FOREST AND STREAM 
43 
promptness of the announcement of the result. The en- 
tries closed at four o’clock, and at twenty minutes past the 
winners were notified of their success. This is due to tho 
indefatigable exertions of Col. Underhill, the President; 
George Oscar Starr, tho Secretary, and Mv. II. Ii. King, tho 
Officer of the Day. Among the guests wo noticed Gen. 
Hydcr, Major B. A. Valentine, Inspector of Rifle Practice 
Fifth Brigade Stall; Hon. C. M. Schciflellcn, member of 
Assembly for the district of Westchester; Capt. Prescott, 
and lion. H. Odell, member-elect of Congress. The rifles 
chiefly used were Remington’s. 
— 
— Several members of the Amateur Rifle Club, including 
Messrs. Fulton, P. E. Sandford, and Crouch, passed tho 
22d at Croedmoor, making scores fully up to the average. 
The range was in a very moist condition, nnd the shooting 
confined to the 500 nnd 800 yard ranges. Wo give the 
elevation and wind gunge on that day, aud in view of the 
importance of these particulars in assisting to bring shoot- 
ing to a condition of mathematical precision, wo shall pub- 
lish similar records at all Seasons when they ure obtainable. 
•>00 yd*., broil, eight, elevu. I de".»> min.— 4 o’clk. wind, a pis. ollownnco. 
si •• 2:i “ ** " 3 " 
MX1 •• wrist •• *' 0 BS •• “ S " 
800 *' 1 ** 46 “ “ " 3 ** “ 
— The Messrs. Remington have forwarded Major Leech 
one of their match rifles, ordered by him before leaving 
this country. The rifle, we know, will speak for itself as a 
specimen of American workmanship and skill. 
§nii(e ‘"id g? mi • 
GAME IN SEASON FOR FEBRUARY. 
run mom da. 
Doer, Wild Turkey, Woodcock, Quail, Snipe, Ducks aud Wild Fowl 
\Uwler the head of "Hume, and h'len in .SVu n" we can wiy speci- 
fy in general term* the several varle'lee, because '.he law* of Slate* vary 
so much Umt were we to attempt to particularize we could tlo no less 
than publish those entire Motion * that relate to the kiwi* of yarn* in 
question. Till * would require n great amount <f our sjnice . In do a- 
noting game we are guided by the law s of nature , upon which all le o te- 
la / ion u founded, and our reader s would do well to proiide theme* res 
with the laws <f their rei/iectire States for constant reference. Utherwllee, 
our attemuls to assist them will only create confusion.] 
Game in Market — Game is scarcer as the close of Hie 
season approaches, nnd prices have advanced accordingly. 
Antelope from Omaha are coming in plentifully, aud sell- 
ing at 18c.@25c. per pound. Pinnated Grouse (Prairie 
Chickens) lmvc advanced to G5c.@75c. per pair. Huffed 
Grouse are quite scarce, nnd bring $ l 25@$1 50 per pair. 
Quail have advanced to $3@$3 75 per dozen. Canvas back 
Ducks, $2@$2 50 per pair; Red heads, 25; Mill- 
iards, 75c.@$l ; Widgeon, 50c.@75c. ; Brant, $1 25(g)$l 50; 
Wild Geese, $1@$1 50. Squubs are selling ut $3 75@ 
$4 50; Rabbits, 50c.@75c. per pair; Hares, 50c.(fij75e. 
Canada Buuting are in great abuudauce at 75c. per dozen. 
fjj- Look out for geese and duck shooting now all along 
tho coast from Norfolk to Montauk Point. 
—There is great excitement among the sportsmen at Bar- 
negat Inlet over some unprecedented geese shooting. The 
following large amount of geese and ducks was killed in 
three days last week at Barncgat Inlet, near Kinsey's 
Ashley House: 
Friday, February 12th— J. Birdsall, 23 geese, 10 ducks; 
Joel Ilidgway, 8 geese, 0 ducks, 1 brant. 
Saturday. 13th— William Inman. 4 geese, 3 ducks; Sorter 
& Inmuu, 8 geese, 16 ducks; John Soper. 2 geese, 8 ducks. 
Wednesday, 17tli — Joel Itidgway, 14 geese, G ducks; 
Predmore & Clayton, 10 geese, 15 ducks; William Inman, 
1 goose, 12 ducks; Soper & Inman, G geese, 14 ducks; Par- 
ker & Clayton, 20 ducks; Jessie Birdsall, 12 geese, 2 ducks; 
Jurvis Ridgway, 0 geese, 8 ducks; J. T. Mills, 3 geese, G 
ducks. 
