June 6, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



S99 



PARKER HAMMERLESS GUN, 12-Gauge. 



Claremont, N. J., April 11, 1889. 

 TEST MADE AT FOREST AND STREAM GUN-TESTING SCREEN. 

 Q'Un — Parker hammer less, Damascus steel barrels. Cost, 

 $80. Mo. of gun, 56,141. Weight, 8%lbs. Length of 

 barrels, S2iu. Gauge, 12. Right barrel, full choke. Left 

 barrel, full choke. 

 Weather— Clear. Direction of Wind, 9 o'clock. Force of 

 wind, 12 miles per hour. Thermometer, dry, 59°. Do., 

 wet, 49°. Humidity, 52 ° . Barometer, 29. 95in. 

 Charge, as given by holder of gun: 



BOTH BARRELS. 

 Shell— IT. M. C. Paper. 

 Powder, Brand— Dead Shot FFFG. 

 Powder, Quantity— drs. 



( Make — Cincinnati Chilled. 

 Shot ! Quantity— \% oz. 

 ( ibise— 8. 



CARTRIDGE ANALYSIS. 

 Three Cartridges Taken at Random. 



BOTH BARRELS. 



Loading. Powder. Shot. 



Card and two pink-(l... 99 grs. 526 grs. 543 pellets, 



edge wads over pow--< 2. .. 100 grs. 531 grs. 546 pellets, 



der; card over shot. ( 3. . . 98 grs. 532 grs. 548 pellets. 



Average 99 grs. 529 grs. 546 pellets. 



TEST AT 40 YARDS. 

 Mm Shots per Barrel f rom rest at fixed 80-inch Circle. 



RIGHT BARREL. LEET BARREL. 



Penetration, s pellets. Pattern. Penetration, s pellet x. 



Pattc. 



1. 327 pellets. 



2. 352 pellets. 



3. 367 pellets. 



4. 340 pellets. 



5. 300 pellets. 



18 sheets. 

 27 sheets. 

 21 sheets. 

 15 sheets. 

 17 sheets. 



Patter 



1. 314 pellets. 



2. 379 pellets. 



3. 358 pellets. 



4. 307 pellets. 



5. 361 pellets. 



17 sheets. 

 19 sheets. 

 21 sheets. 



19 sheets. 



20 sheets. 



Av. 337 pellets. 20 sheets. Av. 342 pellets. 19 sheets. 

 TJvree Shots at 4-foot square; 30-inch Circle selected from, 

 best pattern. 



RIGHT BARREL. LEFT BARBEL. 



1 407 pellets. 1 317 pellets. 



2 346 pellets. 2 386 pellets. 



3 361 pellets. 3 366 pellets. 



Average 371 pellets. 



Average 354 pellets. 



TEST AT 60 YARDS. 

 Five Shots per Barrel from rest at fixed 80-inch Circle. 



RIGHT BARREL. LEFT BARREL. 



Pattern. Penetration, 3 pellets. Pattern. Penetration, s pellets. 



1. 174 pellets. 



2. 108 pellets. 



3. *73 pellets. 



4. - 133 pellets. 



5. 176 pellets. 



13 sheets. 



7 sheets. 

 . . sheets. 

 .. sheets. 



9 sheets. 



1. 158 pellets. 



2. 171 pellets. 



3. 145 pellets. 



4. 163 pellets. 



5. 188 pellets. 



11 sheets. 

 8 sheets. 

 . . sheets. 

 8 sheets. 

 10 sheets. 



Av. 148 pellets. 10 sheets. Av. 165 pellets. 9 sheets. 

 * Not averaged. 



Three Shots at 4-foot square; 80-inch Circle selected from 

 best pattern. 



RIGHT BARREL. LEFT BARREL. 



1 192 pellets. 1 175 pellets. 



2 "129 pellets. 2 214 pellets. 



3 161 pellets. 3 180 pellets. 



Average 160 pellets. 



Average 189 pellets. 



