SL C r qn, S t0 a ,he H°° y “, rd “!*«= ljth-in. 
SSS&T 4 * d^»«,«£^rng“ 
stream. 
position. 3. O^fta i com 7 0f N -, R ' A ' : any rlfl0: ■*M«Og 
to members of n G hnv ?*£’ ,or 8IU "-' U P rtzes i ab y r «e. a. Opeu 
all comers; Reming'iou muL K ?™ iu gwaataie model rifle. 4. open to 
V : Heoiiiiit,,,, XT, , 0 “ lltar > rlllo. 5. Open to marksmen N. G. S N 
(in-t r-neclun 'n**™ r,Ue - tt - All-ooiuoru matce ; any military rifle 
Ope. to teams ort, kneeilogpos.iio.:; an, carbine o. 
12 8 0 £n r ^u ni ' DorfWon— 11. ?peu to N. it. a. members; any rifle 
1 *. O^cu to an cuuiera for stated p lzes: any rule- no re Airii.' , a ' 
or N. R. A. for 
bern N. 
Inn ton military rifle. 
LONG-RANGE 
TARGET RIFLES 
hunting purposes. 
„ _ St. Lodis, Mo., Jan. 26, 1878 
Editor Pobkst and Stream : 
I have taken an especial interest in the discussion now going 
n in the English and American shooting papers, as to the rel- 
ative merits of the American long-range breech-loader and the 
English long-range muzzle-loader. It is in this connection I 
won d submu a few thoughts based upon my own experience 
with the American arm. 
5.^sa-“irffl isss-fls? * « 
would make the world believe.- lwiid n ! ° rd and Pee - 
tr'SZ! 
™ iSSss r; c f Sf ss 
had bceu flredatw often ^ “ d ?J? enever one baad of «5ne 
the gun was ^S^£JSSS‘ 9, -i? ad ^ Was le ““ 
from the willow thicket, wd cSriJd*- — -“ nins rod > 1 
““ M,<s American arm. I recollect killia V” » i \T carnefI ,n my holt. 
It does seem to me that the mere discussion of the relative !"?, 6 ? d ei * bi ° ff « af,er 
entA nFlhalnmn. _ . . nuu vc 1)11 Is fli ion nr . -.1 ...... b . "HUOUl Wining, imrt than f 
game 
rc, 
cut 
hav- 
loadinr.aXifle QrCat *"“* ** *"* mU “ k " the? wereeSlJ Sr^A 
Pnneerto .1 - 0rl .fe DU dl * ne '> 8 IOUS by puttiUM M,»„, V g !'. 1 ba .° k . 
;rne.^ropt sm r;:i 
luiuo^^it 
Wi 
rr“?r^lvrr ; *“' = 
■A5SfcT$.i*A op* i» ««»««, »««. 
wmmmm 
rifle 0 u N itnJ!! i ! itarv , Posi ton--**- Au comers match; any military 
1^1^13=13 
matches entries ureiimued to 'si/. Uuy po9,tion - lu the 60S yard | J|'Oroughiy inspected under a full glare of h>l.t 
Concede, for the sake of argument, that their gun is all 
and much more, that they claim; that its accuracy as a target- 
nOe is much greater than the American arm possesses, what 
Government would now entertain the idea of arming its 
soldiers with such an obsolete weapon, when any of the up- 
proved rapid ly.flring breech-loaders of the present day can be 
" o r,M , ," at hU “ ter ’ “ p,,r!,,it or »>“'• cottar “X 
Si f ! or s y bear ’ would be bothercd wdb * 
muzzle-loader, however fine, when any of the approved breech 
loaders could be had ? What Englishman, when in p 
X? d T° US ; ^ ‘ rU8t himself with their finest. 
5™ * Tbeid ea is absurd for all practical purposes 
day of the muzzle-loader is passed. The British gunmakers 
b ™“ V* ^-« tag .ho,. g Li„ S 
wo Id. Let them then abandon their muzzle-loading rifle 
ssussis ss BkiM io ^ 
iHiWS 
fith any 
it misses 
become 
i -« SB 
sar *» - s^sreis^isia 
experienre ofhinwS iTl! “°a“ P l P ‘i‘ r F " ct "' »™1 H'o 
theorizing. The above is nnr - lt 18 ne ‘ ded, und not 
America u match rifles, u i J ot .fc.VbtVT, ,' v | tU t . one of llle 
turn out equally as substantial an aS tbS tS Uiak , era 
bun ers who have need them in tLe fi/lrl b from otber 
IsSllfS;F^l= 
S^'SSssaisiSssr 
the proper weivhl for „ir T 6 ". 1 : 1 cn pounds is 
modification X^ani ^ S 1 W 
short or mid-range target pmclice or il l '! f ,' ,r ‘""S- 
SC* p ' ia 
use the short ball rt btop - Por 8,ua » ©me 
W. D. P. 
A NEW PLAN OF EXPLODING POW- 
DER IN ARMS. 
