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logical moment for producing it. But 1 
failed to be impressed. I 
"Sarah,” I said, “are you, sure it’s not 
your eyeball? Your eyes of late have 
had a mighty leaden look.” 
The poor old hag protested that I had , 
shot her with that minie ball ; so there 
the matter rests. However, I think my 
potatoes will rest, too, for a while. 
{To be continued) ; 
REDUCED LOADS FOR 
SHORT RANGES 
(Continued from page 73) 
upon a solid block of wood it will ex- j 
pedite the driving of the shell into the 
die. Driving the shell in and out of the I 
die will reduce it to a size that will en- 
able it to enter the chamber of any arm i 
freely. Loaded cartridges must not be 
resized in this manner and no success 
can be obtained in resizing shells that 
are bent, annealed or corroded. 
Alloy bullets should never be fired in 
a barrel following the shooting of high ' 
velocity ammunition, without first clean- [ 
ing out the barrel, as the residue of the 
heavy load may cause leading of the 
barrel. However, it is not necessary to 
clean out the barrel after using short 
range loads before shooting high velocity 
cartridges. All alloy bullets should have 
the grooves well filled with a good lub- « 
ricant. A very good lubricant for bul- i 
lets can be made from beeswax softened i 
with cylinder oil, or pure vaseline hard- 
ened with paraffine. In either case the j 
materials that go into the making of the i 
lubricant must be perfectly pure and free ■ 
from acids of any nature. A contrivance 1 
for packing the lubricant into the ' 
grooves of the bullets should be pur- ' 
chased or made by the shooter himself. 
Such an article can be made by cutting 
off the base of a cartridge shell having 
the same diameter at the mouth as the ; 
bullet used, and after filling the grooves ! 
with the lubricant, they should be forced, 
point foremost, up through the shell. Be 
sure there is no lubricant left on the base 
of the bullet to come in contact with ■ 
the ‘powder and deteriorate the powder 
charge in the loaded shell. i 
The writer has had considerable ex- j 
perience in using short range loads in 
high-power rifles for shooting small 
game and has found them more satis- 
factory than a 32-20 or 25-20 rifle which 
are often used for such shooting. My 
favorite rifle is a 303 and I have never i 
had any trouble with the short range s 
loads working through the magazine or ;| 
sticking in the chamber of the rifle bar- ! 
rel, and I never go to the trouble of re- j 
sizing the empty shells. With a supply |; 
of short range loads and a few high 
velocity loads, one is well prepared for t 
any game that may be seen during a j 
day’s hunt. 
A FEW words about the choice of a I 
bullet would not be out of place in 
this article. Choose a bullet that is well . 
balanced and combines appearance with , ! 
other desirable qualities. There are a 
lot of queer-looking freaks among the j 
various styles of bullets as well as every- , ! 
thing else on the market. A sportsman ' 
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