Lemon and white pointer bitch, whelped 1883 {Ponto— Meg 

 Merillies), by W . E, Johnson, Melrose, Mass., to Major Lovejoy, Bethel, 



Jdstein. Smootth-coated St. Bernard dog, age not given (Caasar— 

 Brunhild), by Chequasset Kennels, Lancaster, Mass., to C. W. Baun, 

 La Crosse, Wis. „ ^ „ . _. 



Treasure II. Pug doe, age not given (Treasure-Toodles), by Che- 

 quasset Kennels, Lancaster, Mass., to Essex Kennels, Andover, 



Anno;, Smocth-coated St. Bernard bitch (A.K.R. 1606). by Essex 

 Kennels. Andover, Mass., to Chequasset Kennels, Lancaster, Mass. 



Asphodel. Smooth-coated St. Bernard bitch (A.K.R. 1607), by Che- 

 quasset Kennels, Lancaster, Mass., to F. H. Bates, Loring, Mass. 



Dandy. Pug dog (A.K.R, 1936), by City View Kennels, New Haven, 

 Conn,, to D. V. Fuller, Belchertown, Mass. 



§ifle and §mg ^hooting. 



LYMAN'S RIFLE SIGHT. 



W E have recently been shown the improved Lyman sight, or more 



J„;t - C n TeC ; fly speakil ; tr ' the improved sight base. The improve- 

 ment, m this ba.se over the former style will be seen at once by refer- 

 ence to if ig. 1 , 



This patent base it will be noticed is very low, taking up but little 

 room on the tang of the rifle, consequently enables the shooter to 

 grasp the rifle with greater ease. This improvement also allows of 

 greater elevation in shooting and all concede that it looks well on 

 the gmi ji bese bases are made of different lengths to adapt the sight 

 to the different make of rifles, so that any one can screw them to the 

 tang of a magazine rifle or to the Ballard, Sharps, Remington, and 

 numberless other singleloaders, also a sight adapted to double ex- 

 press rides and shotguns in which is used the auxiliary rifle barrel. 

 _ We give other illustrations showing the construction of the sight. It 

 is all so simple that further explanation is hardly necessary. 



Figs. 2 and 3. 

 Cuts showing the construction of the sights and base. The spring 

 in this improved base holds the sight in place from the inside; this 

 makes it all very compact and allows of having a thin and symmet- 

 rical base. 



Showing sight folded down. 



Fig. 4. 



Showing short sight for shotguns, using the auxiliary rifle barrel 

 and for double express rifles, folded down forward. 



Mr. Lyman has received a great many letters from sportsmen 

 who have used his sight. Among others came one, from Dr. J. W. 

 Wright, President of the New York Rifle Club. From this letter we 

 take the following: 



"From that time I have employed it exclusively on all of my hunt- 

 ing rifles, and am prepared to designate it as the very best thing of 

 its kind in use. My experiences with it have involved almost every 

 variety of shooting at the shorter ranges, i. e., up to 500yds. It has 

 been used for large and small game, in dark woods and bright sun- 

 light, across water and overland, and I am convinced that for quick 

 work it is unequaled. It gives the hunter all of the advantages of an 

 abundance of light, together with a complete view of the surround- 

 ings of the object to be hit. With a running deer it not only enables 

 the sportsman to see the whole of the animal's body at once, but to 

 obtain a general idea of the 'lay of the land' over which the creature 

 moves; in fact it reduces the use of the rifle to the simplicity of the 

 shotgun, so far as the sights are concerned, and after one has used it 

 for a week he is wholly unconscious of its presence, having really 

 nothing to do but hold his front sight on the object. 



"Last year I had one of them placed on a ,32-caliber, and used it 

 for shooting at the heads of partridges (grouse), after they had been 

 treed by a water spaniel trained for that purpose. During the season 

 I often brought to bag as many as eight to twelve or fifteen birds, 

 and seldom missed more than one head out of a dozen shots. 



"In shooting this gun at a reduced Creedmoor target, having a 

 bullseyeof l>4in. in diameter, at 100ft., I have made very many full 

 scores of 10 shots each, and upon one occasion made 192 out of a pos- 

 sible 200, in 40 shots, or an average of 48 out of 50 for four consecu- 

 tive strings of 10 shots each, the score being as follows: 46, 50, 47, 49, 



"With a ,44-cal. havrag this sight, I last year 6hot, through the 



head, three loons and an otter, all of them in rapid motion at the time, 

 besides making some of the best shots of my life at deer. One of the 

 latter was killed with a bullet squarely in the back of the head, at a 

 distance of 125yds. and across a river; a second at about the same 

 distance, with a bullet in the ear, while a third was stopped with a 

 broken neck, at 150yds.. just as it was about to disapper id the thick 

 woods, the shot being fired from a small boat under considerable 

 headway. 



