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FOREST AND STREAM, 



lAVG. 18, 1893. 



New Jersey Rifle Shooting. 



ISpecialJv Revorted for Forest and Stream.'] 



MiLLBB RirijE Clttb, Hohoken, N. J., Wednesday eveniuo- 

 Aug. 10. at headquarters, 433 WashiDgton street. The scores of 

 to-night are appended below. The conditions were 10 shots, off- 

 hand, 35 ring target, possible 250: 



D Miller. .. S.'i 35 2^ 35 35 24 24 24 23 33-243 



O Schllcht. 35 25 35 35 25 35 34 33 33 33—242 



A Meyns 35 35 35 34 :H 33 23 ,33 23 31-235 



J H Kruse 35 35 35 34 34 2+ 3K 23 2J 20—334 



L Sohl 35 25 34 24 34 23 33 32 22 22— 2?4 



D Peters 25 25 35 34 23 23 23 23 33 20—233 



H r Meyer 35 25 21 24 23 S3 23 33 23 23—233 



F Brandt 35 25 34 34 24 24 32 31 20 20—239 



F Kloepping 25 34 33 23 23 23 32 22 32 22-329 



EL Vanderhayden 25 35 34 33 23 23 22 21 21 21—338 



C Carragher 35 24 23 33 33 33 23 23 31 20—223 



W Rogers 35 35 34 33 23 31 21 21 20 20—223 



Hoboken Rifl<^ Club, Hoboken, N. J., Capt. Wm. F. Dilger. 

 Monday, Aug. 15. To-night'a scores are given below: 



J H Kruse 25 34 24 24 34 33 33 22 31 30—339 



Capt Dilger 24 34 23 23 33 22 32 21 20 20—224 



Ohas D Pasch .25 24 24 24 23 31 21 21 20 19—333 



Aug. Dahl 25 25 25 23 23 20 20 20 18 18-216 



HWirth 35 25 24 23 33 20 20 18 18 17—313 



J Schneider 35 24 23 22 31 30 30 18 18 18—200 



The Palisade Rifle Olub of Jersey City Heights is just now 

 ■busily engaged in shooting for gold class medals every Thursday 

 evening. 



In regard to Messrs. C. E. Bird and A. Steuber of the Hudson 

 Rifle Club being termed a leam of "shooters" in Forest and 

 Stream a few weeks ago, it would not, perha,ps, surprise many 

 to know that a typographical error is the cause of the mistake. I 

 had it written for shouters. The gentleman named do not like 

 the idea of being ''boomed up" as a pair of sliooters bard to beat. 



St. Louis Sharpshooters. 



The St. Louis Club held their king shoot at Creve Cosur Lake, 

 Aug. 7, and there was a large attendance, all of the local clubs 

 being well represented, although it was one of the warmest days 

 of the year. Mr. A. McBean, formerly an active member of the 

 club, but for some time past a resident of Chicago, came down to 

 see the boys and incidentally captured first prize on the ring tar- 

 get. Come again, Mack. 



The event of the day, the king shoot, was won by Wm. Bauer, 

 •who was presented with the king medal and crowned king. Four- 

 teen more prizes were also distributed in the following order: 

 Second, L. Priester; third, G-. Roth; fourth, F. Knapp; fifth, L. 

 Sehweighoefer; sixth, J. Bardenheier; seventh, C.Miieller; eighth, 

 C, K. Dunkerlpv: ninth, C. Meisbach; tenth, Wm. Mackwitz; 

 eleventh, S. G. Dorman; twelfth, F. Lendi; thirteenth, G. Alexan- 

 der; fourteenth, A. Mende; fifteenth, J. Hof. 



Ring target, points; 



MoBean 66 Dorman 57 Stettner 54 



Dunkerley 62 Mueller .56 Meisbich .53 



Schneidewind 61 Priester 55 Beihmann 52 



Kaar 69 Morf. .55 Alexander 51 



Kurka.. 68 Steffen .55 Frank 49 



Wlget 58 Bauer 55 Baptie 48 



Sehweighoefer — 58 Rapp 55 



Man target, points: 



Kaar 91 Sehweighoefer 84 Knapp "6 



Bauer 94 Kurka 83 Erdman . ... ....75 



Dunkerley 87 Zimmerman H3 Schottlander 73 



Rapp 86 Mende 81 McBean 71 



Most 85 Alexander -81 Baptie 68 



Meisbach 85 Frank 80 Ste ffen 60 



Schneidewind 84 Bethman 77 



Point target, points: 



Dorman 358 Dunkerley 150 Rapp «7 



Schneidewind 2f5 Kaar 131 Kattseiper 71 



Bauer 353 Baptie 121 



._ NamroC, 



New York Revolver Shots. 