* , 2( i0 Broadway.— The following are the 
scoresof the prize winners in the *100 gold match, which 
concluded on Saturday the 16th : 
E 11 Yobr 5 
T S ( oulin ‘5 
j w Todd 5 
JBRacne '.a 
W M Farrow .‘ ’5 
C Biydenburg ‘5 
Dr Dudley 5 
5— IS Prize, $311 gold 
5- 4T “ 15 
6 — 47 •• in 
6-17 
6—17 
t- t, New Yore, January 28. 1878 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
I have made some experiments in relation to the modo of 
connecting the ball to cartridges and the tiring of explosive 
thoroughly inspected imd^r aVull^are ei o^ I liglR e M r ^oul l d be ZfrT, , ' ^ ^ l ° * ro11 of P“P £ Z 
snpetmn 1 ,nspecllD fe r officer, with every faciliiv for in I P ®P e ^ 18 ^nedwith a quick exploaiveooinpQnnd. The roll is 
The re’por ^ 0Rtsi(l , e l appeaninc< ‘ s - Ti° U °“ e ' e,fihtb of aQ inch ^ about two inches long 
takes a iSore practical at Association ThC 10,1 “ ' ntCnded t0 reach to end of the cartrle 
wr.uen on tbld, of the water. 7^"’* fllW in »™™'l «■ The other end 
competition u tlLirmatehee B m 
uuii. in nrintr cun- 
. . 4 M - i . | JKrl I-™ , r Pcouon a. tueir matehes B„, even I ^ jX“ $£•*-“ 
The next match at this 100-yard range will be for *60 gold up the imnrSon 1 ! l4i fiby and others, has taken SJ2!.~' y 8mU ' prcssuro is exerted ns the ball starts buUhe 
aS' ' Sfr!T !,° P 5f T PriZ ? ° f $25 ’ ® 15 , and ^ 10 for the first, second rifle's M SsS fS a l olhe^nuSo breech - ]oadin g long-range P , IS ST arid th'T S red>, ! ble ra l )idi ^ 88 ' he entire 
5 “ *'«*&> of ten shots | as the British nn!zz "iT r . * ? ^ praclice ’ cessaTy LeTf ignitl untiUll ZT^ -fPS 
of thc^Z^TT 0 f ° r tbe past ei 'ghteen months with one ^l°Z D °° l puttiug 0,11 roll or allowing any grains ofg^' 
JjL^^'re-wge rifles, satisfies me that with a | SSSSe^SS’o, 0 ^ e 0n8Uu ? ed This arrangement caujffta 
position, standing ; rifle, any of .32 cal. Sr under. 
Ri X k Ci ^i. Feb. 10. — The following are the 
scores in tbe regular weekly practice, at 100 feet, .22 cul. rifle 
Oreedmoor rules and targets. ’ ’ 
G See 
modification of sights and ammunition, it 
Zetiler Kifle Clob, Feb. 12.— One hundred feet; 
Oreedmoor targets, reduced ; possible 50. 
CJudson 47 
HLRigga 4l 
PFvun.ng 4U 
Thco Kilesratli " " 
D Miller 
C G Z tiler 44 
M Durrler 
M B Engel " " 41 
noebt ; 5 
B Zeitlcr 
D N Ward 
KZiunuermuu •••■-• 
Wm Kdue 
M L. llirsli 
F 1’iitterson 
L B -a ese — ’ in 
g A Miurmann 
ba .^ k _ against y° lu ! choke-bore and leaves a gash.) The open- 
first exploded c au8 cs the "powder* lo^pucka^d^tlw thHnelo'be 
, Jffif jfts « •ssi»iT«s I Eivtl" 
: . S [he pin-toll front iScquTred X^iv mlnu^worlt I *>™“ U^SS ii^Sf 
•• er “‘“ 8 ut ^ “ ,,d “ 450 E “ ib — -• i 1 X 
sxr Ana 'r - v# -sssx i I = * anJ ,bo p ™ ; 
N .^3 1, “iXSL. I ~ w- 1 
The New Jersey Rifle Association.— The Board of 
Directors of the New Jersey Stale Rifle Afsociaiion met on 
Thursday last. Col. E. H. Wright, the President, in the 
chuir. The Law Committee reported that the act incorporut- 
Edwin Gomez. 
