382 
Sept. 18, 1875. 
PARKER’S PATEXT 
Clip Cartfidp Belt, 
Price, $<>.50. 
This belt revolves around the body, carries any size shell equally 
well: holds them open endup, thereby preventing the wads start- 
ing in loaded shells, and is acknowledged by all as the best de^ice 
for carrying 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 measnre aroand waist mer 
Maynard’s Patent. 
Breech-Loading Rifles and Shot Guns. 
CENTRAL FIRE 
O o m Td i n gut, i o n .A.rms, 
WITH RE-LOADDfO CAPPED CARTRIDGES. 
For convenience, accuracy and penetration uneqniUed. Send for 
price-list and target representations. 
MASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO 
CHICOPEE FALLS, MAS 
Targets Made 
WITH 
MaTiiard Rifles. 
Hang SIZE. 
Ten Consecutive Shots. 
Twenty and Ten Rode. 
William Read & Sons^ 
13 FANELTL HALL SQUARE, BOSTON, 
AGKSTS FOR 
W. 6c C, Scott 6c Sons^ 
BBEECH-LOADI XG G E X ! 
WINNERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLTN TRIAL. 
Also Westley Richards, Greener, Webley, Moore and 
others. 
A genuine Scott Muzzle-Loading Double Gun, f!25 up. 
Maynard, Ballard, Remington and Sharp Rifles. ! 
Ballard’s Breech-LoatTing 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 and 
force caps, and! a I typa 
stamps upon the wad the size of 
shot used. The charges are drawn 
by a thumb-screw, and instantly 
removable. No shot is scattered 
or powder spilled. The wads 
are placed with nnnsnal firmness 
and accuracy. This loader is 8!4 
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 (see Plate) $5.00 
“ Type “ 1 20 
“ Punch “• 2 for Sturtevant Shells, 3 for other 
shells, each 20 
“ Bushing “ 4 for changing calibre 25 
LIBERAL DISCOCNT TO THE TRADK 
Send for Circnlar, and order of 
BENJAMIN JONES. 
22 SCHOOL STREET, BOSTON', Mass.; 
TO SPORTSMEN 
Desiring Fine English Guns 
Bmill: to Order. 
For many years 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 lame lime meet all the other 
requirements of the sportsman, as in fVeight, Gauge, 
Lengthy ^ndy Style^ Shooting Powers^ zn^Price^ 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 difficulty we have established a house in New 
1 ork, thus enabling sportsmen to trade direct with the 
gun maker. We we now prepared to accept from sports- 
men orders to build FINE Guns of any desired measure- 
ment, atourlistpriees, which we forward with illustrated 
desenption of our guns on application. 
J. & W. TOLLEY, 
(PIONEER WORKS.) 
Birmingham, England. 
BR.TNCH HOUSE 29 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. 
N'. B.— Extra close shooting may be had if desired at same prices. 
SPORTSMEN! 
Have tou seb.v THE NEW SHELL, with 
SLOTTED HEAD” and BERD.TN PRIMER? 
ry KOT, 
SEND FOR A SAMPLE. 
And hereafter yon will 
Use Itfo Other Shell!! 
The«^ 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 pockeUknife will do the 
work successfuliy. Onw seen Sportsmen will use no ot er shell, as 
It obviates all trouble with broxen down anvils, broken poiots in 
C‘«p ejectors, holes uunched ihroui?h cape, screw head shells that 
corrode and cannot be unscrewed after a little use. In a word it 
will supercede all other shells now in use, ’ 
PRICE $3 00 PER DOZEX. 
Sample Shell by mail 25 cte. Address 
PARKER BROTHERS, 
West Meriden, C^nn. 
jOHiff p, LiOwe:r 7 
SPORTSMEN' S DEPOT, 381 BL.tKE ST., 
OOL. 
A full assortment of various kinds of 
GUNS. RIFLES, PISTOLS. AMMUNITION, SPORTING GOODS, 
FISHING TACKLE. CUTLERY, ETC., 
Colt's, Smith &. Wesson's, 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 curiosities, at lowest market prices. 
Agent for the sale of Parker's Breech- Loading Shot Guns. 
Lefe^er Bfeedi-Loaders, 
DOUBLE BARREL BREECH-LOADING SHOT 
GL'NS AND RIFLES. 