New Yohk, August 13.— At the regular Saturday afternoon 

 Bhoot of the New York Revolver and Pistol Olub, the following 

 scores were made at tlie 5B-yard range, Washington Park, 50 

 shots per man, 6 sighting shots: 



Geo. E, Jantzer 8 10 8 9 ]0 8 10 8 8 9—90 



10 97797978 10-83 

 8 10 8 m 8 8 8 10 10 9-89 



7 7 9 7 10 7 8 10 10 8-83 

 98 10 797777 P-80-435 



C. Bishop 9 9 6 7 6 10 6 9 6 8—76 



6 6 8 9 8 10 7 7 8 9-78 



8 10 10 9 8 7 7 10 10 10-89 

 776877 10 99 7-77 

 87 10 788988 8—81-401 



B.Walther 7666666 10 6 7—66 



7 8 10 6 6 8 10 10 9 7—81 

 888777777 8-74 

 578697888 8—74 

 66857957 7 10-71—366 



H. Oehl 7 9 9 7 9 8 9 7 7 10-82 



10 87887788 5-76 

 788978777 9-77 

 7 10 98 10 6886 7-79 

 10 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 7—77—391 

 Mr. Bishop used a Smith & Wesson. .38-44, the others 8. & W. .44 

 caliber.— F. Hecking, Seo'y. 



Iiischke Rifle Club. 



Jbrsey City, Aug. 13.— The Lischke Rifle Club had a grand 

 time at their last meeting, it being Capt, A. Lischke's fortieth 

 birthday, und the club's first birthday. The medals .were award- 

 ed to the best marksmen of the three classes as followp; first, A. 

 Lischke; second, R. Reicherz; third, O. Schulte. Very little 

 interest was shown the last month, the weather being so hot, but 

 we have started again and ordered three new medals for the next 

 six months. The score of Aug. 5 was as follows, of the 5 best 

 meuQ hers, 110ft., 25 ring target: 



A Lischke, Capt 25 25 35 34 23 23 33 33 31 21—333 



HDyroff 25 24 34 23 23 32 19 19 19 17-215 



O Schulte 25 23 23 31 30 20 30 20 19 19-308 



H Strater 35 24 23 22 22 31 20 18 17 16-208 



F Steidel 25 23 32 33 23 33 31 30 17 14-307 



O. Schulte. 



The Muzzle vs. Breech Contest. 



Stbaguse, N. Y., Aug. L— Editor FureM and Stream: Regarding 

 the contest between muzzle and breechloading rifles proposed 

 by our club and published by you June 10. we have received no 

 entries, but have received a letter from H. V. Perry of James- 

 town, N. Y„ inquiring as to entries and stating that there were 

 three or four in th«ir club using muzzleloadera who intend to 

 enter if any brpechloaders come to the front, but he states that 

 he has no "confidence or expectation" that the breechloaders 

 will "whack up." But if they do the Jamestown parties wUl 

 gladly send their money and meet them at the butts. 



F. A. M. Ball, Sec'y, Syracuse Rifle Club. 



Quebec Rifle Association. 



Montreal, Aug. 9.— The twenty-fourth annual meet of the 

 Province of Quebec Rifle Association opened at the Cote St. Lac 

 range this morning with fine weather, hut the afternoon brought 

 heavy showers. There was a good showing of the recent Bisley 

 team there and a good delegation from Ontario. 



Some of the best shooting of the day was done by the Ontario 

 men, and the chief event, the military competition for the 

 Houghton cup in skii-mishing and volley firing by scjuads of 

 various corps, was won by the Royal Greuadiers, of Toronto. In 

 the eKtra series, 50i)vds., Stafl'-Si^rgt, Simpson, of the 13th Rangers; 

 made a possible of 25. Lieut, T, Mitch ell, of the 13th, and Lieut. 

 A. Elliott, of the 13th, made 34 in tbe extra serlps. In the GOOyds. 

 Pvt. Smith, of the Royal Scots, made a possible 25. 



