FOREST AND STREAM. 
1 will 
are on 
goes. Not having the pleasure of hunting large ©uie, 
step back into the shade and say to * Viator. y d 
Tow. 
part when backed by a good charge of powder. 
Tract of Express Bullet In Block of Pino Wood-Penetration, ll* Ins. 
The Express rifle, with which I made the shots int0 . th ® 
and snow-drift, is a combined arm which I ordered . mtgdi ng 
to take a trip through the West, similar to the tnp ' token _bJ 
the editor of the Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun, 
only on a smaller scale. The arm is of Aw: f j^ ow “£ eig Jg 
and dimensions: Double rifle ; weight, 10 
calibre • 38-inch Damascus barrels ; charge, 110 grains Curtis 
& H^rv’ev powder No. 0; weight of bullet. 350 grains. One 
it o? sghtsTs ^ used for both barrels, and I can see no differ- 
ence in their shooting at long or short distances with i no 
moving of sights except the elevation necessary for tte dis 
tance you wish to shoot. Remove the rifle barrels and put 
“o the same stock a pair ot 2S-in„ U-«*W 
barrels, and you have a shot-gun weighing 7 lbs., liozs 
■which ought to please any gentleman that has an eye for a 
gun ; all packs into a box fitted to receive each put and tool 
necessary for the care of the gun and ammunition. The dis- 
Jance from the block was fifty feet; distance when the 
bullets were shot into the snow, 40 yards. I sent you the 
block with the bullet in it that you might see that it was an 
Express bullet, as some might doubt my statement. 
Yours, etc., . A. w. juann. 
[Our correspondent’s communication will be found quite in- 
teresting, especially as it indorses the views of many of our 
friends. The principles of the Express rifle and the plan of 
the projectile have been already fully discussed in our col- 
umns. The only questionable point of difference we find 
with those who speak of the merits of the Express rifle is in 
regard to its having a' flatter trajectory than any other rifle. 
We are inclined to think that the back sights have an extra 
elevntion. As to the force, penetration and destructive quali- 
ties of the bullet, there can be no possible doubts. 
STRAIGHTENING OUT A GREAT DEAL 
OF CROOKEDNESS. 
seen Dr Carver slioot a match with a rifle. There “ no 
m allt Ms snooting. He can bH . »£ 
almost every lime when it is thrown ■" ^ ™ 
point twenty teet distant. Tl.o lime, .-eluding all stop 
pages, was three hours aud three minutes. 
Some Questions to^u™J. Rmc^ai^ ^ 
us more about the Express > {j„u falls from the 
powder is used in the 
spoil all accuracy of succeeding shots if not cleaned from^ho 
barrel every time. 
Weekly shoot, Feb. 22 ; same conditions. 
J 6 4 5 4 
G See * a I 
O ■• ■ ■ ■ * l 
3^ STSth the'greatest enthusiasm and 
ecUit • all of our Slitary and rifle clubs were out on pa^e.and 
* G T °'i H Sra"y W otteV r afe 
rs£==| ii 
metto uuarus, o company was represented by a * « «-.*»• r> 6 4 
s?uad g o« rtwjjve men.' The ^u^ch^^LieutA Ad^ 
m » h isfof e^ciS’ finished by the 
cellence which invariably elicits applause, and that there waB 
the usual crush of crinoline and aggregation of grace and 
beauty which attend these popular assemblies, wo have ex- 
pressed ourselves as fully and truthfully as the case admits of. 
There are to be two more Bocials this spring. 
Yoreville Rifle Club, Feb. 16. -the following scores 
were made at the sixth competition for the champion badge 
at lOO yards, at Washington Park, on Washington s Birthday, 
Feb. 22, 1878 : 44346445444668 8—01 
J K Grohman ‘'5 3 684544 4 44484 4—00 
Otto 4 5434 4 44348444 3-67 
W W Dodge ‘1 435484 6-65 
G See 4 4 0 2 8 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 6 4—61 
J J Reilly 8—48 
A S Browu ° w 
JR Smith . . 
At the gallery, 1,581 Third avenue ; competition for the 
F rst AND Rod and gun team 100 feet, .22 
cal rifle, Oreedmoor target reduced, etc. ; 1 cb. . 
546666566 
j R Qrobman proteBte' 1 not decided. 