"With this gun I have made many such scores as 48 out of 50, and 

 66, 08, 60 and 70 out of 75, at 200yds.', Creedmoor target, and 94, 96 and 

 103 out of 120, at the Massachusetts target, using eith-r 'he plain part 

 of the Beach front sight or the ordinary Winchester sight smoked. 

 Most of this work has been done in the Adirondack woods, in the 

 preseuce of such reliable men and excellent, guides as Sim Tarrence. 

 Fitz Halleck, Ernest and Frank Johnson, Rob Nichols and others, 

 many of whom are now using your sights, and who prefer them to all 

 others where quick work is demanded." 



STRING MEASUREMENT. 



Editor Forest unci Stream : 



I note in yaur issue of Jan. 22, the criticisms of Messrs. James 

 Duane and A. B. Dodge. Thanking Mr. Dunne for his complimentary 

 opening, I will endeavor to more clearly define my position on the 

 "dude" target, and string measurement questions. Mr. Duane says, 

 in speaking of Dr. Tolles's target, "if, for instance, the center of the 



froup of shots had been 4in. above the center of the bullseye and 

 in. to the right, I presume the target would have been classed as a 

 'dude' and treated with contempt accordingly." Most certainly not. 

 In the case he supposes, a full sized diagram of the target, would 

 require a circle over 8in. in diameter to inclose the shots. That 

 would not be a "dude" target. Or the circle could be dispensed with. 

 and a cross placed in the proper position to show the center of the 

 bullseye. That would not be a "dude" target. But if the group of shots 

 should be presented with a circle drawn around it. whose center did 

 not coincide with the center of the bullseye. and no mention be made 

 of this important fact, it would be decidedly "dude:" a deception and 

 a snare. If the shooting had been as bad as in the supposed case, 

 a diagram of the target would never, I am sure, have appeared in 

 Fobest and Stream. I hope 1 am in , , : now. If not, get 



Forest and Stream issue of Jan. 17, 1884. Turn to page 502, and you 

 will find Maj. H. W. Merrill's article, which I indorsed in a former 

 communication. I am not a convert to Mr. Duane's theory that a 

 small group of shots far away from the center of the bullseye shows 

 as much accuracy in the rifle and skill in the marksman a's a group 

 of the same size in or near the center of the bullseye. The object in 

 rifle shooting is to hit something; therefore the correct test of the 

 accuracy (including rifle, ammunition, and skill of shooter) is the 

 string measure. If I shoot at 100yds. range, either for money, badge, 

 or honors, I select the rifle with which I can make the shortest string. 

 That, selection in my case w T ould not be a .32-eal,, although I well 

 know it has made its groups at both 100 and 200yds. If I was in need 

 of a rifle for target shooting at 100yds. I would not purchase a 

 weapon whose oniy recommendation was that it would make groups 

 at that distance. Herein I differ from Mr. Duane and Mr. Dodge. 

 I do not speak from a theoretical standpoint. I have made a 

 speciality of 100yds. target shooting for the past three years. During 

 that time I have made very many small groups. These groups were 

 never copied in my score book, unless the string was a good one. 

 A notation was however made, showing the position of the groups, 

 weather conditions, etc. I have seen beginners in rifle shooting 

 make small groups of five or six shots at 100yds., but never saw one 

 make a good string. Mr. John Pennypaoker. of Rogers Ford, Pa., put 

 six consecutive shots through one hole at 100yds. several years ago, 

 when he first commenced rifle practice. Each shot enlarged the 

 hole somewhat; but it was very small after the six shots were fired. 

 The rifle was a cheap muzzleloader, and round Pullets were used. 

 The rifle was never known to have made a good string. Supposing 

 A and B go to Creedmoor and shoot for a prize. A puts all of his 

 shots in the bullseye, and gets first prize, while B persists in putting 

 his in the left wing of the target and gets "left" of course. And 

 this is just, even though B makes the smallest group. The National 

 Guardsman is classed in marksmanship according to his scores, the 

 value of each shot being rated according to its distance from the 

 center of the bullseye. The marksman (?) who makes a small group 

 in the northeast comer of the target gets' very little credit therefor, 

 and this is right, If the prizes and honors were awarded for groups, 

 real marksmen would become scarce in a few years. A mid-range 

 rifle will make a small group at 1,000yds. \ et 1 would not recommend 

 it as being accurate at that distance. The .50-cal. muskets have long 

 since been condemued on account of their lack of accuracy at five 

 and six hundred yards, and yet they will make very small groups at 

 these distance, I need not prove this latter assertion, as it is a. fact 

 well known to those who have handled these weapons to any great 

 extent. To illustrate further, and pardon me for dragging into this 

 discussion the much abused Springfield, which to ruyrrind is not 

 nearly as bad a weapon as some claim it to be. Several years ago I 

 was shooting at 500yds. range, using a Springfield .50-cal. and a 

 Burchardt military .45. The wind was strong at 8 o'clock. I had a 

 large, signalling disk with short handle. I set it up five feet to the 

 left of the left edge of the target, and aimed at it. Fired the shots 

 alternately, six shots in all, three with each gun The Burchardt 

 scored 14 points out of a possible 15. The Springfield scored nothing 

 on the target, but made a beautiful group in the mud to the right of 

 the target. I had no one to signal, or I could have clone better with 

 the Springfield; but I claim that the Burchardt is the more accurate 

 gun at that distance. I have seen a .45-eal. musket, using the regula- 

 tion Government shell with 420 grain bullet make a group which 

 could be enclosed in a 36in. circle at 1,225yds., but I would not 

 recommend the gun as being accurate at that distance. If I was 

 intending to enter a match at that distance, I would select a gun 

 that I could depend on to put the shots somewhere near the target. 