Aug. 10.— a sunny dawn and a violent thunderstorm later in 

 the da.y were the weather conditions to-day. The active militia 

 Ulfttpli was fired at 200 and 500 yards in very hob weather, but the 



opening squad m the Merchants match struck a black storm, 

 conapletely obscuring the targets. The council met and decided 

 that the entire match should be shot oyer on the next day 

 whereat there was much grumbling. 



The Ontario men again showed up well in the day's shooting, 

 taking many of the best prizes. 



In the active militia match, the Queen's Own, of Toronto, led 

 the teams with a score of 444, closely followed by the Royal 

 Grenadiers, with 441. If the Montreal Jubilee Challenge Cup 

 had not been confined to Montreal the Queen's Own would have 

 received it, as they headed the list in the team shooting. 

 .Li."^^... ^ 1"^*^^^''°^ °^ council of the association in the afternoon 

 the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi- 

 dent, Sir Donald Smith; Vice-Presidents. Lieut.-Colonel Mac 

 pherson, A.D.C., Lieut.-Colonel Brosseau, Major Jones, and Hon. 

 John Mcintosh. Council, Lieut.-Colonel Stark, Lieut.-Colonel 

 Martin, Major Bond, Major Sims, Major Busteed, and Captain 

 Spearing. 



Aug. iJ.— The Western marksmen again carried everything be- 

 fore them at to-day's meeting of the Province of Qeebec Rifle Ae- 

 sociation. They have already won all the principal events, and 

 to-day the Carslake trophy was added to their laurels. The cup 

 was won by the Royal Grenadiers' team witt a score of 630 points, 

 the Queen's Own Rifles' team following closely after with a score 

 of 6(3 points. The shooting to-day was carried on under great 

 disadvantages. The rain name down freely, making the ground 

 a swamp, and enveloping the butts in a thick mist. Despite the 

 weather some very good shooting was done. 



The following is the scoring in the Carslake trophy match: 

 Royal Grenadiei"S. 



'200yds. 400yds. 600vds. Total. 



'.)apt. Bruce 35 33 97 85 



Lieut. Pringle ]6 33 31 70 



Staff-Sergt. Dent 21 31 35 77 



Staff-Sergt. R, McVittie 35 32 35 83 



Stafl-Sergt. Brooks 31 28 30 79 



Col.-Sergt. Fowler 25 33 28 86 



28 33 32 83 



Pvt.Mc\ittie 17 31 20 68 



Totals 178 354 198 "eio 



„ 200yd8. lOOvds. 600yd9. Total. 



Queens Own Rifles ..188 338 301 827 



43d Battalion, Ottawa, first team 173 253 173 .598 



Sixth Fusiliers 193 234 1.57 584 



Royal Scots 167 217 160 547 



Victoria Rifles 171 237 1.56 564 



12tb York Battalion 189 338 126 553 



43 Battahon, Otta, second team 143 330 143 516 



Montreal Garrison Artillery, 7 men.. 145 316 140 .501 



Oapt. Bruce, the veteran captain of the winning team, has been 

 shooting on the Grenadiers team and acting as captain for the 

 past ten years. He has coached his men to many victories, but 

 teels prouder over winning the Carslake than any other of his 

 many successes. 



Statf-Sergt. McVittie may be said to be one of the most widely 

 known rifle shots in Canada. He shot for a great many years at 

 Wimbledon as a Scotchman; but when he came to Canada he de- 

 cided to oast in his lot with the Grens. and has never been sorrv 

 that he did. He has shot into the second stage of the Qusen's 

 eight times, which has only been beaten by one man. He has 

 been on every winning team which the Grenadiers have sent out 

 during the past four years. 



Hartford Rifle Club. 



Hartford, Conn., Aug. 15.— 1 inclose you scores made by the 

 Hartford Rifle Club at their opening shoot at Union Grove on 

 Saturday. The club shot last winter at 50yds. gallery, but this is 

 our first outdoor work as a club, although a number of our mem- 

 bers are old hands. We start in with several new men at rifle 

 shooting, but their crankiness is evident, and as all members are 

 of that description, it is hoped and expected that the club will be 

 successful, and our days long in the land. 



In our medal match the club offers a bronze medal for 30 scores 

 of 70 or better, a silver medal for 10 scores of 80 or better, and a 

 gold medal for 10 scores of 85 or more. 