The second trial took place on May 30, and the early 

 morning gave promise of a damp, misty day. The fog at 

 10 o'clock, when the firing opened, was heavy enough to 

 give a very high percentage of humidity to the atmos- 

 phere, and the conditions were favorable to good results. 

 As the day went on the wind, which had been sluggish 

 from the 6 o'clock quarter, swung around to the 10 o'clock 

 point, and increased up to a sharp, spanking breeze, in 

 which it was necessary to hold over some to get any- 

 where near the point aimed at. The shooter was fully 

 competent, however, and how well the man and his 

 weapon worked together is shown in the fact that, in 

 selecting four targets showing the best pattern for arm 

 and barrel respectively, no less than three are at the tar- 

 gets whose outlines were fixed in advance of the shot 

 being fired. 



The test progressed without any special incident, and 

 the results are interesting as showing what may be fairly 



PARKER HAMMER GUN, 10-GAUGE, RIGHT BARREL, 406 PELLETS. 



termed a standard degree of excellence. In shotguns as 

 in other things it is not always safe to predict that the 

 best preparations will always bring the best results, and 

 old shooters may recall how on occasion a despised 

 b't of cheap gunnery has distanced the finer grade of 

 arms in pattern and penetration, yet it is safe for any 

 one purchasing a gun to go to a reliable maker, pay a fair 

 price, and then having given the arm a Forest and Stream 

 test so that they may be sure that they are not getting the 

 occasional "duffer" gun which creeps into every large 

 lot, go out to the field with the assurance that the arm is 

 a good deal better than the marksman in the great ma- 

 jority of cases. 



In taking the figures for the selected circles from the 

 large sheets, the distances between the point aimed at 

 and the point taken as the center of the struck circle 



were carefully noted, and show the mean aberration of 

 the gun or the marksman, as the case may be, to be very 

 slight. They stand as follows: 



10-Gmigc Gun. 



40 Yds. 60 Yds. 



'Right Left Right Left" 



Barrel. Barrel. Barrel. Barrel. 



1.. 4 lii. 4 in. 9 in. 2J^in. 



2.. 5 in. 2 in. 5 in. 5 in. 



3.. 2j$n. 2^in. 5^in. 3J^in. 



12-Gaugc. Gun. 



40 Yds. 60 Yds. 



Right Left Right Left 



Barrel. Barrel. Barrel. Barrel. 



7 in. 3 in. 10 in. 2^in. 



4 in. 3 in. T^tn. . r ,i<>iri. 



6 in. 3 in. 5 in. 7J^in. 



Av.4 in. 3 in. 6 in. 4 in. Av.6 in. 3 in. 7J^in. 5 in. 

 The formal record of the test stands: 



PARKER HAMMER GUN, 10-GAUGE. 



CLAREMONT, N. J., May 30, 1889. 

 TEST MADE AT FOREST AND STREAM GUN-TESTING SCREEN. 

 Oun— Parker Hammer, Damascus steel barrels. Cost $85. 

 No. of gun, 55,254. Weight, lO^lbs. Length of barrels, 

 32in. Gauge, 10. Right barrel, full choke. Left barrel, 

 full choke. 



Weather— -Misty. Direction of wind, 10 o'clock. Force of 

 wind, 7 miles per hour. Thermometer, dry, 70° . Do., 

 wet, 66°. Humidity, 81°. Barometer, 30.4in. 



Charge, as given by holder of gun: 



BOTH BARRELS. 

 Shell— Winchester "Star." 

 Powder, Brand— Dupont Crystal Grain No. 1. 

 Powder, Quantity— 4>i'drs. 



I Make— Tatham's Chilled. 

 Shot \ Quantity— l%oz. 

 { Size— 8. 



CARTRIDGE ANALYSIS. 



Three Cartridges Taken at Random,. 



Loading. 

 Card over shot; 



BOTH BARRELS. 

 Powder. 

 two ( 1 . . . 125 grs. 



card over powder. Ik.. 126 grs. 



