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FOREST AND STREAM. 



fHE TRYON COMPLETE BREECH LOADING SHOT GUN. 



Manufactured by 



LINCOLN .Ti:rFitfi:s. 



12 Gauge, 60.00 

 10 " 65,00 



"Field" Trial, London, May, 1876; Winner of tlie Twenty 

 Guinea Prize for Choke Bores; Winner of tlie Penetration Trial, 

 maicing tiie Higiiest Average Penetration on Record, &c., &c. 



Ask your dealer to send for one. They beat the World for Shooting. 

 AGENTS FOR BARNAKO'* sPOKi SMEW'S Wr Ait,. 



E. K, TRYON. JR. & CO.. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 



DOG-SKIN LEATHER JACKETS I 



FOR FALL SHOOTING. 



Soft and pliable as Icid. Not shrunk or injured by water. Entirely waterprooi" and windproof. A 

 complete protection to sportsmen or any exposed to cold or wet. For horseback riding:. drivinK or walk- 

 ing m cold weather. Worn under the overcoat, they are a handsome garment and much used. A 

 capital jacket for bicycle use. skating and sleighing. 



We have just received and now oiEer the first lot for this season, and the present invoice comprises 

 the finest skins we have imnorted for years 



^~WE TAKE THE "ENTIKE PRODUCT OP THE MANUFACTURES OF ABOVE FINEST 

 JACKETS, AND THIS MAKE CANNOT BE OBTAINED ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 



An early selection is advised. Common qualities of other makes also in stock. 



A quality, the very finest skin, - - - - - $18 00 

 not as fine, - - - $8 00, $10 00 and 15 00 



Send measurement around chest outside vest. If money is sent with order we will forward free by 

 mail, and if not satisfactory on receipt we will return money on return of Jacket. We are ah-eady sell- 

 mg many of them. Entirely different from any other make. 



As ther-' are many differeyit maken of Leather Jackets in the market advertised finest, etc., 

 mostly made here of commtin skins, we invite those desiring such to send for one of ours, and if not 

 found sicperior on examination to any other, it com be returned at our expense or loe loill refund money. 



WILLIAM READ & SONS, 107 Washington St., Boston. 



SOI'i: AMERICAN AGBNTS FOK THESE FfNEST IMPORTED SKINS. 



The Grun and its Development, with. Notes on Shooting. 



By W. W. GREENER, Author of MODERN BREECHLOADERS, CHOKE-BORE GUNS, Etc. 



SUMMARY OF CONTENTS: History of Arms; Breech Mechanism ; Curious Arms; History of 

 Fulminates; Match, Military and Repeating Rifles; Explosive Shells and Special Pro.leciiles; Gun 

 Barrels; London Guns; Locks; Proof; Invention of Cartridges; Manufacture of Cartridges; f^ar- 

 tridge Loading; Gunpowders; Modem Erplosives; Hammerless Guns; Ejecting Guns; Safeties; 

 Rock Rifles; Revolving Pistols; Ideal Guns; Novelties; Choke-boring: Gun Trials;. Extraordinary 

 Guns; Wadding; Shot; Velocity; Theories; Experiments; PuntGims; Harpoon Guns; Machine 

 Guns; Modem Cannon; Shooting Notes; Trap Shooting; Deer Stalking; Wildfowling; Arctic Sport; 

 Game Resorts; Hints on Foreign Sport; Customs Tariff: Index. 



Finely Illustrated with 500 Wood Engravings. 



"The great and increasing desire for information upon Gunnery calls for a 

 work that will deal concisely and exhaustively with the subject. With this 

 intention 'The Gun and its Development' has been produced.'"-* Vide Pros- 

 pectus. 



SPECIMENS OF SMALLER ILLITSTRATIONS. 



PROOF MARKS. 



FIRST DOTJBtE-BARREI, ABM. 



EARXY MATCH-tOCK GUN. 



OPINIONS OF 



"The title sounds comprehensive, and yet it is almost too modest. . . . The author has ransacked 

 the whole range of literature on his subject, and extended his researches into all collections of weapons 

 of any notoriety. Experts and gentlemen wdl be interested in examining intricacies of lock and action, 

 as clearly set forth as diagrams can do it, whilst more popular with the generality of readers will be the 

 engravings of those quaint old weapons, in which we may detect something more than the germ of 

 almost every modern patent."— Ttmes, Aug. 22, 1881. 



