CHAPTER HI 
Experiments with large shot — The comparative velocities of small and large 
shot in relation to a forward allowance for game — The boring of guns in 
regard to killing high pheasants — On hearing the shot strike the game — 
The distortion of shot-pellets. 
Series IV 
Experiments with large shot, relative to shooting high pheasants. 
Sixe of shot. Load of shot. Horizontal. Perpendicular. Variatioa. 
No. 3 ij oz 117 102 15 
„ 3 lyV no 96 14 
„ 4 ij oz 138 120 18 
„ 4 oz 133 118 14 
I. Average patterns in selected 30-in. circles at 40 yds. on targets 
7 ft. by 7 ft. Ten shots fired with each load. Gun : full-choke, bored 
for No. 4 shot. 
Size of shot. Load of shot. Horizontal. Perpendicular. Variation. 
No. 3 li oz 76 68 8 
„ 3 ItV oz 72 65 7 
„ 4 ij oz 91 82 9 
„ 4 ^iV oz 87 80 7 
II. Average patterns in selected 30-in. circles at 40 yds. on 7 ft. by 
7 ft. targets. Only six shots fired with each load as, from a game- 
shooting standard, it was evidently a waste of time and ammunition to 
complete this section of Series IV. Gun : modified-choke, bored for 
No. 4 shot. 
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