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SHARPS RIFLE CO 
4 , 4 , 4, 3, 3, 4, 4 . 
26 OUT or A POS3IBLH 28. 
Scale, a Inch to Foot. 
Score of Seven Coneecutive Shot* at 600 yards, 
made at Montreal, Canada, in Match for “City 
Stake*,” Angust 12, 1S74, by Col. H. A. Gildkr- 
SLEETE, Attorney at Law, New York City, with a 
SHARPS MILITARY RIFLE, six lbs. trigger pull, 
without rest, (strong wind blowing,) taking the 
FmsT Pbiee againtt 150 competitors. 
Manufacturers of Improved Patent Breech loading Metallic Cartridge 
Military^ Sporting, and Greedmoor B.ifles 
Iiventy-Five Years of Use 
rriiE BEST iisr isso- 
Gunpowder ! 
ORANGE SPORTING POWDER. 
Orange Lightning Poieder. 
Beet Powder made. Nee. 1 to 7. Packed only in ecaled one pound 
eanistea'?. 
Care mnet t>e taken to nee no finer eize than No. 5 in meta^ 
ehelU, or fine breech loading guns, as it ie too quick fc; the atrengtn 
of either 
Orange Ducking Pou’der. 
For water fowl. Very strong and clean. Noe. 1 to 5. Packed in 
metal kegs of 6 I A lbs., and canisters of 5 and 1 lb. 
Audnbon Powder. 
Very quick, for woodcock and other shooting from muzzle load- 
ing guns. Noe. 1 to 4. Pecked in metal kegs of 1*2 1-2 and 6 1-1 lbs. 
and canisters of 1 lb. 
Orange Bifle Potcder. 
The best for rifles, and good for all ordinary purposes. Sizes, FG, 
FFG, FFFG. Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25, 12 1-2, and 6 1-4 
ibs., and canisters of 1 lb. and 1-2 lb. 
All the above brands give high velocities and lees residnnm than 
any other powder. 
LAFLIN &; RAND POWDER CO. 
21 Park Row, (opposite AstorHonse) New York. 
and Constant Progress ! 
TEE BEST IlST 1875. 
HAZARD POWDER CO., 
MAXtTACrrRERS OF 
Gunpowder! 
Hazard’s “ZSlectric Powder.” 
Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse). Cnsnrpassed in point of strength and 
cleanliness. Packed in sqnare canisUrs of 1 lb, oniy 
Hazard’s “American Sporting.” 
Nos. 1 (fine) to 3 (coarse,) In 1 lb. canisters and 6 1-4 Jb. kegs. A 
fine irrain. quick and clean, for upland and prairie shooting. Well 
adapted to shot gnns. 
Hazard’s “Suck Shooting. 
No!>. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse.) Ini and 5 lb. canisters, and 6 1-4 and 
12 1-2 lb. kegs. Burns nowly and very clean, shooting remarkably 
close, and with great ptoetration. For field, forest, of water shoot- 
ing, it ranks any other brand, and it is equally serviceable for 
muzzle or breech-h aders. 
Hazard’s “Kentucky Ride.” 
FFFG, FFG, and “8ea Shooling” FG, m kegs of 25. 12 1-2 and 61-4 
lbs , and cans of 5 lbs. FFFG is also packed in 1 and 1-2 Ih. can- 
isters. Bums strong and moist. The FFFG and FFG are favor- 
ite brands for ordinary sporting, and the “Sea Shooting” FG U 
the standard Rxlle powder of the country. 
Superior IMCining and Blasting Powder. 
GOVERNMENT C.VNNON. AND MUSKET POWDER: ALSO 
SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT. OF ANT REQUIRED 
GR.AIN OR PROOF, M.4NX FACTURED TO ORDER 
The above can be bad of dealers, or of the Company's Agents in 
every prominent city, or wholesale at onr office. 
WALL STREET, NEW YORK- 
DIAGKAM 
OF 
W. W. 
DOUBLE 
CLOSE SUOOTIXG GEXS. 
At 40 yards range, and 30 in. circle, with a charge of 3 drachma of 
powder, and 1 1-8 oz. of No. 6 shot 
W. W. G. U now prepared to manofactnre Cans to ordertnat 
will pnt in an average ot 210 pellcta, with 12 bores, weighing under 
7 1-4 lb., \^nth a charge of 3 draenms of powder, and 1 1-^ oz of No. 
6 i^hot; and over that weight. 220 pellets. lO-bore Guns, weighing 
9 to 9 1-2 lbs. with a charge of oniy 4 drachms powder and 1 1-4 oz. 
No K shot, an average oi 240pe.liU». Closer ehooiing may be ob- 
tained if desired, and the ptneiiaiion is alsoone-third greater. By 
using only 2 1-4 drachms of powder better pattern and penetration 
can M obtained than Irom othtr guns with 3 drachms of powder 
and much less recoil bee spiciaTreporter's notice in The Field of 
Jan. 9, who has tiied the shooting of these guns, and stati s ^'tbattbe 
trial was highly saiisfactorj', and certainly proved that Mr. Greener 
I had not overstated on paper the capabilities ol his gun." Refer- 
ences can be given to sportsmen w ho have killed game at over 100 
yards. These gnns have performed better both in pattern and pen- 
etration than any Guns yet made both in America and England. 
St. .Mary’s Morks, 
Birmingham, England. 
“PARKER” 
T h. e IPioneer Grun, 
EVERY FIRST PRIZE FOR TRAP SHOOTING 
At the last convention of the 
A’^IF YORK STATE ASSOCIATIOX 
WON WITH "THE PARKER"! 
Messrs. Newell and Hambleton w inners of the only prize given for 
" making the largest score in the three regular shoots," 
Both Shot The Parker Gun ! ! 