"Not only sportsmen, but every one interested in firearms, will welcome Mr. Greener's book on tne 

 gun. It is a remarkably complete monograph on the subject, and although necessarily dealing a good 

 deal with technical matters, is replete with interest from beginning to end. From whatever point of view 

 it is regarded, the work is full of well-condensed and trustworthy information." — Westminster Beview, 

 Jidy, 18S1. 



"Most certainly a valuable addition to the literature of firearms."— -Bai^j/'s Magomine, July, 1881. 



"Combines scientific accuracy with historic research. . . . Abounds in useful information. There 

 is an excellent index, which, in a book of this sort, so full of scattered information, is indispensable." — 

 Home Neios. 



■'Mr. Greener may claim to speak cc cathedra on the subject which he here handles, for no gTmmakei' 

 has met with greater practical success in competitive scientific gun trials. Though Mr. Greener' owu hce 

 ■of science lies more particularly m the manufacture of sporting weapons, his work is by no means con- 

 fined to a disquisition of them ; he deals with gunnery ab ovo, tracing the gradual development of cannon, 

 TOttsketry and sporting weapons from the days of their earliest use. . . . We have not space to follow 

 Mr. Greener through his careful analysis of modern sporting shotguns; the chapter on gunmaking and 

 the analysis of various locks and breechloading systems may well be read by every sportsman; they will 

 interest and instruct to good purpose."— PaZZ Mall Gazette. 



THE PRESS. 



"In literary merit it is above the average of works of the kind, and in matter it is a compendious 

 treatise, not only on the art of gunmaking, but on the history of firearms and on shooting as a sport. . . 

 All the successive stages in this remarkable (levelopment are dealt with at length, and are dwelt with, 

 moreover, in a singularly agreeable and practical way. Next to the completeness with which the whole 

 subject is covered, what strikes one most is the absence of those technicalities which are so puzzling to 

 the ordinary reader." — Liverpool Mercury. 



"Each subject treated upon seems dealt with carefully and conscientiou«:ly, and the vast amount of 

 statistical and other information contained makes it a work that should he on the shelves of every 

 sportsman's lihrary."— Field. 



••The chapter on 'Curious Arms' is remarkably interesting, the illustrations being admirable. Modern 

 breectjloading rifles are then dealt with, from the needle-gim and Chassepot to those most marvellously- 

 accurate and far-reaching weapons, the English and American match-nfles. Bullets and prof,;;;?tiles for 

 military rifles, as well as for those used for sporting purposes, and shotguns are dealt with in a^'way that 

 cannot fail to interest any one who cares for guns.' Whatever Mr. Greener has to say on guns, whether 

 reiiarding his own or those of others, is to the point, as any sportsman who has any practical knowledge 

 will at once recognize in reading this book."— l^aiid and Water, July 3, 18S1. 



"The book is copiously illustrated throughout, and the various improvements in firearms are treated 

 with care and knowledge. Much useful information is given as to the habits and peculiarities of game." 

 — Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic Neivs, June 25, 1881. 



"The writer has succeeded in making his meaning clear, even when dealing with intricate techni- 

 caUties, and presented to the public all information concerning the gun and its accessories In a form that 

 is not merely readable but entertaining."— iiue Stock Journal, May 18, 1881. 



$2.50. 



$2.50. 



Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., Broadway, New York. 



AND ALL BOOKSELLERS. 



W. W. GrBEENER, G-ian, Rifle and Cartridge Maker. St Mary's Works, Birmingliam, 68 Haymarket, London, Eng. 



HENRY C. SQUIRES, Agent, 178 Broadway, New Xork. 



PfLueger's Luminous Bait. 



Sold by leadmg Jobbers and Dealers. 

 Tbe Moat EfTective Lure for Game Fish. 



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Post paid on receipt of price. 

 Royal sport for Evening and Niglit Fisting; 

 •also for day. A good killer for deep or turbid water. 



CIBCULASS PRKE. 



ENTERPRISE M'F'G tO., Akron, Ohio. 



150 Colt 15-Shot Repeating Rifles. 



Shoots the Winchester 44 Central Fire 

 Cartridge. 



At Less than Cost to Manufacture. 



Round Barrel, 15 Shots, .$12.50. Octagon Barrel, 15 Shots, $13.50. 



These prices are just one-half the factory prices. 

 These Eifles are manufactured by the Colt Fire Arms Co., of Hartford, Conn., and are the best and most durable 

 fles in tbe market. The parts are all mterchangeable, and the workmanship is the very best. The cartridges can be reloaded, 

 )S the cost of ammunition no more than for a muzzle-loader. We shall not seU at above prices after this lot is sold. 

 We have about 100 FLOBERT RIFLES which we have decided to close out at $3.85 each. 



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