We have also taken up pistol shooting at -SOyds. for the first 

 time in Hartford, and although our scores were low. owing to our 

 un familiarity with this weapon, it is believed that the future will 

 show rapid improvement. 



50 Shot and Medal Match. 



HMPoue 10 8 8 8 8 10 10 6 9 5—83 



,35-30-99 77. 6888877 8-74 



997986 10 10 9 9-86 

 788 10 87078 8-80 

 9 8 10 8 8 7 6 6 8 9 - 79 -401 



DSSeymom' 10 6 4 10 7 9 5 9 10 8-78 



,35.bO-99 7777 7 9877 8-74 



fi 8 10 6 10 10 8 5 10 10-83 

 8 6 7 6 5 8 9 8 8 4-69 

 688 10 10 8587 6-76-280 



FKRand 10 789869(58 3—74 



,33-40-165 77589 (5 766 6—67 



8788859 19 7 5-75 

 .78889 5 776 5-70 

 8 9 7 10 10 7 6 6 8 5-7,5-361 



FBCovel .5 97 5 68695 7-58 



.32-10-165 5 10 6 4 4 10 8 6 6 10-69 



885698867 9—74 

 8 77 5 54645 6-,^7 

 10 6676787 10 4-61-329 



W J Dunbar 448867658 5—71 



.33-40-165 764666987 5-64 



735666878 6-63 

 86747 10 543 7-61 

 7486689 5 5 10-68-316 



FSeaver.. 33-40 7 4 5 6 10 10 6 7 7 9-71 



J Edwards, .33-40 7 10 5 7 8 7 6 6 6 5-63 



T W Fahy 8 9 0 7 4 6 6 3 4 6-.54 



A H Tyler. ..33-20 ..9 5 7 6 0 0 4 4 4 0-39 



H Rand, .33-40 9 7 4 1 0 0 0 3 5 3-36 



50yd. Pistol IVTatch. 



Pope. 8 10 8 9 9 9 7 7 9 8-84 



Seymour 9 9 8 7 8 9 9 6 6 7—78 



Rand 6 10 7 9 6 8 10 6 7 8—77 



Fahy 8 6 5 4 5 9 3 6 10 8-65 



Dunbar 463036636 8—45 



Covei 080054033 5-23 



H. M. Pope, Secretary. 



Oakwood Rifle Tournament Prog'ramme. 



Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 9.— The Second Annual Oakwood Rifle 

 Tournampnt is to be held here Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 33 

 and 24. the committee of arrangements being composed of mem- 

 bers of the Dayton Sharpshooters' Snciety and Greenville Rifle 

 Club. Expcutive Committee: Gustav W. Sander, of Dayton; and 

 Dr. A. J. Marling and John Charles Hahne, of Greenville. Ashley 

 Brown, of Dayton, is the corresponding secretary. All programme 

 matches are at 200yd9., and tbe six regular matches each day are 

 for four money prizes, 35, 20, 15 and 10 per cent, of entrance money. 

 Telescopic sights are barred, and there is no restriction as to 

 trigger pull. Three shots in all matches. 



First Daj/.— First match off-band, shooting 9 A. M. to 12:.30P. M., 

 German J^in.-ring target, ISin. bullseye. 



Second match, 9 A. M. to 12:30 P. M.. muzzle rest, shooter stand- 

 ing, gun held to shoulder, German J^in.-ring target, 12in. white 

 bullseye. 



Third match, 9 A. M. to 12:80 P. M., bench rest, one white and 

 one black bullFeye. 



Fourth match, 1 to 6 P. M.. oflf-hand, German target. 



Fifth match, 1 to 6 P. M., muzzle rest, conditions same as match 

 No. 2. 



Sixth match, 1 to 6 P. M., bench rest, conditions same as in 

 match No. .3. 



Second Bay.— Six regular matches, two of them off-hand, two 

 muzzle rest and two bench rest, same as to time, conditions and 

 prizes as in the first day's programme, are to be shot on. second 

 day. 



Special matches A, B and C are to be contested through both 

 days, 9 A. M. to 6 P. M., for $150 in gold. 



Special match A, off-hand, German half-inch ring target, 13in. 

 bullseve. guaranteed purse S30 in gold; first prize $25, second |15, 

 third SIO. 



