350 
Sept. 4, 1875. 
PARKER’S PATENT 
Clip Cartridp Belt, 
Price. 8<j.50. 
This belt revolves around the body, carries any size shell equally 
well- holds them open end up. thereby preventing the wads start- 
ing in loaded shells, and is acknowledged by all as the best device 
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 oter vest. 
Maynard’s Patent. 
Breech-Loading Rifles and Shot Guns. 
CENTRAL FIRE 
TO SPORT.SJIEN 
Desiring Fine English Guns 
Built, t-o Orcier. 
For many 5 ’ears past our specialty 
has been building FINE GUNS to the 
order of individual sportsmen. 
The difficulty of procuring a gun readymade 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 Poicere, and Price, causes 
the majority of first-class shots to have their guns buUtto 
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 difficulty we have established a house in New 
York, 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, atavr list prices, which we forward with illustrated 
description of our guns on application. 
J. & W. TOLLEY, 
(PIONEER WORKS,) 
Birmingham, England. 
BRANCH HOUSE 29 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. 
^ B. — Lxtra close ehootieg may be bad if desired at same prices. 
SPORTSMEN! 
O ombiiiSLtioii ^rms. 
Have toc seen THE NEW SHELL, with 
SLOTTED HEAD” and BERDAN PRIMER? 
WITH RE-LOADISa CAPFZD CABTBIDSES. 
For conven'ence. accuracy and penetration uneqn riled. Send for 
price-list and target represanwtions. 
MASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO., 
CHICOPEE FALLS, MAS 
Targets Made 
WITH 
Maynard Rifles. 
HALF SIZE. 
Ten Conwative Shots. 
Twenty and Ten Rods. 
William Read & Sons^ 
13 FANEUIL HALL SQUARE, BOSTON, 
AGENTS FOR 
W. & O. Scott 6c Sons^ 
B BEECH-LOAD I yO Gl X ! 
WINNERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL GUN TRIAL. 
Also Westley Richards, Greener, Webley, :Moore and 
others. 
A genuine Scott Muzzle-Loading Double Gun, $2.5 up. 
Maynard, Ballard, Remington and Sharp Rifles. I 
'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 EASY, 
Removes the greatest objection to breech-loading guns. 
This) implement fills shells (pa- 
per or metallic), of any length and 
calibre; punches off caps, turns 
over paper she Is, and a type 
stamps upon the wad the size of 
shot nsed. The charges are drawn 
by a thumb -screw, and instantly 
removable. No shot is scattered 
or powder spilled. The wads 
are placed with unusual firmness 
and accuracy. This loader is 8^ 
nches long, and is of the sim- 
plest character, with no springs 
or parts liable to break or get out 
of repair. 
Price of Loader Xsee Plate). 
“ Type 
Punch “ 
“ Bushing “ 
Turnover ** 
2 for Sturtevant Shells. 3 tor other 
shells, each 20 
4 for changing calibre 25 
5 to turn over paper shells 50 
IF NOT, 
SEND FOR A SAMPLE, 
And hereafter you will 
U.se IVfo Other Shell!! 
These Shells with slotted heads are so constructed as to enable 
sportsmen easily to remove the exploded caps from the outside with 
any pointed instrument— even a common pocket-knife will do the 
work successfully. Once seen Sportsmen will use no ot er shell, as 
it obv^tes all trouble with broken down anvils, broken points in 
c^p ejectors, holes punched through caps, screw head shells that 
corrode and cannot be unscrewed after a little use. In a word, it 
will supercede all other shells now in nse. 
PBICE $3 00 PEE DOZEN. 
Sample Shell by mail 25 cit. Address 
PARKER BROTHERS, 
West Meriden, Conn. 
JOHI^ F, LiOWSR, 
SPORTSMEN’S DEPOT, 381 BLAKE ST., 
‘BEISTVEB, COL. 
A full assortment of various kinds of 
GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, AMMUNITION, SPORTING GOODS. 
FISHING TACKLE, CUTLERY, ETC., 
Coil's. Smith & Wesson's, and other cartridge revolvers. Sharp?, 
Wesson's, Winchester and Remington's Rifles. Breech-Loadinu. 
double and ringleguns. Ely's shells, wads, caps, powder, ?hot, etc 
Indian heads, ornaments and curiosities, at lowest market prices. 
Agent for the sale of Parker's Breech-Loading Shot Guns. 
DOUBLE BARREL BREECH-LOADING SHOT 
GUNS AXD RIFLES. 
Single Barrel Breech Loading Shot Guns, the strongest audb'i-t 
ever made for either light or the heaxiest i'incf of Duck and Deer 
Shooting. Also Single Barrel Breech-Loadmg Rifles. 
