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Du Pont Smokeless Powder 
IMPROVES WITH AGE. 
In the Hill Top Handicap, Austerlitz, Ky., Messrs. Fred Gilbert, from 32 yards, 
and R. S. Rhoads, from 30 yards, at fast birds, in a thirty-three yard boundary, 
each scored 46 out of 50 live birds. In the shoot-off Gilbert scored 9, Rhoads 8. 
They both used shells that had been machine loaded in 1897 with DU PONT 
SMOKELESS. After being loaded five years, the Du Pont Smokeless won the 
Handicap and first money in competition with experts and fresh loads of various brands. 
E. 1. DU PONT DE NEMOURS& CO., 
WILMINGTON, DEL. 
LEFEVER 
DURSTON 
SPECIAL. 
ARMS COMPANY'S NEW 
Medium Priced Gun. 
With or Without Shell Ejector. 
List Price, 
$39.00. 
I Willi Ejector, 
1 $52.00. 
Our "Durston Special" is offered to meet the popular demand for a Lefever gun atfa medium 
price. This gun is in every respect high grade and in mechanism uniform with'the higher 
priced guns of our manufacture. The barrels are Dura-Nitro Steel (black), built only" for us for 
use in this gun, embodying all the essentials of strength and durability; heavy at the breech 
which we guarantee against nitro powder. Like all other Lefever guns this gun will not shoot 
loose. 28, 30 and 32-inch barrels, 12-gauge only, bored for trap, field and brush shooting 
I i50 Cents Buys Our 
Ideal Gun Cleaner. 
The most durable and effective Brass Wire 
Gun Cleaner ever made. 
LEFEVER ARMS COMPANY, 
SYRACUSE. N. Y. 
MY TRAP SCORES 
WILL ENABLE YOU TO 
Preserve Your Scores. 
A POCKET . score book containing 50 pages of score sheets and the Interstate Associatioii 
rales for target anu 've bird shooting, and for shooting under the Sergeant system. The cover 
bears the title " My "rap Scores," and the pages, in number and form, are arranged to make 
a complete record of the shooter's doings at the traps. The pages are mled to make a record 
of the plade, date, weather conditions, number of traps, nnmber of shooters, gan and load nsed, 
events, etc. The score sheets are rated for 25 targets. Bound in leather. Price 50c. postpaid! 
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PERFECTION 
AT LAST! 
to the 
OLD "RELIABLE" 
has fallen he honor of making the FIRST and ONLY 
PERFECT, score which has ever been made in an all 
day tournament. 
At Spirit Lake, la., Aug. 6th, 1902. 
Events 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20-200 
Score 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20—200 
The above score was made by 
Mr. Fred. Gilbert with a Parker Gun. 
"'"."."Alcue PARKER BROS., Meriden, Conn. 
New York Salesroom, 32 Warren St. 
H QUICK- RELI ABtt. . 
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RAWLINGS SPTG, GOODS CO..St.Louis,Mo. 
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WOOD, VALLANCE & CO., Hamilton, Ont. 
GUS HABICH, Indianapolis, Ind. 
FRED SCHROEDER, 
90 William Street, New York 
LUGER 
AUTOMATIC 
PISTOL 
Capable of shooting ii6 shots per minute. The best combined 
Pistol and Carbine in the world for hunting, defense and target 
shooting. ' 
PRICE, $25.00. 
Send 5c. for Specialty Catalogue. Also list of odd and second hand guns. 
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302 & 304 Broadway, New York. 
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