302 
August 14, 1 875. 
PARKER’S PATENT 
Clip Caftfidp Cell 
Price, 8«.o0. 
This belt revolves aromid the body, carries any size shell equally 
well; holds them open end np, thereby preventing the wads start- 
ing in loaded shells, and is acknowl<'dged by all as the best devioe 
for carrviog shells to be found in the market. 
This belt gives perfect ventilation to the chest. 
Address 
PARKER BROS., 
West Meriden, Conn. 
In ordering belts give the loose measure around waist over test. 
Breech-Loading Rifles and Shot Guns. 
CENTRAL FIRE 
C o m Td i n a-t, i o n -A^rins, 
WITH RE-I»OADEK« CAPPED CARTBn>GE 8 . 
For convenience, accaracy and penetration un^HAlled. Send for 
price-list and target representations. 
MASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO., 
CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS 
Targets Made 
WITH 
Maynard Rifles. 
HALF SIZE. 
Ten Consecutive Shots. 
Twenty and Ten Rods. 
William Read & Sons^ 
13 FANEUIL HALL SQUARE, BOSTON, 
AGENTS FOR 
W. G> Scott & Sons^ 
BBEECH-LOAUIXG G IX ! 
WINNERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL GUN TRIAL. 
Also Westley Richards, Greener, Webley, Moore and 
others. 
A genuine Scott Muzzle-Loading Double Gun, $3.5 up. 
Maynard, Ballard, Remin^n and Sharp Rifles. 1 
Ballard’s Breech-Loading Sporting Rifles, $18!. 
Bussey’s GYRO PIGEON TRAP for shooting practice 
Send for circulars. 
The Sturtevant Loader^ 
By rendering the process of filling shells 
SAFE. SIMPLE. RAPID AND EAST, 
Removes the greatest objection to breech-loading guns. 
This; implement fills shells (pa- 
per or metallic), of any length and 
calibre; punches off caps, tnms 
over paper shells, and a type 
stamps upon the wad the size of 
shot nsed. The charges are drawn 
by a thnmb-screw, and instantly 
removable. No shot is scattered 
or powder spilled. The wads 
are placed with unnsnal firmness 
and accuracy. This loader is 8*4 
inches long, and is of the sim- 
plest character, with no springs 
or parts liable to break or get out 
of repair. 
Price of Loader (see Plate) $5.00 
“ Type “ 1 20 
“ Punch “ 2 for Sturtevant Shells, 3 for other 
shells, each 20 
“ Bushing “ 4 for changing calibre 25 
“ Turnover “ 5 to turn over paper shells 50 
LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. 
Send for Circnlar, and order of 
BENJAMIN JONES. 
22 SCHOOL STREET, BOSTON, Mass.; 
TO SPORTSMEN 
Desiring Fine English Guns 
Bmilt. to Order. 
For many years past our specialty 
has been building FINE GUNS to the 
order of individual sportsmen. 
ABBEY & IMBRIE, 
6UOCE8SOR$ TO 
ANDREW CLERK A CO., 
4.S Maiden Lane, New York. 
IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 
On hand the largest and best assortment ever exhibited in the 
United States. They particnlarly call attention to their 
TROUT, SALMON AND BASS RODS. 
The diflaculty of procuring a gun ready made that will 
suit the figure, and at the same lime meet all the other 
requirements of the sportsman, as in Weight, Gauge, 
Length, Bend, Style, Shooting Powers, and iVic€, causes 
the majority of first-class shots to have their guns built to 
special order. The great drawback heretofore to this 
method of procuring a FINE GUN has been the extrava- 
gant and fancy prices charged for such work. To over- 
come this difflcnlty we have established a house in New 
Y ork, thus enabling sportsmen to trade direct with the 
gun maker. We are now prepared to accept from sports- 
men orders to build FINE Guns of any desired measure- 
ment, at Our lid prices, which we forward vidth illustrated 
description of our guns on application. 
J. & W. TOLLEY, 
(PIONEER WORKS.) 
Birmingham, England. 
BRANCH HOUSE 29 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. 
X. B. — Extra doee shootieg may be had if desired at aame prices. 
SPORTSMEN! 
Have toc cees TUE NEW SHELL, with 
SLOTTED HEAD'’ and BERDaA.N PRIMER: 
IF XOT, 
SEND FOR A SAMPLE, 
And hereafter you will 
Use Itfo Other Shell!! 
Tbeae Shells with slotted he^ds are so coustructed as to enable 
sportsmen easily to remo^ e the exploded caps from the outside with 
any pointed instrument — even a common pocket-knife will do the 
work snccessfully. Once seen Sportsynen virll use no ot^’er shell, as 
it obviates all trouble with broken down anvils, broken points in 
c<tp ejectors, holes punched through caps, screw bead shells that 
corrode and cannot be unscrewed ^tcr a little use. In a word, it 
will supercede all other shells uow in use. 
PRICE 00 PER DOZEN. 
Sample Shell by mail 25 cts. Address 
PARKER BROTHERS, 
West Meriden, Conn. 
JOHN P. LOWER^ 
SPORTSMEN’S DEPOT, 381 BLAKE ST., 
COL. 
A full aseortment of varioDa kmdB of 
GUNS, RIFLES. PISTOLS, AMMUNITION. SPORTING GOODS, 
FISHING TACKLE, CUTLERY, ETC., 
Colt'f, Smith & Weason'e. and other cartridge revolvers. Sharps, 
Wesson's, Winchester and Remington's Rifles. Breech-Loading, 
double and single guns. Ely's shells, wads, caps, powder, shot, etc. 
