NOTE VARIETY OF ONE HOUR'S CA TCH 
By J. K. Rush ( Patentee ) at Pulaski , 
N. Y. Catch of three 3 lb. small mouth 
bass; two 4lb. large mouth bass; two 
3 lb. northern pike , one 10 in. perch 
and one 36 in. muskolonge. 
Rush Tango First Prize Winner 1916 Field and 
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Also Great Northern Pike—Look! 24 lbs. 12 ozs. 
I DEAL for trolling or casting; 
appeals to amateurs or profes¬ 
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body of bait make it practically 
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can’t catch on bottom. By many 
record catches proven a sensational 
killer for all kinds of game fish. 
Rush. 
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and is the reason why the U. S. long rifle 
Lesmok performs so satisfactorily in the 
Model 1912 Savage. 
A heavy trigger pull is necessary in an 
automatic arm because if the engagement 
between the sear and the firing mechanism 
were not very secure there would be danger 
that owing to the slam with which the auto¬ 
matic action is operated, the firing mech¬ 
anism (hammer or firing pin, according to 
the design of the gun in question) would 
jump the sear and consequently fire the 
next cartridge as soon as the action closed. 
A firm engagement of the trigger or 
sear mechanism and the firing mechanism 
to prevent the occasional accidental firing 
of more than one shot for one pull of the 
trigger cannot be obtained unless the trig¬ 
ger pull is rather heavy.—Ed.] 
USE OF THE SILENCER. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Please answer following by way of your 
next issue of Forest and Stream: Do you 
think that equipping a Savage .303 with a 
Maxim silencer is a good idea, and why ? 
A Reader. 
The Maxim silencer will do all that its 
makers claim for it. If you want to do 
away with the report of your rifle you can 
do no better than have one fitted to your 
rifle. In some States the use of a silencer 
in hunting is prohibited.—See Game Laws 
in Brief.—Ed.] 
THE LITTLE TWENTY-TWO 
FOR THE MAN WITH FEW HOLIDAYS 
IT IS AN ENJOYABLE COMPANION 
I N YOUR February number I read a very 
interesting article by “Seneca” entitled 
“The Twenty-two Rifle.” It was very 
pleasing and instructive, but one thing he 
apparently overlooked entirely was the 
companionship a .22 caliber rifle affords. 
I do not think any firearm, whether it be 
shotgun, rifle or revolver, can give the 
owner as much genuine pleasure on so 
many different occasions as the .22 caliber 
rifle. “Seneca” has laid special stress on 
the advantages of shooting a .22 as a 
means of acquiring efficiency with the hi- 
power, thus making the smaller arm a mere 
auxiliary to the larger one. But I believe 
the average shooter will have a hundred 
opportunities to use his .22 where he would 
have one to shoot the hi. 
My own shooting started, like many other 
boys , by using an air rifle. Then when I 
became older I was given a .22 repeater, 
which I soon learned to use effectively on 
rats, frogs, snakes, and other small “game ” 
After I put on long trousers, I felt that it 
was somewhat beneath my' dignity as a 
“man” to be seen carrying a kid’s gun and 
as I was beginning to earn some money 
of my own by that time I sold'my .22 and 
bought a .32-20. Then followed the .32-40, 
.38-55, -25-35, -30-30, and .30-40, in the or¬ 
der named. In the meantime I had pur¬ 
chased another .22—a Winchester automat¬ 
ic_and it soon became such a friend and 
companion to me that even though I would 
want to take a hi-power with me on some 
of my rambles, I could not find the heart 
to leave my little .22 at home. 
er 
The average shooter’s use of the hi-pow- 
„, for several reasons, is necessarily lim¬ 
ited : first, on account of the cost of am¬ 
munition, next on account of the scarcity 
of game large enough to justify the use of 
a big gun; and then if target shooting is 
the marksman’s desire, it is necessary to 
be a long way from &ny kind of a settle¬ 
ment or on a regular range in order to 
shoot with any degree of safety. Shooting 
at a standard target, with a given range 
and under a set of rules and stipulations 
like we get at the military ranges, soon 
becomes more or less monotonous and does 
not offer the varied forms of amusement 
of a ramble through the country with a 
small rifle. 
My work on a daily newspaper is con¬ 
fining and nerve-racking, but fortunately 
I have one day every week that I can call 
my own, and I frequently put in the entire 
day rambling through the woods and along 
the water courses with no companion but 
my little .22. It is astonishing, to one who 
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