Shot. 



562 grs. 539 pellets. 

 557 grs. 531 pellets. 

 559 grs. 536 pellets. 



Average 125 grs. 559 grs. 535 pellets. 



PARKER HAMMER GUN, 10-GAUGE, LEFT BARREL, 414 PELLETS. 



TEST AT 40 YARDS. 



Five Shots per Barrel from rest at fixed 80-inch Circle. 



RIGHT BARREL. 

 Pattern. Penetration, s pellets. 



LEFT BARREL. 

 Pattern. Penetration, s pellets. 



1. 406 pellets. .. sheets. 1. 370 pellets. .. sheets. 



2. 379 pellets. 13 sheets. 2. 212 pellets. . . sheets. 



3. 395 pellets. 13 sheets. 3. 414 pellets. . . sheets. 



4. 369 pellets. 25 sheets. (?) 4. 339 pellets. 13 sheets. 



5. 389 pellets. . . sheets. 5. 380 pellets. 15 sheets. 



Av. 389 pellets. 17 sheets. Av. 343 pellets. 14 sheets. 



Three shots at 4-foot square; 80-inch Circle selected from 

 best pattern. 



RIGHT BARREL. LEFT BARREL. 



1 384 pellets. 1 389 pellets. 



2 274 pellets. 2 887 pellets. 



3 320 pellets. 3 390 pellets. 



Average 326 pellets. 



Average. 388 pellets. 



TEST AT 60 YARDS. 



Five Shots per Barrel from rest at fixed SO inch Circle. 



RIGHT BARREL. 

 Pattern. Penetration, 3 pellets. 



1. 175 pellets. 



2. 103 pellets. 



3. 193 pellets. 



4. 179 pellets. 



5. 152 pellets. 



8 sheets. 

 11 sheets. 

 10 sheets. 



9 sheets. 

 8 sheets. 



LEFT BARREL. 

 Pattern. Penetration, 3 pellets. 



1. 192 pellets. 



2. 169 pellets. 



3. 218 pellets. 



4. 190 pellets. 



5. 204 pellets. 



9 sheets. 



6 sheets, 



7 sheets. 



8 sheets. 

 8 sheets. 



Av. 160 pellets. 9 sheets. Av. 195 pellets. 8 sheets. 



Three shots at 4-foot square; 80-inch Circle selected from 

 best pattern. 



RIGHT BARREL. LEFT BARREL. 



1 199 pellets. 1 160 pellets. 



2 153 pellets. 2 201 pellets. 



3 190 pellets. 3 173 pellets. 



Average 181 pellets. 



Average 178 pellets. 



PARKER HAMMERLESS GUN, 12-Gauge. 



Claremont, N. J., May 30, 1889. 

 TEST MADE AT FOREST AND STREAM GUN-TESTING SCREEN. 

 Ghin— Parker Hammerless, Damascus steel barrels. Cost 

 $80. No. of gun, 56,141. Weight 8%lbs. Length of 

 barrels, 32in. Gauge, 12. Right barrel, full choke. Left 

 barrel, full choke. 

 Weather— Damp. Direction of wind, 7 to 10 o'clock. Force 

 of wind, 7 miles per hour. Thermometer, dry, 70°. 

 Do., wet, 66° . Humidity, 81°. Barometer, 30.4in. 

 Charge, as given by holder of gun: 



BOTH BARRELS. 

 Shell— Winchester "Star." 

 Powder, Brand— Dup ont Crystal Grain No. 2. 

 Powder, Quantity— 3>£drs. 



( Make— Tatham's Chilled, 

 Shot< Quantity— -l%oz. 

 I Size— 8. 



CARTRIDGE ANALYSIS. 

 Three Cartridges Taken at Random. 



BOTH BARRELS. 

 Loading. Powder. 

 Card over shot; two(l... 109 grs. 

 pink-edge wads and-<2... 105 grs. 

 card over powder. ( 3. . . 108 grs. 