 I know the true inwardness of this group shooting from a to izzard. 

 I have done much of it. 



Five, six, and seven years ago I lived in the country, and had 

 convenient ranges for target practice at all distances up to 500yds. 

 on my father's farm. On neighboring farms I had a range of 800yds. ; 

 also all distances from 1,100 to 1.500yds. I had a number of rifles of 

 different makes and calipers, and tested the accuracy of some of 

 them thoroughly. A little Phcenix rifle, .40-50 with round barrel 26in. 

 long, and weighing between 6 and 7 pounds, with plain open sights, 

 would make a group 2ft. wide and 4ft. high at 800yds. At 1,125yds. 

 it made a group 3ft. wide and 7ft. high. At 500yds. it wotdd make a 

 ten inch group, and if I had not shot it beyond that distance I would 

 never have discovered its up and down tendency. I changed my 

 ammunition and got better results, as the following extract from my 

 score book will show: "Feb. 28, 1880, Phcenix rifle. 1,150yds. 5 shots, 

 group in 46m. circle, a 3in. band horizontally across target covers 

 last 4 shots. Last 3 shots in 5in. group. Witnesses Z. M. Savage and 

 Evan Hallraan." I shot the Maynard .40-60 mid-range rifle far beyond 

 its accurate range with the following result: "March 2, 1880, Maynard 

 .40-60, naked bullets, 1,200yds., 5 shots, group 32in." These groups 

 were shot under favorable weather conditions. The accurate range 

 of either of these guns is less than one-half of these distances. To 

 show the performance of the latter gun under unfavorable conditions 

 I quote as follows: "March 5,1880, Maynard .40-00 rifle. 1,250yds. 

 Wind blowing a gale at 4J4 o'clock, 8 shots, group about 10ft. high by 

 14ft. wide. Distance from center of bullseye to center of group 77ft." 

 In this instance the wind drifted the bullets 77ft. to the left of the 

 point at which the rifle was aimed. The question naturally arises, 

 what would have been the drift if the wind had been in the 3 o'clock 

 quarter, instead of between 4 and 5. Referring to my military score 

 book, I find the following: "April 29, 1879, Whitney musket, .45cal., 

 Government ammunition, manufactured at Frankfort arsenal in 

 1873. 1,225yds., group 40in., 5 shots." "May 13, 1879, Whitney 

 musket, .45cal., 1.300yds., 5 shots, group 34iu., 80gr. powder and 

 patched 420gr. bullet." It is a well known fact that special mditary 

 rifles, using a heavy charge of powder and lead are now considered 

 necessary for match shooting at, distances beyond 000yds. 



The foregoing examples are sufficient to illustrate my idea of the 

 group question. As a general rule, I think that the distance at which 

 a rifle is accurate enough for match shooting, either in the back 

 position, or from a dead rest, is less than half the distance at which 

 it will make a good group in good weather, Mr. Duane's 200yd. target 

 is an excellent, one. It is not a "dude." Its center is plainly marked. 

 Its value as a performance in marksmanship is exactly indicated by 

 its string. It does show the peculiarity claimed for it, none of the 

 shot show any tendency to drop. This shows that, the ammunition 

 was carefully and accurately prepared, but does not enhance 

 the value of the target over and above the value as indicated by ihe 

 siring measure. I do not desire to detract one iota from the merits 

 of Mr Duane's target but have used it as a handy illustration of the 

 perfect fairness of deciding the relative merits of all targets. The 

 group wiili a false circle around it is a delusion and a snare, unless it 

 Ts accompanied by an explanation showing just, what it is. Other- 

 wise the unwary will be deceived, and will naturally suppose that 

 the center or the circle was the center of the. bullseye, when as a 

 matter of fact the rifle may lack the power io make fair average 

 strings at the distance named. It maybe said that my line of 

 argument, if sound, would lead to the adoption of the long-range 

 tnateh rifle for 100yd. target, shooting. This does not necessarily 

 follow; inasmuch as the long-range rifle has its drawbacks also, 

 the principal objections being its heavy recoil, which, in the case of 

 many shooters, would affect, the accuracy. The expense of 

 the ammunition is an item of no mean importance. If the improved 

 small bores will do the work, there are some marksmen who would 