Two of the three winners of the grand State Prize, 
“The Dean Ricnnoxn Cup,” 
B^S HOT THEPARKERCtN! 
MKDiLS AND DIPLOMAE AWABDED 
tcjm:*.: ate 
When placed on exhibition in 
Competition, Open to the W or id I 
MEDAL AXD DIPLOMA 
From the American Institute— 1869. 
SILVER MEDAL 
Prom the Texas State Fair, 1871. 
SILVER MEDAL. 
From the Texas State Fair, 1873. 
SILVER MEDAL 
Mechanics and Agricultural Fair Association of Lonisiana— 1872. 
DIPLOMA 
Vermont State Agricnltnral Society— 1868. 
DIPLOMA 
New Hampshire State Agricaltnral Soilety— 1868. 
DIPLOMA 
From the New Haven County (Conn.) Agricnltaral Society— 1867. 
DIPLOMA 
From the Sardis (Mass.) Agricultural and Mechanical Society — 1870. 
DIPLOMA 
Connectient Valley Agncnltural Association— 1870. 
DIPLOMA 
Agricaltnral and Mechcnical Association of West AIaama-1871. 
DIPLOMA 
Adams Connty(MiS8.) Agricnltaral and Mechanical AssociatieD— 1872. 
FIRST PREMIUM 
At the Delaware County (Iowa) Fair— 1871. 
SEXD FOR REDUCED PRIC& LIST, MAT 1874. 
Pkjces, $45, $50, $60, $63, $75, $80, $100, $106, $150, 1^, $260. 
REBOUNDING-LOCKS INCLUDED. 
We exhibit no targets, nor do we guarantee any particnlar num- 
ber of pellets for patterns; all we have to say on this point is. that 
we are ready to prudnee as good sbootinv guns as can be made. 
This is an established fact, and is attest.^ Id’ leading sportsmen loo 
nnmerons to mention. 
PARKER BROTHERS, West Meriden, 
Tlie Bsst. zfAl'W'a.ys Th.e diea-pest.. 
SHARPS SPORTING RIFLES 
Weight, 8 to 12 lbs. 40-100—44-100 — 45-100 and r O-lOu caliber, polished stock, open sight*, single trigger, ... $.33 to $38 
Sharps Himters' Rifles 
Weight, 8 to 10 lbs. 40-100 — 44.100 — 43-100 and 50-100 caliber, oiled stock, plain fimsh, open sights, single trigger, . $30 to $31 
Sharps Greedmoor Rifles. 
Patched balls are invariably used with these arms, with lubricating material, that prevents the foaling or leading of the barrel, thereby 
aecoring a reliable and accurate shouting rifle for long ranges. 
No. 2. 44-lcO caliber, 32 inch barm, long, straight, band-made, polished stock, weight jnst under 10 lbs., trigger pull 3 lbs., peep, rear 
sight, with Vernier scale, by means ol which a register may be kept of the elevation required for a given distance under varying circum- 
stances; wind gauge, with interchangeable globe and split-bar front sights, - -- -- -- -- $90 
No. 1. Designed cxclnsivelr for very long ranges. 44-100 caliber, 33 inch barrel, long, straight, hand-made pistol grip, polished stock, 
checkered grip and lore-end, regulation weight and trigger pull; peep, rear sight, with Vernier scale, allowing the necessary elevatioa for 
1,300 yards; wind gauge, with interchangeable globe and split bar front sight, nitb morocco sight case. (1 his is the very beat rifle manu- 
factared, and will be found to give splendid results at the longest ranges. $125. Spirit level attached to front sight, extra. 
A LIBER-AL DISCOUNT TO THE TR-ADE. 
From SuxNEB Beach, ElUicoriK Kansat^ Sept, 12, 1874. 
" I think that the ‘Sharpe* that we use for killing buffalo need no improvement, as they are a perfect gun. I saw Zack Light (who is 
one of the beet buffalo buntere, and acknowledged to be the beet shot on these Wtrstern prairiee), last winter, while on a buffalo bunt, 
one day. equal down in a buffalo wallow (after crawling and getting a stand on a herd of buffalo), and killed 74 bead of buffalo, juet where 
he eat in the wallow. He killed that winter twenty-three hundred bead of buffalo. The reel of ne killed about twelve hundred head. 
He used a 'Sharpe* 5:t calibre.** 
From CoL. H. A. Gildebsleeve. A. A. G.Aet Dtt.X. G. S. X. T.,Xew York, Oct. 10, 1874. 
'* I have need your ride eioce Jane last, with great pleasure and eucceas. I regard it as second to no ride in the world for simplicity 
of mechauiem, excellence of dnieh, and accuracy of execution." 
From \Xu. M. Tbeadwat, Fort ffenry, Xew York, Oct. 26, 1874. 
"1 have severely tested the Sharps R de recently purchased from you. and dnd it the most perfect shooting gun I ever saw*. Send me 
two more at once, for friends who are deliguted with the excellence of mv ride. I will probably ordei still another in a day or two.** 
From Gbaxvillb Stewabt, Esq., Deer Lodge, Mont. Ter., Dec. 29, 1874. 
"The two Rides ordered by roe arrived on the *25th, and are beauliful specimens of the perfection referred bv you in the manufac* 
ture of target guns. They are far superior to anything ever seen here before, and give satisfaction m every particular." 
From J. T. Rothrock, M. D., WUkejtLarre. Pa., Feb. 12, 1875. 
That Sharps Ride is the perfection of a banting gun. I have never seen anytting in the ride line, that so perfectly satisdes me." 
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.\RMORY AND OFFICE: i”. WESTCOTT, 
HARTFORD, CONN. president. 
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