Special match B, muz/.le rest, position standing, gun at 

 shoulder, German lialf'-incli riug- target, 12in. white bullseye; 

 gold prizes same as in spe<-ial A. 



Special match O, beafh rest, same conditions as in sjiecial B. 

 except that one target has white and one a black bullseye; gold 

 prizes same as in special matches A and B. 



Ten dollars in gold for best tvvo off'-liaud tickets by same 

 shooter, one ticket to be shot first day and one on the second day. 



PUOKKYB. 



Rochester SchuetzengUde. 



_ Rochester. N, Y., Aug. 13.— The Rochester Scbuetzengilde fin- 

 ished its annual shoot at Rosen bauer's to-day. On account of the 

 unpleasant weather those from Syracuse and other places who 

 were expected to be present as guests did not come. The rain, 

 however, did not prevent the marksmen from carrying out their 

 programme as they had expected, for they shot from under a 

 tent. Shooting offhand in separate strings with a possible .50 in 

 each string. The highest scores made Thursday and to-day were 

 as follows: 



Hoehn 39, C. Harvey 44. F. Schwickert 44, Scbmitt 43, Cook 43, 

 Kercher 39, Halstrick 38, Zenner 40, Bernhard 40. 



Shooting with what ia known as a "peg rest" in strings as before 

 mentioned with a possible 60 in each the following scores were 

 made: Hoehn 51, Harvey .53, Bernhard 56, Scbmitt 53, Zenner 53, 

 Kercher 55, Wackerle 41, Neuhart .57, Halstrick 51, Perry 45, Cook 

 52. Schwikert 53, Dr. Habenstreit 45. 



The King badge was awarded to Thomas Henley, and he will be 

 entitled to wear it for the coming year. It was won by him hit- 

 ting the exact center of an Sin. dial at a distance of 175yds., 

 shooting with a "peg rest." 



Sept. 4 and 5 the Buffalo Scbuetzengilde vrill have a tournament 

 for which great preparations are already being made. It is ex- 

 pected that a large delegation will attend from the organization 

 here. 



A Revolver Challenge. 



In the Shooting Timcft of London, a weekly sporting paper, there 

 appeared the following on July 9, last: "M. Journu:the famous 

 French amateur pigeon shot offers to shoot a revolver match, 100 

 shots, for £500 against all comers" 



In the next number of the Shooting Times July 16, it says: "If 

 M. Journu, after Lhe Bisley meeting, is still open to carry out his 

 challenge one of our readers would accept it under the following 

 conditions: 



First. "Business" revolvers and ammunition, to be used (not 

 less than .44 bore and 13grs. of powder and conical bullets), and 

 not less than 41b3. trigger pull. 



Second. The target shall anpear and disappear at intervals of 

 three seconds, or the target shall be^in sight for twelve seconds for 

 each series of six shots. 



There bein? no answer from M. Journu, on July 30 the Slutoting 

 Times says: "Mr. Walter Winans authorizes us to state that it 

 was he who in the Shooting Times of July 16, offered to accept M. 

 Journu's challenge. A meeting between two such sportsmen 

 would be worth going a long journey to see." 



Here the matter rests at present. 



South London Revolver Scores. 



Now that Bisley is over, the attention of the crack revolver 

 shots of London is directed toward the Staines Range, wuere the 

 South London Rifle and Revolver Club holds its matches Tlio 

 revolver championship of this club, now held by Mr. Walter 

 Winans, is decided by the five best selectd scores made on sepa- 

 rate days, one score only on each day to count; tobe shotat SOvds. 

 with military ammunition, no restriction as to sigh ■ but 41b3. 

 trigger pull. 1 



To-day (Aug. 4) there were two revolver competitions in connec- 

 tion with th^* usual weekly shoot. The weather was very windy, 

 and .'^Ir. Walter Winans, who shot there for the first time, was 

 not able to make more than 40 at the stationary 20yds. target. 

 Tills, though winning flrst prize, is yet one point behind Major 

 Mackerrell's best score for the revolver championship of the club, 

 mnde earlier in the season. Mr. Winans also won flrst prize at 

 the disappearing target with 37. 



The top scores for the championship now stand to date, as fol- 

 lows: Mq jor Mackerrell 41, Walter Winans 40, T. W. Heath 37, C. 

 F. Lowo 36, 



Cincinnati Rifle Scores. 



