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low this rule very nearly. They weigh 
on an average 6^ lb. and the charge 
commonly fired is oz. to 1 oz. 
Such a gun handles very nicely and is 
not too heavy for the quicker movements 
required in game shooting, nor too heavy 
to carry around; but a hunter who took 
a 7% gun out after quail would find him- 
self as much handicapped as if he used 
a 6^ lb. gun in a trap match, and the 
two features, weight and lightness in the 
same gun, cannot be reconciled. 
Penetration is a function of the veloc- 
ity, weight and diameter of the shot pel- 
let on the one hand and the resistance 
of the object on the other. Except in 
so far as the gun is the engine in which 
the velocity of the pellet is developed 
it has nothing to do with the penetration. 
Velocity is much more a function of the 
cartridge, and long experience has de- 
monstrated that its useful limits are 
reached at 1,050 f. s. over a range 
of 20 yards, which is equivalent to about 
1,250 f. s. at the muzzle. When this 
velocity is exceeded patterns suffer in 
uniformity and more dispersion takes 
place. It is a curious coincidence that 
this was also about the maximum useful 
velocity of black powder rifles firing- 
naked lead bullets. Higher velocity im- 
plies more pressure, and more pressure 
distorts the pellets in the shotgun and 
the bullet in the rifle. 
There is not a shooter but indulges the 
hope of improving his shooting by some 
change in his gun or modification of its 
charges, but this has been a field of re- 
search by all shooters for all time with- 
out very material result. De.spite the 
perfection to which cartridge loading has 
been developed, it is still noticeable that 
at least one pattern in ten and more 
often one in five will include many less 
pellets and be wild and irregular in 
shape. To ascertain and remedy the 
cause of this offers a useful and promis- 
ing field of investigation. Another would 
be to save the 10 per cent, of pellets 
that never reach a pattern plate at 40 
yards, however large, at all. 
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