Single Barrel Breech Loading Shot Gnna. the etrongeat and best 
ever made for either light or the heatUft Vind of Back and Deer 
Shooting. Also Single Barrel Breech-Loading Hides. 
Muzzle-Loaders Alteretl to Breech-Loaders. 
Any good muzzle-loader can be changed to a breech-loader, mak- 
ing as strong. good, and good-looking gun as a new breech-loader. 
Perfect satisfaction guaranteed with every gun altered These guns 
are conceded, where known, to have the strongest fastening, the 
best action, to be the best handling, the closest and hardest shoot- 
ing. af>d the cheapest guns before the public. Locks are made re- 
bounding. when desir^. For catalogue and price list, address. 
L. BARBER A: CO., 51 Clinton Su, SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
Descriptive Guide to the Adirondacks. 
The only Complete and Reliable Guide to the delightful Fishing and 
Hunting Grounds of 
THE GREAT NEW YORK WILDERNESS. 
N'EtVLT REVISED EDITION. 
Handsome 12 mo., flexible covers, red and gold, maps, etc. Abont 
300 pages. Beautifully illastrated. Brice $200. May be obtained 
of any book-#eller, or will be mailed, post paid, on receipt of price, 
by WAVERLY PUBLISHING CO.. 
Syracuse, N. T 
ABBEY & IMBRIE, 
8UCCZSSOBS TO 
ANDREW CLERK k CO., 
48 Maiden Lane, New York. 
IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN 
K’lSKCHsTGr TACKLE. 
On hand the largest and best assortment ever exhibited in the 
United States. They particularly call attention to their 
TROUT, SALMON AND BASS RODS. 
Every variety of Salmon and Tront Flies, and Hooks on Gnt- 
Cnttyhnnk and Pasqne Island* Bass Lines; Wateiproof Braided 
Silk Lines: every size and quality of 
SILK, LINEN AND COTTON LINES; 
And every variety and style of 
Eish. Eook:s. 
Parties fitted out with appropriate Tackle for the Rocky Moun- 
ti^s and the Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine, the A^ondacks etc. 
SPLIT BAMBOO, TROUT AND SALMON RODS 
AND REELS A SPECIALTY". 
Agents for the St. Lawrence Fishing Co. Sole Importers of 
Warren's Celebrated Drilled Eyed Needles. 
Eigeon Traps. 
PARKBR’S 
PATENT SELF-CLOSING 
“Pi” and. “T” 
PLEXGE TBAPS. 
These 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 sits, aad 
from which he is thrown when the trap is operated, as to close them 
when the plunger falls to place, and by its weight holds them down, 
60 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 
TIME AND BIRDS SAVED 
during 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 
STROXG ASP DURABLE. 
Each trap has an ^ 
Extra Water-Tight Box 
ontMde the box, which protects the plunger, 
WITH COVER FOR THE SAME. 
thns ensbimg the sportsman to set the trap firmly m the ground snd 
remove it at any tune, leaving the outside 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 ileriden, Conn. 
Eecomiiieiid.a.t.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 bandy to nee and sure to work, I tell everybody I meet that 
it is the only trap that ought to be used.'* 
A. H. Bogabdus. 
Extract from a private letter received from Hon. A. C. Mattoon: 
‘ WTiat 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 Pigeon Trap over any other pigeon trap that we 
have seen, than to menrion the fact tbatlhave witnessed the shoot- 
ing of nearly twenty thousand birds from those traps at our late 
convention, and cannot now call to mind a single instance wljeo 
the shooting was delayed an instant in cooseauence of disarrange- 
ment of traps: they can be filled, with less loss of birds, and with 
greater facility tham the old fashioned traps.'' 
THESE TRAPS iVERE ADOPTED 
BY THE 
XEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATIOX, 
at their annual convention, held at Batavia June, 1873, as will be 
seen by the following letter: 
“In answer to your favor of the ITtb, regarding the action of the 
Association about the self-closing improvement to plunge traps, T 
would say that this Association has adopted them and engaged Mr. 
Knapp to add to the eight traps, now owned by the Association, 
this self-closlDg improvement Yours, respectfully, 
John B. Saok, Sec. N. Y. S. Assoc'n.'* 
Oa,uit.ioii! 
Gentlemen porchaaing Shooting Coats are warned against an 
inferior article bearing my name. Be sure to get the genuine Hola- 
bird Waterproof Coat. W. H. HO LA . BIR D, 
Valparaiso, Ind. 
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