Indian beads, ornaments and cnriositieB. at lowest market prices. 
Agent for the sale of Parker's Breech-Loading Shot Gnns. 
Lefever Bfeech-Loailers, 
DOITBLE BARREL BREECH-LOADING SHOT 
GUNS AND RIFLES. 
Single Barrel Breech Loading Shot Guns, the strongest and best 
ever made for either light or the Jieatiest kitid of Duck and Deer 
Shooting. Also Single Barrel Breech-Loading Rifles. 
Muzzle-Loaders Altered to Breech-Loaders. 
Any good mnxzle-loader can be changed to a breech-loader, mak- 
ing as strong, gc^, and good-lookmg gnn as a new breech-loader. 
Perfect satisfaction guaranteed with every gun altered These gnns 
are conceded, where known, to have the strongest fastening, the 
best action, to be the best handling, the closest and hardest shoot- 
ing. and the cheapest guns before the public. Locks are made re- 
bounding. when desir^ For catalogue and price list, address. 
li. BARBER A: CO., 51 ainton St,. SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
"W^LL^CE’S 
Descriptive Guide to the Adirondacks. 
The only Complete and Reliable Guide to the delightful Fishing and 
Hunting Groonds of 
THE GREAT NEW YORK WILDERNESS. 
N'EWLY REVISED EDITION. 
Handsome 12 ino.. flexible covers, red and gold, maps, etc. About 
300 pages. Beautifully illustrated. Price Hay be obtained 
of any book -seller, or will be mailed, post paid, on receipt of price, 
by WA5*ERLY PUBLISHING CO., 
Syracu8e,.N. Y. 
Every variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hooks on Gut: 
Cnttyhunk and Basque Islands Bass Lines; Wateiproof Braided 
Silk Lines: every size and quality of 
SILK. LINEN AND COTTON LINES; 
And every variety and style of 
Fish. PLooks. 
Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the Rocky Moun- 
tains and the Pac'ific Coast, Canada, Maine, the Adirondacks etc. 
SPLIT BAMBOO, TROUT AND SALMON RODS 
AND REELS A SPECIALTY. 
Aseots for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Importers of 
Warren's Celebratea Drilled Eyed Needles. 
Figeon Traps. 
PARKHR’S 
PATENT SELF-CLOSING 
“H” and. “T” 
FLUXGE TBAPS. 
The^e traps are made after the style of the regular plunge traps, 
with the additional improvement — which is patented— of so con- 
necting the covers with the plunger, on which the bird site, and 
from which he is thrown when the trap is operated, as to close them 
when the plungerfalls to place, and by its weight holds them down, 
so that it IS Impossible for a bird to open the covers and escape, as 
is often the cas« with other plunge traps. The special advantages 
claimed are that the 
TIME AXD BIRDS SAVED 
daring a single season's use of 
Parker's Patent Self-Closing Traps, 
will more than 
REPAY ANY CLUB WHICH MAY ADOPT THEM. 
No expense is spared in manafactnring these traps to make them 
STRONG AND DVR ABLE. 
E.u;h trap has an 
E.rtra Water-Tiffht Box 
ontside the box, which protects the plnnger, 
WITH COVER FOR THE SAME, 
thus enabling the sportsman to set the trap firmly m the ground and 
remove it at any time, leaving the ouUide box, with cover, on the 
field. 
PRICE, $25 PER PAIR. 
A pair sent by freight or express on receipt of the price. 
PARKER BROS., 
West Meriden, Conn. 
PLeoommeiidaLt.ioiis : 
From CaPT. A. H. BOGARDUS, Champion Wing Shot of America; 
“ I reckon your pigeon trap away above all other traps I ever saw. 
It is handy to use and snre to work, 1 tell everybody I meet that 
It is the only trap that ought to be used.” 
A. H. Bogabdue. 
Extract from a private letter received from Hon. A. C. Mattoon: 
“ What can I say that will convey to the trap shooters of this 
country a clearer idea of the excellence and superiority of your 
Patent Self-Closing Pigron Trap over any other pigeon trap that we 
have, seen, than to mention the fact that I have witnessed the shoot- 
ing of nearly twenty thoosand birds from those traps at our late 
convention, and cannot now call to mind a single Instance when 
the shooting was delayed an instant in consequence of disarrange- 
ment of traps; they can be filled, with less loss of birds, and with 
greater facility than the old fashioned traps.” 
THESE TRAPS WERE ADOPTED 
BY THE 
XEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION, 
at their annual convention, held at BaUvia, June. 1S73, aa will be 
seen by the following letter: 
“ In answer to yonr favor of the 17tb. regarding the action of the 
Association about the self-closing improvement to plunge traps, I 
wonld say that this Association has adopted tbem and engaged Mr. 
Knapp to add to the eight traps, now owned by the Association, 
this self-closing improvement Yours, respectfully, 
JoHK B. Sagb, Sec. N. Y. S. Assoc' n." 
CauLt-ionl 
Gentlemen purchasing Shooting Coats are warned against an 
Inferior article bearing my name. Be snre to get the genome Hola- 
bird Waterproof Coat. W. H. HOLABIRD, 
Valparaiso, Ind. 