Otto 4 , t 4 5 3 5 4 8 4 
JR Smith -f 2 3 8 8 6 0 4 3 
A Smart 
6—4 
6—13 
6—43 
4—40 
4—33 
RKOOTL AND UPSET OF BULLETS. 
Dubun, Feb. 9, 1878. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
Some of your correspondents are much astray on these 
points. I will give Mr. Ferris, “ Venator ” and Mr. Knapp 
the following nuts to crack : 
Why does a rifle bullet not leave the barrel in the same 
direction the axis of bore had when the trigger was pulled? 
That it does not is easily proved, and the true answer is, 
Because the barrel is displaced by the motion called re- 
coil ” before the bullet escapes from the muzzle. 
Why does a double-barrelled rifle, in which the barrels 
are put together with bores exactly parallel, not shoot its 
bullets in parallel lines? Ans.— Because the recoil moves 
each barrel before the bullet escapes from the muzzle, and, 
moreover, moves them into diverging lines, owing to the re- 
sistance of inertia and of the shoulder not acting in a 
line with either, but being directed- to a point midway De- 
tW Mr D Ferris is right about upset of bullets, which takes 
place at the breech, and is almost wholly due to the resist- 
ance which the inertia of the bullet opposes to the impact of 
the explosion. , , .. . 
"Venator” is wrong about muzzle-loading long-range 
rifles Their best performance is not attained with a tigbt 
bullet started into the grooves, but with one which slips 
down easily and is just sufficiently upset to follow the rifling 
when the chargo is fired. John Rigby. 
DR. CARVER’S 
WONDERFUL 
ING. 
In response to certain inquiries put by us to Dr. W. F. 
Carvei , the famous California shot, he has sent us the fol- 
lowing reply. We have to thank Dr. Carver for a half 
dollar and a' five-cent piece, shot through and through by a 
rifle ball as evidences of his skill. Silver will be more 
plentiful than ever after the passage of the Bland silver bill, 
and we may in the future expect many Buch favors, we sup- 
pose : 
Ban Fbanoibco, Cal., Feb. 19, 1878. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
Tbe last match 1 shot was In San Jose. I shot with a Winchester 
repeating rifle, calibre 44-100, model ol 1878. Tne match was to break 
225 glass balls out of 300. I broke 233 out of 281 shots, haring nine- 
teen balls to spare. The balls were thrown from twenty to fllty feet 
high, tne pitcher standing fifteen yards distant. 
"At my match In Oakland I shot with a Ballard rifle ; calibre, 22-100; 
weight, «« lbs; tho balls thrown at eight yards distance, the pitcher 
throwing them from flfteen to fifty feet high. I broke 237 out of 300. 
1 shoot with three guns of different manufacture. I can do the aamo 
shooting with any kind of a rifle, from a Hawkin'* muzzle-loader to a 
Creedmoor target rifle; the rifle d es not make any difference. I 
have made a match to shoot on tbe 22d of this month for five hundred 
dollars, to break 760 balls oat of 1,000, 1 to shoot any distance I choose. 
I leave here for the Bast on the 18th of April next. Inclosed I send 
yon a flve-cent piece and a half-dollar, which were thrown In the air 
sod shot with a Ballard, .22 cal. The flve-ceut piece Is the only one I 
ever found. They are bo light that the bullet drives them a long dis- 
tance. WM. F. C ARV15B, 
We are just in receipt of a letter from our special corres- 
pondent in San Francisco, who writes us : I have just 
^dire^^ach of^he* 1 three 8 j udges* mad^is^dWi^al estU 
'mate of fhe mLk due each' movement the Ugliest being 
three, and the descent being by tenths down W °^ nt J: 
The drilling was not up to what was expected, but the four 
}qua£ well so evenly matched that it made the contesUn- 
tenselv exciting. At the conclusion of the drill, the uiree 
gotnery Gruards, 11* 7-iu. 
Bmu-moTo* (Vi.) Rifl* CLtp.-Tke Mojtal officers 
have been elected for the ensuing year . President, w. vv. 
He^ Vice President, Chas. P. frrissell ; Secretary, A. B. 
Witherell Treasurer, M. E. Montgomery. Board of Di- 
rectors-Gen J. L. Barstow, M. L. Kelsey, H G. Board- 
n Wilkinson W. E. Whitney, A. B. Witherell, D. 