This is the best shooting ever known in these witters, 
and our readers will recognize the names of some of the 
fortunate gunners. 
—The well-known reputation of the gentlemen who have 
recently organized the York (Pa.) Sportsineu’s Society for 
the Protection of Gutne, is a guaranty of itself that the 
laws will hereafter be strictly enforced in that district. 
We have given in a previous number the names of the 
officers for the current year. 
— Fiemont, Nebraska, has its sporting club, made up of 
good men and true. Officers are-.— President, D. M. Welly; 
Vice President, Geo. Maxwell; Secretary, II. J. Re veil lac; 
Treasurer, F. Jenewein. 
—The “Central Association for the Propagation and Pro- 
tection of Game” was established in New Jersey last year 
for the counties of Middlesex and Somerset. Its officers 
are:— President, Edward IIowc; Secretary, A. P. Limning. 
By act of the Legislature, each members is invested with 
the powers and immunities of constables, to make arrests 
without process. This is a good feature, making members 
efficient, and keeping them on the alert to discover of- 
fenders. 
—A large herd;of buffalo are reported to be wintering in 
Dakotub in the vicinity of Devil’s Lake, between Fort 
Totten and Jamestown, on the Dakota or James River. 
Estimates put the number ut 1,500. They go about in one 
herd, and from the best calculation have wandered from 
the region of the hcadwuters of the Saskatchewan, neatly 
1,000 miles distant. 
—The Tremont Shooting Club of Boston has a member- 
ship of about 100 and a baluuce of $500 iu the treasury. 
At the auuual meeting, held at Young’s Hotel, on Tuesday 
eveuing of last week, the following officers were elected 
for the ensuing year:— President, Joseph Tonks; Secretary, 
Thomas It Show ; Treasurer, Osborn Steal ns; Executive 
Committee, C. P. Keeler, S. B. Newton. 
Sriuxo StttPK Shooting. — A correspondent of Turf, 
Fichl and Form writes from Suckvillc, New Brunswick -- 
For the last four years the breeding snipe have been 
scarce with us; perhaps tho April shooting in the United 
States may account for this. The snipe that breed in this 
province leave for the South towards the end of Septum 
her, nnd as our shooting commences about that time we 
depend on the sr.lpe that come iu from the North on their 
journey to the South. 
No snipe are shot hero in the Spring; the small boys oven 
would cry shame at such a proceeding. The birds are 
ready to nest iu a few days after their arrival hero in the 
Spring, 
— “Blue Stone," of Algonas, writes to us of a live days' 
trip to Canada recently, in company with a trio ltd, during 
which they killed live deer, one of them a buck weighing 
250 pounds. By way of variety, they fished for pike 
through the iee, taking thlrtv-cighl in one day, vnrymg 
front 2} to 24 pounds in weight, and 1,200 pounds in all. 
These lire what might be called satisfactory results. 
Massachusetts State Spohtsmkn’h Association. — On 
the 19th insl. an enthusiastic convention of sportsmen was 
held, at the Bay State House in Worcester, for the purpose 
of forming an association with the above title. About 100 
delegates from various parts of the State were present, and 
the subject of active legislation looking to the protection of 
fish ami game was discussed with much interest. A con- 
stitution and by-laws were adopted and the following 
officers elected: 
President. John Hoyden, of Worcester, Corresponding 
Secretary. Dana K. Fitch, of Worcester; Recording Secre- 
tary, B. F Bowles, of Springfield; Treasurer. E. V Whit- 
ney, of Marlboro’. Executive Committee — John Boydcn, 
R. F. Bowles, George Delano, of New Bedford, L. Adams, 
Boston, and Joseph M. Hoyt, Lvnn. Committee on Laws 
nnd Legislation— The Hon. E. II. Lathrop. of Springfield, 
J. Caton, Jr., New Bedford, and A. W. Curtis, Spencer. 
The following were elected delegates to the Nalionul 
Sportsmen’s Convention to he held at Cleveland, Ohio: 
John Boydcn, Luther Adams, of Boston, the Hon. E, H. 
Lathrop, George Delano, aud T. L. Slurtovunt, of Bir- 
mingham. 
