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for shore shooting. The range of accuracy of a smooth bore gun firing spherical 
ball is about sixty yards. Sportsmen requiring a weapon with a longer range 
have the choice of rifled ball guns such as the Paradox and Colindian. They 
are, however, heavier than ordinary game guns. 
A 16 bore gun with 29 inch barrels should weigh about 6£ lbs. and make a 
pattern of 115 to 120 with an ounce of No. 6 shot. 
A 20 bore gun with 28 inch barrels should weigh about 5^ lbs and make a 
pattern of 90 to 100 with oz. No. 6 shot. 
There is little use in having one barrel cylinder and the other choke as the 
bird fired at with the left barrel is frequently nearer than that fired at with 
the right. Very few men can use a chokebore as effectively as a cylinder on 
game. If, however, the sportsman requires a choke bore that will shoot ball 
accurately as well as make a close pattern with shot, a recess choke is recom¬ 
mended/ The accuracy with ball is equal to a cylinder. 
RIFLES. 
The modern nitro rifles are far preferable to the old black powder weapons. 
They are more accurate, have a much lower trajectory, and bore for bore have 
nearly twice the power. 
