636 
FOREST AND STREAM 
(ESTABLISHED 1S6 6) 
J. H. LAU & CO. 
Mrs. Garl . 
Lee Moody ... 
O. L. Garl ... 
P. B. Plummer 
Mr. Brayman 
Mr. Morton .. 
B. Smith . 
Mr. Judge _ 
. ioo 85 
. 100 83 
. 100 83 
. IOO 82 
. 100 79 
. 100 70 
. 75 41 
. 75 37 
O. L. GARL, Secretary. 
75 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK 
Arms—Ammunition—Loaded Shells. Fencing—Baseball—Full Line Sporting Goods 
to compete in one final shoot for the handsome 
prizes offered. This shoot was featured with 
very classy scores. 
J. F. Calhoun won the first prize on doubles 
and Dr. A. H. Aber won second prize. Calhoun 
also won the gold medal in class A and F. D. 
Smith carried off second prize. 
Harry Brooks captured the silver medal at the 
top of class B and J. W. Wilson won second 
prize. Mrs. J. C. Ashton was returned the win¬ 
ner in class C and A. L. Goldstrom came in sec¬ 
ond, each receiving silver prizes. The following 
were the scores: 
BEST OUT OF 50 BLUE ROCKS 
CLASS A. 
J. F. Calhoun . 
F. D. Smith . 
Dr. Aber . 
Dr. Heisey . 
G. E. Painter . 
Stanley Granger . 
T. C. Garland . 
Dr. Ord . 
J. White . 
D. W. Baker . 
CLASS B. 
Harry Brooks . 
Prof. C. F. Moore . 
.T. W. Wilson . 
S. S. Scholl . 
John Willis . 
CLASS C. 
Mrs. J. C. Ashton . 
A. L. Goldstrom . 
T. A. C. Sword . 
James Simpson . 
William A. Cornelius . 
I st 25 
2d 25 
Total 
23 
25 
48 
24 
23 
47 
24 
22 
46 
21 
23 
44 
21 
21 
42 
21 
21 
42 
19 
19 
38 
17 
18 
35 
l8 
l6 
34 
14 
19 
33 
24 
24 
48 
24 
24 
48 
21 
23 
44 
22 
20 
42 
18 
20 
38 
19 
21 
40 
20 
19 
39 
17 
18 
35 
l6 
13 
29 
12 
10 
22 
Penetration Versus Expansion in Rifle Bullets. 
A prospective deerstalker has inquired as to “the 
effect upon an animal of light build and weight of a 
solid nickel-covered bullet; would not such projectile 
go right through a beast and fail entirely to stop it 
unless the heart were pierced?” In reply to this I can 
only say, as I have said before, that sportsmen of ex¬ 
perience have fully realized that excessive penetration 
is practically constant with solid nickel-covered bullets 
fired into animals of light weight and medium size. 
When piercing flesh small-bore bullets of this type are 
virtually non-expansive; for, maintaining their shape, 
they pass through muscular tissue with as much ease 
as might a knitting needle, and at the same time effect 
as slight a displacement of tissue. With such bullets 
there is apt to be a disastrous waste of energy which 
might be utilized to far . greater advantage in imparting 
shock—in other words, in dealing a knock-down blow. 
Bullets that expend only a small portion of their 
momentum in penetrating the body of an animal, and 
the major portion of that energy in cleaving the air 
beyond, are uneconomical from the sportsman’s stand¬ 
point- Moreover, he considers it misleading to speak 
of “striking” energy in connection with so highly 
penetrative a missile. He concludes that it is only 
possible to recognize as of value the figures given to 
represent striking energy when the whole of a bullet’s 
momentum is used up upon an animal. 
Many attempts have been made to convert the ex¬ 
cess of penetration or wasteful energy of a bullet into 
shocking energy. By thus harnessing this misdirected 
force, and fully utilizing the superabundant penetra¬ 
tion by putting a drag anchor on to it, valuable assist¬ 
ance has been rendered toward the more effective and in¬ 
stantaneous killing of game. With solid or other projec¬ 
tiles of non-expanding character, to hit fair and square 
does not always imply the gathering of the game, as 
many a sportsman has realized when, on putting a bul¬ 
let through a beast, he has found his quarry move on 
for a mile or more, whence he is to be recovered after a 
long and tiring scramble, or, in the worst event, is, 
possibly, nevermore seen. Further, having due regard 
for the safety of the community, the highly expansive 
bullet is much less risky to use, for it may reasonably 
be expected to exhaust its energy upon the animal it 
strikes. On the other hand, the highly penetrative 
missile simply pierces and travels onward, so proving 
greatly dangerous to the luckless individual happening 
to be in the line of its fight beyond the object through 
which it has passed. 
