Nov. ii, 1911-] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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FIREARMS IN ASIA. 
The importation of firearms and ammunition 
into China is controlled by the Chinese Gov¬ 
ernment, which, through the Inspector Gen¬ 
eral of Customs, issues regulations concerning 
the importation of arms and ammunition of 
all kinds. The effect of the latest rules is to 
limit the importation of revolvers and sporting 
guns, and consequently ammunition, to re¬ 
spectable foreigners and to make no provision 
for the importation of arms by Chinese direct 
except for a department of the Chinese Gov¬ 
ernment. Consequently, dealings by manufac¬ 
turers with Chinese merchants or private in¬ 
dividuals are out of the question. 
In addition to the general prohibition, which 
applies to the entire Empire, certain other re¬ 
strictions are imposed by the municipal gov¬ 
ernment _ of the international settlement of 
Shanghai. This settlement existing by virtue 
of extra territorial rights reserved to Americans 
and other foreigners in the treaties, its coun¬ 
cil has power to make regulations for the peace 
and good order of the community, binding on 
all nationalities, through their consuls, when 
such regulations are not opposed to the laws 
of. the country of the individual affected. To 
this end, any person dealing in firearms and 
ammunition must first obtain a license from 
the municipality, the conditions of which are 
that he must keep a register of all arms and 
ammunition imported, received, or sold, that 
the. police on duty shall have access to the 
register, and that any person purchasing shall 
supply full information as to the object and 
destination of the purchase. While not abso¬ 
lutely prohibiting sales to Chinese, the license 
states that “any native buyer shall also be 
vouched for. by a responsible foreigner.” 
Before this license will be granted the im¬ 
porting firm must deposit with the munici¬ 
pality, as security for faithful observance of 
the conditions, about $150, and if a wholesale 
dealer he must in addition pay a fee of about 
$100 per quarter, or $50 if retail. 
The object of the customs regulations is to 
prevent arms and ammunition of any kind fall¬ 
ing into the hands of the Chinese; the object 
of the Shanghai municipality is to prevent 
other than well-known and reliable natives 
from purchasing them after importation by for¬ 
eign firms. Vice-Consul General W. Roderick 
Dorsey, of Shanghai, says the practical effect 
is to make impossible a lucrative business in 
these articles, as there are onlv between 30,000 
and 40,000 foreigners in the Empire. 
All the European firms that have succeeded 
in placing orders for arms and ammunition 
with the Chinese central Government or pro¬ 
vincial authorities have had their own men on 
the spot, who generally work through an es¬ 
tablished house, the negotiations frequently be¬ 
ing tedious and requiring much patience, diplo¬ 
macy. and knowledge of Chinese methods and 
practices. Ordinary retail business could be 
safely intrusted to the stores in the foreign set¬ 
tlements. 
Under the provisional arms regulation of the 
Siamese law the importation of firearms or am¬ 
munition into the Kingdom of Siam is pro¬ 
hibited unless the permission of the Govern¬ 
ment be first obtained. 
Consul General G. Cornell Tarler, of Bang¬ 
kok. Siam, says there is a stronger demand for 
revolvers and shotguns than for any other va¬ 
riety of firearms. The former is used by the 
police and military, and there is hardly a resi¬ 
dent without one: in the interior some sort of 
arm is considered indispensable; even the most 
peaceful missionary carries in his kit at least 
one revolver, one rifle, and one shotgun. In 
the interior, also, the rifle is useful. Elephants, 
bears, wildcats, and crocodiles are common, 
and near the border of French Indo-China 
tigers and rhinoceroses abound. Elephants may 
be killed there, but not in Siamese territory. 
The shotgun is useful even in Bangkok, where 
the.snipe are plentiful, for which it is celebrated. 
In its vicinity there are pigeon, pheasant, duck, 
quail, teal, and plover. 
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If your shells were loaded 
with shot flattened like this, 
what chance would you 
have to 
-break your target 
-kill your bird or 
-beat your competitor 
in the match ? 
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One deformed pellet upsets the pattern 
One poor pattern may give your competitor the match. 
Can you afford to take a chance on a powder that fuses (melts) the shot? 
The fusing or melting of shot pellets is caused by the muzzle burning of hard grain powder. 
This defedt has been overcome in the Dead Shot process by making the grains porous, 
tough and elastic. Dead Shot burns progressively from the chamber to the muzzle. Each 
shot pellet, therefore, leaves the barrel in spherical form. The resulting pattern increases your 
percentage on targets and makes your kills on 
game more certain. 
Dead Shot is the only porous grained 
powder, and we urge all shooters to compare its 
patterns with those made by any other powder. 
All dealers carry Dead Shot loads in stock. 
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