The proceedings were very harmonious, and many val- 
uable papers were read, eliciting animated discussions. 
Mouilk, Alnbninn, Feb 10, 187b 
Kditoic Foukst and Stbbam: — 
III your answer* to corrcepondehts, issue of llili, you my, "No qloso 
reason for qnail and i or key a in Virgin In.” I um confldont you will, upon 
examining ihu law, find tbal you are badly mistaken. Being a native of 
that Since I should be glad to sco tlio error acknowledged, 
0 VtnoiKiA. 
[We examined the law of Virginia, as given in For, Fin 
and Feather, and based our statement On that. Who will 
send us a true copy of the Virginia Game Law?— E d.) 
LAMINATED STEEL BARRELS. 
No. 24 KLM Stukkt, Boston, Feb. II, 1876 
Editor Forest and Stiikam 
In your Issuo of the 4th I perceive two correspondents dl*put« the po- 
sition tuken by myself, Hint tho barrel* imported here are wrongly 
termed laminated steel, at* are other portion* nUo objected to, My vlndl - 
cation may bo lemrtby, bat tho Importance of the subject may pn**lhly 
merit a little forbearance on your part la thus occupying valuable 
space . 
My letter of the 23d January anticipates, I believe, a good deal of wlint 
has been written by O. AC und T. II Marsh, but a little more ventila- 
tion by discussion will n**lst tho solution of the dlltleulty. O, A. (', 
mentions firstly, that It la an admixture of aleel nnd iron, wblcb la used In 
best liurrcl*. Now I contend that the corporation of aubstanrea of un- 
equal density in undesirable In a gun barrel; Itrat, that any great In 
equality of density or hardness, which carbon eertulnly introduces, must 
make, itself apparent In the Interior of the tube, more particularly by 
oxidization. If It does not show tills, then the addition of stool Is nn 
neeesssury and the iron hard enough at least for the purposes of resist- 
ing corrosion; moreover, the increased risk iu manipulation must not lie 
forgotten, and when speaking of twisting and welding steel, this Is Im 
porlant; secondly, the weld of Iron and steel Is not to be depended upon 
to the same extent as Hint of Iron with Iron. I may add that at the In 
troduction of welding the steal lump to the barrel, this was considered 
nn important objection, with the previously mentioned foot of the dlf 
ference ol temperature requisite to effect a unity during me welding 
operation, seems to ine siillUdvnt evidence ugalnst the gonrrul use of 
steel with iron In tho manufacture of barrels. T, H. Marsh urges that 
It la only Inferior mnkcr* who adopt this ayalem; It may therefore form 
an Interesting theme of discussion between them which Is correct. 
The quotation from Appleton, taken by 0. A.C., Is almost verbatim 
from Greener's work, and i* admitted In many place* to be so. My re- 
marks here will also apply to T. II. Marsh. The different cuttings of steel 
mentioned os being used In the preparation of bars. Is technically 
termed shear steel, that is steel after the process of coineniallou, Uien 
rolled and hammered; this In all case* can bo hardened by beating and 
immersing In cold water. Now, In tho numerous portion* I have tried 
from what ore termed laminated steel, und of which wo have many op- 
portunities, Greener's among thu rest, when cutting barrel* shorter, and 
also Ailing the extractor. In no cireo by heating and suddenly cooling have 
[ been able to procuro a harder metal than can bo got by twisting, weld 
lug and quick hammering a piece of Marshall's best, and other Irons. In 
addition, I have seen the metal manipulated Into Iron damascua, or single 
and stub damascus.or doable rod, and ulilmatoly dubbed laminated steel, 
the Anest Iron being being used. By the abovo It will bo seen Hut If the 
Iron wns carbonized as In shear steel, that the carbon was evolved from 
tbe metal dnriug working, or else no carbonization bod over taken place. 
When talking of steel It seems remarkable that wbatls brined darn asciis 
Ogured barrels, though more expensive, not much mention of sicol Is 
made about them. Too much attention Is given when using tbe«e different 
names of barrels to attribute It totally to different metal* nurd In their 
construction, whereas, in the trade, It rather slgniAc* the different con- 
struction of similar metal, allowing, of course In tbe bc»l barrels, that 
tbe very Anest of iron Is used, I now refer to T. If Mar*li, who. In lit* 
second paragraph makes the following admission, by saying that by fusing 
the mewl ou tbe air furnace by the action of the oxygen, the cs'bon Is 
extracted, leaving tbe material tbe mildest steel, or Iron of the densest 
quality. Now 'this corroborates some portions of ray first letter, but I 
submit. In addition, that from my own experienew, and likewise uumer 
ous others, that steel Is deteriorated by frequent action with the fire, and 
that Iron of the toughcet quality cannot be procured with certainty 10 
thu manner. Hut wlnu does this admission likewise lead ns to think? 