Within recent years much intelligent endeavor has 
been witnessed toward modifying; the useless display 
of penetration exhibited by the higher developments of 
bullet velocity and of utilizing to the full such penetra¬ 
tive energy by expending it upon expansion. Several 
highly ingenious forms of projectile are now issued, 
and these insure, as far as may be possible, the pulling 
up of the bullet within an animal, thereby insuring 
the expenditure of the maximum amount of its energy 
upon the beast, instead of using up but a small propor¬ 
tion of this energy in passing through the object and of 
uselessly expending the remainder upon the air beyond. 
I have carried out scores of tests with many different 
forms of projectile, a solid and hollowed, spherical and 
elongate, in order to secure data as to their relative 
penetrative and expansive effects, and during several 
years past various reports as to bullet trials on live and 
dead animals, or upon hides and wool, steel plates and 
timber, have appeared in several sporting journals in 
this country, as also in those of India, America, etc. 
Henry Sharp, Shooting Times. 
Birmingham Gun Club. 
Birmingham, Ala., October 31, 1914. 
Fourteen shooters took part in the contest for the 
trophy at the gun club to-day. For some reason no 
very high scores were made, T. G. Byrd winning the 
trophy with a score of 91 out of 100 shot at. Gentry 
Hillman and H. C. Ryding were in second place with 89 
each. P. B. Plummer, popular professional from Chat¬ 
tanooga and Dick Leland of Ensley were with us. Mr. 
Brayman was also a visitor to the Birmingham Gun 
Club for the first time. Gar! made long run with 30 
without a miss. Scores: 
T. G. Byrd .... 
H. C. Ryding 
John Fletcher . 
E. M. Cornwell 
John Fletcher . 
Dick Leland ... 
Shot At 
.. 100 
.. 100 
.. 100 
.. 100 
.. 100 
,.. 100 
Broke 
91 
«9 
89 
86 
85 
Patterson 
Miller .. 
Patterson 
Miller .. 
Wolfe .. 
Kelly ... 
Patterson 
Miller 
Wolfe .. 
Kelly ... 
Patterson 
Miller 
Patterson 
Miller . 
Wolfe 
Miller .. 
Wolfe ... 
Kelly ... 
Butz . 
Koch _ 
Hammer 
Schatzman 
Ford . 
Davies ... 
Ertel .... 
Schreck 
Leonard 
Gambell . 
Hammer . 
Schatzman 
Davies 
Total .. 
Ertel .... 
Ford .... 
Butz .... 
Bon Air Rifle Club. 
Pittsburgh, Pa., October 31, 
1914- 
Total 
... Si 
59 
... 52 
... 56 
53 
18 
• 59 
- 54 
67 
22 
45 
69 
54 
61 
74 
67 
62 
MILO H. MILLER, Secretary. 
Cincinnati Gun Club. 
Cincinnati, O., Nov. 1, 1914. 
Total Total 
Number Number 
Shot At Broke 
. 265 185 
. 250 144 
. 150 134 
. 125 94 
. 165 132 
. 65 S 3 
. 115 90 
. 100 82 
. 185 127 
. 50 37 , 
Total 
TEAM RACES. 
. 45 
. 40 
. 40 
125 
44 
4i 
3 i 
Total . 116 
Ford . 43 
Schreck . 42 
Butz . 40 
Leonard . 36 
Total . 
Hammer 
Schatzman 
Gambell ., 
Ertel . 
161 
44 
39 
37 
36 
Total 
156 
ANACONDA GUN CLUB. 
Drumgoole Leads for Pan-Pacific Medal. 
Anaconda, November 1st. 
The November shoot of the Anaconda Gun 
Club was held to-day at the Nell grounds. On 
account of the open season on ducks, this was 
the first monthly shoot held by the club since 
August. The attendance was small, only 13 shoot¬ 
ers facing the traps. The weather was bad. A 
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