Sib Henry Halford and toe Sharps Rifle.— We are in 
the Yellowstone land Madison Rivers. My various travels and 1 r . ,,v». 0 i U 
hums embraced over 2,100 miles of travel, and during tbe ^ ecc ' lpl of the blowing interesting letter from Sir Henry Hal 
mv iL^nrT 8 £^f!™ PP m d ^ bo {? of the saddle, S wus I ford ’ wb,cb we gladly give a place in our columns : 
ing the association had been passed b^bmh hoTes oTthe h/veTcTsU?.7wa£n r Jch 8 ThS 88 „ in ?T d “ e t0 
Legislature of New Jersey, and had received the signature of of that magnificent game countiw lifd S h - the large gamu , 
the Governor. In accordance with the report a certificate of numbers and at distances mnerin’o- kldcd ; m ™ ore 0r leas Dr ar Sir — Uaviog read a letter in Fobsst and Stream of r«nn 
incorporation was drawn up, and the directors present signed hundred’yards antelope wbi^ tai^Td hlLiT^s 1 l ° fl r e ,rom sll0r P 8 R "ie co„ in wbicb they quote a letter of mine writtm in 
absent S£o/Sf taK°hiI; 0 S!l c“hS“ c U e reS « I b "‘ r '‘ l0 “° d gri “‘ y C J„ k ; I ^ ‘™“ T C1 
Major Anderson Thomas, of Englewood, was chosen to fill 
the place of Qon. J. B. McIntosh, resigned. The Range Com- 
mittee will probably select a plot at Elizabethport. 
Ciroular from True General 
Praotioe - Colonel G. W. Wingate 
division and brigade inspectors. 
prairie hunting for two hunting seasons, mul in tem- 
peratures ranging from summer heat to 15 digs, below zero It 
l-Inspeotor of Rifuc was never once uut of order, and though tired more than 2 500 
3 bus issued a circular to limes at game and target, is to-dav. eswni.„, ff 
fobbst „„ s ::r b "" e “"' En8, ‘"'’' j ““ rj a °- > 8is - 
myself 
both 
blch 
credited 
shall not shrink from up- 
divifiio , and h If " ingaie nas issued a cucultir to limes at game and target, is to-day, excepting a few bruises i 
to the* 1 fact Uiatl? S fn eC t. 0rS - Sp - C,,d ut , ,t ' nti0n is , 1 li ™^e ‘ 1 lbe barrel aod stock - substantially in Ls good condition a 
to tue iac., that it is in the armories and not in the field when turned out of the shop. Of course the best of earo mn 
Dae h TheT,ilm-A n 8 r tr « C !.F" W,di " . 1 s, '? uId ^ T b ? “ S * da 
place, the failure of a large proportion of the troops to 
qualify has amen from the fact of their not having been pre- 
viously drilled in the kutcling or lying position. '1 he General- 
Inspector trusts that by precept and example a feeling of emu- 
intiou may arise in The ranks, and that to be iu the awkward 
■quad will be thought discreditable. 
holding what I believe to be Irue 
I have, perhaps, taken It loo mu-h for granted that the criticisms 
wbleh I passed upon the American rifles after the match at Creedmoor 
would be taken as applying only to long-range much rules I win 
ihcrefore, explaiu what f do mean, Darnel;: That a long-range Creed 
moor rifle, with from .onto 106 grains of powoer, and a close fluing 
Gng.rauge bul.et In hot weather, will not take a second ca.tn.igj 
w. hou wiping out. I do not mean that It will rwrrr take one. but that 
D ^ a ^ ly al ‘ wl11 * Uck ' an,J ,iuve ,he Paper racket back od ihe ballet ' in 
rifles but with pistol-grip stocks. The stock of each gun had I mide'Vud w ThsnoZ on mT* PUbll8tie ' 1 ,,y stl » r P» <■’<>■ ««> 
been broken, and had to be bound and patched up. These Sd in wet wMiIeF tno^ i* T ' n > raoat of cartridges will enter, 
factsare mentioned, probably, in too much detaU, but do so ' ,£ wXorVf wmbisu x* ‘ 8 d0mi> c, ' 0 " g " ln ,hc alr t(>me| t 
target, is to-day, excepting a few bruises in 
us 
was 
to become rusted. No gun could well go thrombi’ rougher 
experience. I met two Englishmen on tbe Yellowstone last 
fall, who had with them two of Reilly’s finest double Express 
rilloc nnf ivifn niefnl e»., n lm 'l l... . 1 r 