Why, so that by any means the name of steel can be Introduced to satisfy 
a stool loving puollc. Still, to satisfy the necessities of the gun they 
arc obliged to route to lion. I have mentioned the deterioration of elect 
by healing, welding, Ac., and will Just mention that some years back, 
when the cob! drawn steel barrel* were tried, It wns Iu the very terror of 
twlstlug nod subjecting to a welding heal thnt In their being cold drawn 
vvs* considered the advantage. Iron stands thla healing, welding and 
couituuou* hammering with more precision and certainty tliiili does slcol, 
consequently Us *nptylorlty 
I. II. Marsh speaks of English damn sen* being recognized by white 
and dark line*. Ilo may not bo aware that tho block and while brown, 
n* It 1. termed In Birmingham, can b» effected on almost any barrels, 
ami l. generally pul upon the barrels when they display numerous grav*. 
or Imperfection* to the metal, anil t* looked upon In this country with 
admiration, believing it betokens aleel, which. In reality, would be nit In 
Jury Herman barrels, which make no pretensions t.. strol, will equally 
admit of tbe same being dune, and Ueffootod principally by tho action of 
calorie. The fifth paragraph states that Grenier's laminated steel gives 
good results lit five below zero. Very possible, If the material at the con- 
clusion of working was left a* Iron of the densest description cited In 
hi* letter. Are they steel? even grant the sunposlllno that a few barrels 
■loot! cl I matin change, and which baa not yet proved they are steal, 
would he no guarantor* a* to the efficacy of a malnl to be generally In- 
troduced for public use, safely being the first requirement 
IW Sty He, Director of iVehuolngl.nl Institute, Stockholm, remark* 
a* follows, and tills applies more lit cold w cut her. a* all metals seem 
noire or less subservient to the absence of In at: "A* the lonelier 
material may yield to a greater extent when affected by a .li.mff, it may 
lint* longer resist the effect, and may sustain a noire violent shock than 
If It were lwlc*i aa strong, tmt lout only imn-fonrth the exnnslhilliy, 
although thu amount of It* power of nul.imicu would bo greater In tho 
latter case, It may now be readily understood why a liar of Iron can. by 
assuming u grout permanent change of form nustuln a shock which would 
break a hard steel liar of the same dimension, although thu latter I* able 
to carry a greater load by acting gradually." 
It Is this difficulty tu parting iron asunder thnt I consider it* ndvnn 
tage during sudden or Impulsive change, and In properly lotmcd stub 
damusuns barrel* the toughness I* never Impaired by any approach to 
separation of Its molecular aggregation, 
Tho finest iron, thu ore originally po».es*lng a* little atllcon.phoa- 
phoruus, sulphur, carhou n« po»*lble, and with a fair per coni of man- 
gnuese worked with care anil skill through all Its workings up tu hnrs, 
twisted upon Its own nxl*, welded Into the shape of the barrel amt hnm- 
■ueied by rapid action; such Is stub duuwi-cu*, ami out of which I have 
Invariably got tbe beat result* I um, slucuroly, 
D. Kiiikwooo. 
MORE SHELLS. 
I'litt.AtiHi.i'iiiA, I'ubrnnty Mth, lH.'S 
Kijitoh Fohrst AM) Sruxoi: 
'['lie question whether paper or metnl shell# are preferable noeuis to be 
agitating the mlmls of your many correspondents, and thu "pros nnd 
cons” aro energetically dismissed In lire sportsmen’* clubs, many strong 
arguments being advanced liy the friend* of each, lint few. however . If 
uny of the writers on till* subject seem to have routlu tbuiuugb lust* by 
actual experiments. 