Muzzle-Loaders Altered to Breech-Loaders. 
Any good muzzle-loader can be changed to a breeoh-loader, mak- 
ing as strong, good, and good-loolrng gpn as a new breech-loader. 
Perfect 8ati>faction guaranteed with every gun altered These guns 
are conceded, where known, to have the strongest fa^-tening, the 
best action, to be the best bandling. the closest and hardest snoot- 
ing. and the cheapest guns before the public. Locks are made re- 
bounding. when desir^. For catalogue and price list, address. 
L. BARBER ac CO., 51 Clinton St.. SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
wXllX^e^s 
Descriptive Guide to the Adirondacks. 
The only Complete and Reliable Guide to the delightful Fiahing and 
Hunting Groonds of 
THE GREAT NEW YORK WILDERNESS. 
ABBEY & IMBRIE, 
SrcCESSOBS TO 
ANDREW CLERK A CO-, 
IS Maiden Lane, New York. 
IMPORTERS, MANTFACrrCRERS AND DEALERS IN 
FISFTIISrO- tAckile. 
On hand the largest and best assortment ever exhibUed in the 
United States. They particularly call attention lo their 
TROUT, SALMOX AND BASS RODS. 
Every variety of Salmon and Trout Flies, and Hooks on Gut: 
Cuttyhunk and Pasque Is'and:^ Bass Lines; Waterproof Braided 
Silk Lines: every size and quality of 
SILK, LIXEN AXD COTTON LIXES; 
And every variety and style of 
Fish. Pi o o h s . 
Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the Rocky Moun- 
tains and the Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine, the Adirondacks etc. 
SPLIT BAMBOO. TROUT AND SALMON RODS 
AND REELS A SPECIALTY. 
Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Importers of 
Warr.u's Celebrate i Drilled Eyed Needles. 
Figeon Traps. 
PARKER^S 
PATENT SELF-CLOSING 
“H” and “T” 
PLrXGE TBAPS. 
These traps arc made after the style of the regular plunge traps, 
with the additional improvement — which is patenterl— of so con- 
necting the covers with the plnnger. on wbi.-h the bird sits, and 
from which he is thron n when the trap is operated, as to close them 
when the plunger falls to place, and by ite weight bolds tneni down, 
so that it is impossible for a bird to open the covers and escape, as 
is often the case with other plunge traps. The special advantages 
claimed are that the . 
TOIE AND 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 manufacturing these traps to make them 
STBOXG AND DUB ABLE. 
» Each trap has an 
Extra Water-Tight Box 
outside the box, which protects the plunger, 
WITH COVER FOR THE SAME. 
thus enablmg the sportsman to set the trap firmly in thegronnl and 
remove it at any time, leaving the onteide 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 YIeriden, Conn. 
PLecommendsution^ : 
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 bandy to use and sure to work, 1 tell eveiybody 1 meet that 
it is the only trap that ought to be used." 
A. H. Bogabbus. 
Extract from a private letter rece ved from Hok. A. C. Mattoon: 
“ \STiat 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 I^eon Trap over any other pigeon trap that we 
have seen, than to menrion the fact that Ihave witnessed tne shoot- 
ing of nearly twenty thousand 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 coosequeuce of disarrange- 
ment of traps; they can be filled, with less fots of birds, and with 
greater facility than the old fashioned traps." 
THESE TRAPS YERE ADOPTED 
BY THE 
I KEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATIOX, 
j their annual convention, held at Batavia, June, 1873, as will be 
I seen by the following letter: 
j ** in answer to your favor of the ITth, regarding the action of the 
I Association about the self-closing improvement to plange trap?, I 
I would say that this Association has adopted them and engaged Mr. 
i Knapp to add to the eight traps, now owned by the Association, 
this self-closing improvement Yours, respecifnlly, 
JoHK B. Sage, Sec. N. Y. S. Assoc' n." 
LIBERAL DISCOU.ST TO THE TRADE. 
Send for Circular, and order of 
BENJAMIN JONES. 
« SCHOOL STREET. BOSTON, Muss. 
NEWLY REVISED EDITION. 
■ Handsome 12 mo., fleiihle covers, red and gold, maps, etc. Abi at 
300 pages. Beantlfnlly illnstrated. Price $200. May be obtained 
of any book-#«ller, or will be mailed, post paid, on receipt of prl.-e, 
by WAVERLY PUBLISHING CO., 
SjTacnse, K. Y. 
Ca.ul'tioii! 
Gentlemen purchasing Shooting Coats are warned against an 
, Inferior article bearing my name Be sore to get the genuine Hola- 
1 bird Waterproof Coal. W H. HOLABIBD. 
Valparaiso, lad 
