September, 1922 
The pattern with the finer shot may 
also be patchier even though the surface 
of the 30-inch circle is well covered. 
Penetration at the longer ranges is lack- 
ing, even though velocity figures do not 
seem to give as great an apparent dif- 
ference as practical penetration tests 
would prove. 
Pattern, velocity, and penetration all 
considered, 8’s or 9’s would be favored 
for the second shot and the close-shoot- 
ing guns, lO’s for the open-bored barrels 
and the close-in shots on easy chances. 
THE SHACKBOAT 
(Continued from page 408) 
advantage. For the after end cut a piece 
four feet wide and six feet long, fasten- 
ing one end to the top frame with but- 
tons. This can be used as a curtain or 
can be propped out to make an awning- 
over the cockpit, giving a cabin over 
practically the entire boat. 
With this rig there is as much head- 
room in one place as another. One can 
go through it to the forward deck and 
the boat can be run with cabin set or 
collapsed as desired. To collapse let the 
forward end down first then crawl out 
and let down the after end. About four 
hooks should be used to secure the top 
in the down position. 
You will note that the centerline of 
the frame is a board inches thick and 
ten inches wide. This is to provide a 
running board to get forward with the 
top down and must be supported at the 
after end and in the middle when in 
usable position. 
It is not advisable to attempt to sleep 
on the floor especially as a more com- 
fortable bed can be made with little 
trouble and expense. All that is needed 
is a piece of eight or ten ounce canvas, 
six or seven feet long, depending on 
your own length and five feet wide. 
Also three pieces of in. pipe 7 ft. 9 in. 
long. If the frames at the after end of 
the deck have been made extra wide, as 
shown, bore a hole in each big enough 
to let the pipe slip in. Fit chocks on 
the thwart as far apart as possible for 
the other ends of the pipe. Then eut 
and hem the canvas so that when the 
pipes are run through the hems and 
fitted in place the canvas will be pretty 
tight. The third piece of pipe is to go 
down the middle to make two beds out 
of the arrangment. This makes a bed 
just as comfortable as any folding cot 
on the market and, like the folding cot, 
for perfect comfort it should have a 
thin mattress added. 
In the daytime, bed, mattress and 
blankets are rolled up together and 
stowed down one side of the boat where 
they can be used as a seat ur even a 
couch if you want one. More than half 
the width of the boat is left in -vyhich 
to carry on the day’s work. 
The ship’s equipment, aside from the 
motor, will consist of a pair of oars and 
oarlocks, a ten-pound anchor, seventy 
feet of 7/16 in. line made fast to the 
bow and fifty feet for the stern or 
(Continued on page 432) 
T he pride of craftsman- 
ship that distinguished 
those who worked with Daniel 
Baird Wesson in 1853 to pro- 
duce Superior Revolvers, has 
become a tradition jealously 
guarded and maintained by 
those who now work with 
his direct descendants. 
Smith .^Wesson 
iJhtanufacturers of Superior ‘Tievolvers 
SPRINGFIELD 
MASSACHUSETTS 
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& Wesson Arms unless 
they bear plainly marked 
on the barrel, the name 
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SPRINGFIELD. MASS. 
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