May, 1922 
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For rabbit shooting, using the ordinary 
Leader shell the gun gave good results. 
The duck season being short here, owing 
to the early frosts and snow, the gun was 
sent to Captain C. A. Askins, Ames, 
Oklahoma, to try against his Super 
twelve made by the Fox people. 
My own results lead me to believe that 
it has a killing range on ducks at sixty 
yards, using number five, four, six or two 
shot, and I think this range can be 
stretched ten to fifteen yards after care- 
ful study of different wadding, powder, 
shot and loads. 
For killing ducks in flocks, using heavy 
shot I believe that eighty yards will be 
reached without difficulty, but it must be 
remembered that extra practice will be 
needed in handling the gun so as to be- 
come familiar with loading and elevation. 
Considering the weight of the gun, the 
recoil for the heavy loads is not severe. 
The gun handles all sizes of shells well 
and gives better patterns with large shot. 
If used on blind shooting it might be 
made a little heavier, say nine and one- 
half pounds. I would recommend that 
the rib be elevated, or at least be made 
level. I would also have the beaver tail 
forearm. The gun does not look any dif- 
ferent from the ordinary American-made 
gun. Karl W. Smith, Wisconsin. 
'~nHE results of Mr. Askins’ testing 
•* trials zvitli the Lezvis’ Magnum and a 
special Fox gun have been reported by 
him as follozxs ; 
The Lezvis’ Magnum 
Super X Shell. No. 6 
Shot. 
1>4 Oz. 
40 
yards 
30 in. pattern 
216 
79.4% 
50 
199 
73 % 
60 
(( ii ii 
160 
58.7% 
70 
u 
ii ii ii 
98 
36 % 
The Special 
Fox 
1J4 Os. 
89.7% 
72.8% 
56 % 
47.8% 
Super X Shell. No. 6 Shot. 
40 yards 30 in. pattern 244 
50 “ “ “ 198 
60 “ “ “ “ 153 
70 “ “ “ “ 120 
At 41) and 70 yards the Fox shozvs a 
higher pattern percentage. At 50 and 60 
yards the Lezvis’ Magnum produced bet- 
ter results. 
The Super X cartridges used for these 
trials are comparatively nezv and the 
pozu’der also is a recent product of the 
DuPont Co. It is a nitro cellulose flake 
that comes zvithin what is termed the pro- 
gressive slozu burning class; that is, it 
does not, like fast burning pozvder, de- 
velop all of its energy zvithin the first ten 
inches of the barrel, zvith corresponding 
high breech pressure, but burns more 
slozvly, arriving at its peak about the 
middle of a 30-inch barrel and continues 
for nearly the entire length of the tube. 
The results are lozver breech pressures, 
a longer pressure curve and a higher 
muzzle velocity. Naturally, heavier 
charges can be used without discomfort 
or danger. It is apparent that the com- 
bined efforts of modern gun-makers, 
powder manufacturers and shell loaders 
have resulted in a very considerable en- 
largement of the effective range of the 
shot gun. This will be particidarly ap- 
preciated by duck shooters, as, thanks to 
the migratory bird lazv, zvild fozvl are 
increasing rapidly . — [ Editors. ] 
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