Sues' Vnge Committee-M. L. Kelsey, E. F. Downer, 
j “ T. Beach.’ The club are shooting long-range matches 
on the ice this winter. 
Amateur Rifle Club.— At a meeting of this leading 
c, upheld on Saturday, plans for the matches m which the 
members were to be engaged were discussed. Mr. A. 
Alford member of the Executive Committee, °S ere ^ ■ a 
4150 rifle as“ prize to be shot for at 1,000, 1,100 and 1,200. 
The reason for including the additional 100 and 200 yards 
is either to get an increased range at Creedmoor, or to have 
fhe New Jersey Rifle Association to form their new rang* 
to include such additional distances Some objections hav- 
ing been made to the 1,100 and 1,200-yard match a com- 
mittee was formed to prepare a plan for a senes of, short- 
range matches. 
New Creedmoor Rules.— At a meeting of the Directors of 
the N R A. held on the 20th, the regulations of former years 
governing matches were generally adopted .with .some addi- 
fions and modifications. In section 1, of article 8, Ammu- 
nition furnished by the State,” was eliminated. A new 
clause was inserted which reads as follows : Any competi- 
tor who shall fire in a name other than his own, or who shall 
fire twice for the same prize, unless permitted by the erudi- 
tions of the competition to do so ; or who shall be guilty of 
any conduct considered by the Board of Directors or the Ex- 
ecutive Committee os discreditable ; or who shall, in National 
Guard matches, use any other ammunition than that issued to 
him on the groiind, or in any way tamper with that so issued ; 
ot who shah be guilty of falsifying his score, or being acces- 
sory thereto shall, upon the occurrence being proved to the 
satisfaction of the Board of Directors or the Executive Com- 
mittee forfeit all his entrance fees -, be forever disqualified 
from competing at any time upon the range of the association, 
and shall not be entitled to have any prize won by him at the 
time of meeting awarded to him.” Instead of allowing rifle- 
men to " warn? up” their guns by firing indiscriminately into 
the ground, they will shoot into * blowing-off pits. Any 
person firing on the wrong target will be fined $1 or debarred 
from further competition, or both, in the discretion ofthe ex- 
SHOOT- ecutive officer. Any competitor who shall neglect to wear 
his badge conspicuously during any competition shall have his 
srore disallowed." The committee then rose, and the board 
adopted the rules as a whole. The Messrs. D. Appleton & 
Co have offered a copy ot their Encyclopedia for competition 
nt 20T) and 300 yards ; seven shots at each range ; open to all 
comers, the trophy to be allotted to the competitor winning it 
twice. Messrs. Tiffany & Co. sent a communication request- 
ing permission to exhibit the Centennial Trophy at the Pam 
Exposition. The communication was referred to the Ameri- 
can team. 
New York Sohuet/en Corps.— T he annual compliment- 
ary calico hop of the New York Schuetzen Corps TOhddat 
Germania Assembly Rooms on Tuesday evening, 26th inst., 
and was one of tbe most pleasant occasions that we have at- 
tended in many years. The large hall was handsomely dec- 
orated with flags and banners, and over the orchestra a line 
of gas jets in a semi-circle, bearing the words, N. Y. 
Schuetzen Corps,” and “ Capt. George Aery in large gold 
letters underneath, and from the balcony at the other end of 
the hall were suspended the large silk flag of the Schuetzen 
Corps, with the American and English flags on either side. 
The ball was opened with music by Wannemachers 8 full 
band, ushering the following corps and invited guests into 
the hall Reniocher Schutzenbund, Major Matt ; Deutscher 
Landwebr Verein, Capt. Wunder; Bohemian Schuetzen, 
Cant F J Wokal ; New York City Schuetzen Corps, Capt. 
John F. Gerdes ; after which there was a general promenade 
and dancing begun in earnest. 
TwENrv -T hird Regiment. — The Drill of the Left Wing 
and the supplementary IIop took place at the Armory in 
Brooklyn on Tuesday night. Dress parade and inspection by 
Col. Rodney C. Ward, commanding the regiment. When we 
say that the military movements were executed with that ex- 
4—45 
6-48 
6-43 
4—42 
4—42 
4—42 
4—42 
3— 89 
4— 33 
4— 88 
The following scores wore 
6—60 
6—49 
4-49 
6—48 
6-43 
6-43 
6—43 
J R Smith " « 
F McMorrow * ° 
JOHanft 4 i 
A Bmart 4 4 
W Next Tuesday'decides whether we will ent“A team m the 
Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun match , I think w 
will. 