Aug. 14.— The Cincinnati Rifle Associat'on held its regular 

 practice shoot at its range to-day and made the scores as ap- 

 panded. Conditions, 200yds., offhand, at the standard American 

 target. The scores: 



Gindele 84 Gindele 81 Gindele ....90 



Best 76 Best 72 Best 71 



*Weinheimer 66 *Weinheimer 68 *Weinheimer 61 



*WeIlinger 70 *Wellinger 66 *Wellineer 64 



Drube 76 Drube 75 Diube 71 



Payne 78 Payne 80 Payne SS 



Speth 77 Speth 74 Speth 71 



*Brumbach 67 *Brumbaoh 75 *Brumbach 61 



Topf 59 Topf 56 Topf 58 



"Military shooting. 



Garden City Rifle Team. 



The Garden City Rifle Team met for their weekly contest Tues- 

 day evening, at Burley & Erickson's shooting gallery, 146 South 

 Halstead street, Chicago. Conditions were: 25yds, 25 shots each,, 

 open sights, free off-hand position, Massachusetts paper target. 

 Possible 300 points; 



W J Gibbs 266 J C Martin 365 John Polites 256 



ASorenaen 265 Ed Pierce 259 FErickson 255 



After the regular shoot a sweepstake was shot for and won bv 

 Mr. J. C. Martin, making a score of 113 points out of possible 120. 



B. 



Dayton, O., Tournament. 



The second annual tournament of the Dayton Sharpshooters 

 will take place Aug. 23 and 24. Nine running matches have been 

 provided, with percentage prizes in several and $160 in gold 

 prizes besides. The conditions have been liberally drawn, with 

 off-hand, bench and muzzle-rest matches. 



No Notice Taken of Anouymona Oorrespondenta. 



H. M., Bridgeton, Me.— How can landlocked salmon be caught 

 in deep water in August? Ans. The same fish is taken in some 

 New Hampshire lakes by deep trolling with the smelt. The lat- 

 ter are caught with small hooks in considerable depths. 



R. .1, R., Lakeside, N. Y. — Please let me know if large-mouth 

 bass bite at night at troll or minnow? Ans. They feed at night 

 and under certain conditions may be caught in the ways you sug- 

 gest, but they do not take bait well until the sun is several hours 

 high. WTien tbe moon ia about JfuU they can be caught at night 

 with Brtifioial flies. 



R. M., Wis.— 1. What size grain of Dupont'a Eagle ducking pow- 

 der do you consider best for use in a 13-guage gun where very 

 close, strong shooting is required, as in duck shooting? 3. Will a 

 coarse-grained nowder give better penetration than a flue grain? 

 I have seen conflicting statements as to which is best. Will you 

 please state about the maximum size attained by the wild goats 

 found in the Rocky Mountains? Ans. 1. Use No. 3 grain. 3. For 

 duck shooting the coarser grain is preferable, being less subject 

 to dampness, and while slower, puts less strain on the gun. 



A. S. S., Bllisburg, N. Y.— All of our county papers in publish- 

 ing the game laws wind up by saying that it is no longer a misde- 

 meanor to trespass on private parks; all that the owner can do is 

 to sue for damages. Is this correct? Ans. The section prescrib- 

 ing penalties for trespass reads: Sec. 317. Violations of the pro- 

 visions of this article subject the person violating to exemplary 

 damages in an amount not more than $25 for each violation, in 

 addition to the actual damages sustained by the owner or lessee. 

 An attempt to violate the provisions of this article shall be 

 deemed a violation thereof. 



G. D. L., South Boston.— Will you be so kind as to tell me in your 

 Answers to Correspondents the cause of rceasional wild shots in 

 a shotgun? Barrels well choked, and it maiies a fine pattern of 

 from 200 to 820 pellets in a 30-inch circle at lOyds., with IJ^oz. No. 

 8 shot. But at frequent intervals it makes a very wild shot, 

 sometimes not more than 35 or 30 pellets going into the tirgat. I 

 load the shells with the greatest of care, preci.sely alike, and with 

 the same amount of crimp on the shells. Will you please tell me 

 the cause of these wild shots, and can they be prevented? Ans. 

 It is probably due to the bunching of the shot if the holding is 

 correct. The whole batch goes oft' at a wide angle upon leaving 

 the muzzle. A defect in wadding will also permit, the gas to get 

 into the shot, and then the .scattering is so great as to produce 

 the poor pattern. 