During tho j>ust year I Imve devoted much time to tills uml other mat- 
ters pertaining to the gnu, amt one day while conversing with the 
"Squlro" (till* wns before you enticed him from our quiet "village"), he 
requested mu to acrid you tile result of my experiment*, anil, yielding In 
hi* solicitations, 1 semi thu figure* of one day's work 1 Iravu many 
more table*, but nearly tiro szinu results being remind In each case, both 
with tire 12 nnd 8 gauge gnus, thl* one will iqtswer 
The gun usvd was a 12 gauge, St) loch barrel, weight, 8 pound*; rham 
bored for either paper or mctul shells. The plain brown paper and thu 
Draper brass aholls were used. Powder, Dupont's No 1 Ducking, vory 
Course; bhot, Spurk*' No 7, 817 to the ounce; target, 22x. 8, it III square 
Inches, Tho 30 tuc.ll circle, 1 hcllovo, contains nhout 700 square Inches 
Penetration pads mode of thick iimg-i/lons, cut In half, one purl to Inrll 
cate the penetration of thu paper, the other for tho metal shell. Paper 
shells loaded In thl* manner: next to powder a thin No. II card wad, 
then one or two (depending upon the aniouiH of shot to be used) No. 12 
thick greased felt wild*, and on the shot iinother thin No. II Metnl 
shells: on powder a thin No, It curd, then a No, 10 "pink edge," ami on 
shot a No 0 pink edge 
In order to avoid cluince Work, each charge was fired three time*, nnd 
the tablo following give* the average of the three shots; so. altlnnigh 
the table appear* to Imllriite bill elglit, there were twenty four shot* 
fired . 
Shell. 
Powder. 
Bhot. 
Dlslnnru. 
Penetra- 
tion! 
Pattern, 
Paper . 
| 8 drachms 

1 ouneo 
26 yards 
2*1 
Metal . . 
,.| 3 drachms 
1 ounce 
2fi ynrds 
01 
314 
Paper 
,. 3 drachm* 
1 ounce 
40 yards 
. 
103 
Metal 
. 1 3 drachm* 
1 ouneo 
40 ynrds 
33 
113 
Paper. 
,. ij drachm* 
1) ounce 
23 ynrds 
08 
267 
Mol ul 
31 drachma 
It ouneo 
£3 yards 
Mi 
21,1 
Paper 
| l| druchui* 
!| ounce 
40 yards 
88 
too 
Metnl 
1 <| drachm* 
1 ) ounce 
in -. aril ■ 
33 
107 
1 do not claim that my cxpsrlinenta prove conclusively the superiority 
of paper shells: but Hu y show Mini In tin* gun. at least, both better put 
tern und pnovlrutlon nuy bo secured by their u*e I confess to u p/of 
rrvnce for them for many reasons - principally for thrtr nautnoa*, clean- 
Hue**, security with which they retain tho charge, oud the avoiding of 
having to carry home, after n hard day's tramp, thu same bulk of lira 
munition a« taken at the start In Hie morning. 
A mistake Is made by many In crimping down with great force a half 
Inch or more of the shell, n* without doubt It hus the smua effect a* hard 
ramming of the shot In muzzlri loader*, causing unpleasant recoil and 
poor pattern, Thl* I* easily avoided by placing one, two, or three thick- 
nesses (depending upon quantity of powder and shot used; ovor the 
powder, which, with thu shot, will till the shell within an eighth or quar- 
ter of uti Inch, enough to firmly secure lira charge 
None of these suggestions are more theories, but the result* of many 
and repealed experiment* . I hold that no "ruto for loading" 1* good In 
all cases, but that avery owner of a gun must find by actual and recorded 
rests th# bent charge nnd manner of loudlog, Hoping to hear more on 
this subject from brother sportsmen, I ruuialn. yours sincerely, 
C'KHTRAl. Flux, 
Brooklyn, February Ifl, 187.’. 
Editor FonxsT and Btrzah— 
I want to grumble ar tbe liolilt our sporting papers have of publishing 
"Items of Inrerest” Hist may have occurred In Norway, Patagonia, or 
the Sandwich Islands What do we care about reindeer In Laplund, 
•unitsli In Australia, or the Fultgula KryUuteepthalia of Dublin? Certain- 
ly our own coolluani can furnish more useful knowledge, und subject* 
are not wanting, Hint will yield lnrere*tlngsporllng Items connected with 
home mailers, If sport-men. In their letter# reporting localities for 
fishing nnd hunting, would give more advice with regard to trie means of 
reachliigruchloealtHvs.lt would often enable other* to share a portion 
«.f their good fortune, w tikh a true sportsman would uot, 1 thiuk, ob- 
Jact to. 4. 