Remarkable Scores.- to, Feb. 10, 1878 “Rifle shoot- 
ing match which took place atLane s Galleiy on Feb^lS, 
10 shots, possible 50 points 
made : 
E Early ? 5 
W T Lane ® 
CC McCulloch ° ’ 
C M Downs ” 
J Pierce 6 6 
These scores were made at 100 feet ; bull’s-eye, three- 
quarters of an indUn diameter. If any other seven men can 
beat this I would like to hear from them. 
Yours truly, 
Toledo Rifle TEAM.-The Toledo team are making 
preparations for the coming season. We understand that 
$10,000 will be expended toward fitting up a range. 
An Express Rifle.— M essrs. Schuyler, Hartley & Graham 
have just received an Express double rifle, mode by E. M. 
Reilly & Co., of London, of heavy calibre. The rifle has 
twist barrels, back-action locks, rebounding hammers, double 
grip, pistol grip, 12 bore, 26-lnch barrels, and weighs 11 lbs. 
The charge is 3$ drachms of Curtis & Harvey’s powder (No. 
4 grain) for a conical ball weighing 2 ozs., and 4 drachms for 
spherical ball weighing U oz. It is an arm which would 
soon master the tougheit grizzly. We suppose it is to be used 
for buffalo. This rifle was made to order for a gentleman in 
Brooklyn. 
W. T. Lane. 
SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. 
To our customers and the public : — In reply to the damag 
ing reports which have been circulated respecting the quality or 
our split bamboo rods, by “ dealers " who are unable to com- 
pete with us at our reduced prices, we have issued a circular 
which we shall be pleased to mail to any address, proving the 
falsity of their assertions. 
Conroy, Bissett & Malleson, 
Manufacturers, 65 Fulton Street, N. Y. 
@tmut and §nn. 
GAME IN SEASON IN MARCH. 
Hares, brown ana gray. 
Wild duck, geese, brant, eto. 
FOR FLORIDA. 
Deer, Wild Turkey, Woodcock, Quail, Snipe, Daolu and Wild Fowl. 
"Bay birds" generally, Including various species of plover, Band 
piper snipe, curlew, oyster-catciier, surf birds, plialaropes, avoecet- 
etc., coming under tho group Limuolo:, or Shore Birds. 
Retail Triors, Poultry and Game.— Game- Pinnated 
grouse, per pair, $1.70 ; canvas back ducks, $2.50 to $3 ; 
red head, $1.00 to $2 ; mallard ducks, $1 ; black do, 80 cts. ; 
widgeon do, 70 cts. ; broad bill do, 50 cts.; wild geoso, per 
piece, 75 cts. to $1 ; wild turkeys, per pound, 15 to 18 cts.; 
rabbits, per pair, 40 cts.; squirrels, 15 cts; hares, 80 to 50 
cts.; quail, per dozen, $3.50 to $4.00; wild pigeons, flights, 
$1.50 ; do stall fed, $2 ; Philadelphia squabs, $4. 
Poultry. — Philadelphia and Bucks County dry picked 
chickens, per pound, 15 to 20 cts.; do fowls, 14 to 15 cts ; do 
turkeys, 14 to 18 cts.; do ducks, 20 to 22 cts.; do geeso, 15 to 
18 cts.; State and Western chickens, 12 to 15 cts. ; do turkeys, 
12 to 15 cts.; do fowls, 10 to 18 cts. ; do ducks, 15 to 18 cts.; 
geese, 10 to 13 ct$; capons, 24 to 28 cts., slips, 22 to 24 cts.; 
spring chickens, per pair, $1.60. 
New York— Canton, St. Umrence Co., Feb. 18.— Hiram 
Hutchins, a well-known hunter and guide, living in the town 
of Canton, about a week since, killed, near Jock Pond, In tne 
township of Colton, a panther, measuring about 7 feet 0 1 inchei 
f»om tip to tip. Tho cat had, a day or two before, killed “ 