Shot. 



555 grs. 535 pellets. 



535 pellets. 

 538 pellets. 



560 grs. 

 547 grs. 



Average 107 grs. 554 grs. 536 pellets. 

 Five Shots per Barrel from rest at fixed 80-inch Circle. 



RIGHT BARREL. 

 Pattern. Penetration, 3 pellets. 



1. 340 pellets. 



2. 315 pellets. 



3. 331 pellets. 



4. 399 pellets. 



5. 327 pellets. 



14 sheets. 

 12 sheets. 

 16 sheets. 

 .. sheets. 

 14 sheets. 



LEFT BARREL. 

 Pattern. Penetration, 3 pellets. 



13 sheets. 

 23 sheets. (?) 



14 sheets. 

 .. sheets. 

 .. sheets. 



1. 392 pellets. 



2. 353 pellets. 



3. 380 pellets. 



4. 357 pellets. 



5. 358 pellets. 



Av. 342 pellets. 14 sheets. Av. 368 pellets. 16 sheets. 



PARKER HAMMERLESS, 12-GAUGE, RIGHT BARREL, 399 PELLETS. 



Three shots at 4-foot square; 30-inch Circle selected from 

 best pattern. 



RIGHT BARREL. LEFT BARREL. 



1 367 pellets. 1 404 pellets. 



2 344 pellets. 2 385 pellets. 



3 380 pellets. 3 305 pellets. 



Average 364 pellets. 



Average 365 pellets. 



TEST AT 60 YARDS. 

 Five Shots per Barrel from rest at fixed 30-inch Circle, 



RIGHT BARREL. 

 Pattern. Penetration, 3 pellets. 



1. 126 pellets. 



2. 150 pellets. 



3. 146 pellets. 



4. 109 pellets. 



5. 179 pellets. 



10 sheets. 

 . . sheets. 

 9 sheets. 

 9 sheets. 

 7 sheets. 



LEFT BARREL. 

 Pattern. Penetration, 3 pellets, 



1. 172 pellets. 



2. 205 pellets. 



3. 197 pellets. 



4. 171 pellets. 



5. 159 pellets. 



8 sheets. 

 7 sheets. 

 12 sheets. 



7 sheels. 



8 sheets. 



Av. 142 pellets. 9 sheets. Av. 181 pellets. 8 sheets. 



PARKER HAMMERLESS, 12-GAUGE, LEFT BARREL, 404 PELLETS. 



Three shots at 4-foot square; 80-inch Circle selected from 

 best pattern. 



RIGHT BARREL. LEFT BARREL. 



1 189 pellets. 1 162 pellets. 



2 171 pellets. 2 183 pellets. 



3 93 pellets. 3. ..... 184 pellets. 



Average 151 pellets. 



Average 176 pellets. 



Smoking Fireplaces. — Gardiner, Me., May 25. — One 

 trouble with "Keouk's" fireplace maybe that he does not 

 give it time to get thoroughly hot. My experience has 

 been that when fireplaces are left for a long time with- 

 out use, especially if on the shore of a lake or pond where 

 there is much dampness, the best of them will smoke 

 until they get warmed up. I would advise him to give 

 his a good hot fire as an experiment before tearing this 

 one down. At the same time, I inclose a photograph 

 of the cottage containing this fireplace, and where the 

 Forest and Stream is often read. It is owned by a party 

 of four and was built on the shores of Cobbossee Contu 

 Lake. The lake is full of black bass; last year the fishing- 

 was not up to the average, but we look for better results 

 this season, as they are now taking the fly readily, fully 

 three weeks earlier than I have ever known them to be* 

 fore.— W. B. N. 



Dayton, O., June 1. — This is the first day of the open 

 season for squirrel, and the woods are full of them, but 

 the weather is so cold that the hunters met with only in- 

 different success. Captain L. K. Stroup is here to-day 

 from Anglaize county and says that there will be great 

 squirrel shooting this season. 



