December, 1917 
FOREST AND 
STREAM 
621 
Is Your Husband A Shooter? 
Give him a gift that is different—a gift unusual— 
one that will please him to the limit with pleasure. 
Give him ioo shotgun shells loaded with good old 
reliable 
Smokeless Shotgun Powders 
“Trap loads’' for the trapshooter—“Field loads” 
for the field shooter. You can get either in his 
favorite make of shell. But to cap the climax— 
to add the final touch to this patriotic gift—be sure 
you get Du Pont Powder. To be absolutely certain 
Look on the Top Shot Wad for the Marks 
Dupont Ballistite Schultze 
Each has its good points and each has its friends. 
Used by 80% of the Nation’s shooters and sold by 
all dealers. 
E. L DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. 
Wilmington, Delaware 
Rifle sis shown $50.00 
Peep Sight, extra 3.75 
NEWTON HIGH POWER RIFLES 
deliver a smashing blow anywhere along the line over the longest practical 
game-shooting ranges. The ammunition they use is not only of 3,000* f.s. velocity, 
but it has bullet ^eight enough to make it effective out where the game is. There 
is nothing else in its class for its calibers: 22, 256, 80 and .35. 
To see what a difference bullet weight makes in energy at long game shooting ranges, 
and in higher energy at the shorter ones, see the ballistics tables in our 148-page catalog, 
sent for stamp. 
Newton Rifles are Now Being Delivered 
NEWTON ARMS CO., 74-78 E. Jewett Avenue, BUFFALO, N. Y. 
regard to a .22 is that it is just a trifle 
light for the usual needs of Ohio shooting 
—squirrels, rabbits, etc. I feel that it may 
not carry quite accurately enough at rather 
long distances. It has seemed to me that a 
.25 might be just enough stronger to give 
me the feeling of confidence I now lack. 
I should like to have you tell me, how¬ 
ever, what automatics and others are 
available, and let me know their prices. 
Ans.—1. Penetration of the .22 Auto¬ 
loading Remington is 6 % inch pine boards; 
of the .25 Automatic with soft point bullet 
11 7 A inch boards; metal cased bullet 44^ 
inch boards. 
2. Ninety foot pounds for the .22 and 
1,175 for the .25. 
3. When shooting at 200 yards the height 
of the .22 calibre bullet at 100 yards above 
the line of sight is 5.54. With the .25 
Remington Smokeless cartridge it is 4.95 
at 100. 
4. A telescope sight is always a great 
aid when one’s eyes are not normal. For 
target shooting at long distances a tele¬ 
scope is excellent when its use is under¬ 
stood, otherwise it is more of a hindrance 
than a help. It is thought that the ordi¬ 
nary hunting sights are best for the pur¬ 
pose. 
5- The .25 would be the best all round 
gun for the kind of shooting you do. 
The present retail price of the .25 Rem¬ 
ington Auto is $38.30. 
The Model 14 high power slide action 
Remington is also made in .25 calibre. The 
ballistics of the cartridge for this rifle 
are the same as for the Automatic. 
C. P. B., Cody, Wyo.: 
My .250 Savage is sighted point blank for 
300 yards, (a) If I estimate a deer to be 
400 or 500 yards, is it better to adjust the 
sight for the estimated distance or to hold 
•over? (b) If the latter method, how much 
should I hold over ? 
Ans.—(a) If you have the time to set 
your sight, by all means do so, if it is 
properly graduated, and hold on the middle 
horizontal line of the animal. At 400 yds. 
this will give you a leeway, in your esti¬ 
mation, of approximately 37 yards on either 
side of the 400 line, and at 500 yards it 
will give you a leeway of approximately 
28 yds. on either side of the 500 line. If 
you hold just under the game with the 
sights so set, you limit the maximum dis¬ 
tance to agree with the setting of sights. 
That is, the deer is not beyond 400 yds. in 
the first case, nor beyond 500 yds. in the 
second instance, (b) If you have not time 
to adjust the sights or if the sight is not 
guaranteed accurately for the distances, 
you hold over 14 inches when the deer is 
at 400 yds. and 45 inches when the deer is 
at 500 yds. (Page 135, B & D’s Practical 
Exterior Ballistics.) By the way, the 250 
Savage should not be given a point blank 
Tange over 200 yds. except on the plains, 
where long shots are the rule. 
Hunters! There’s plenty of deer, bear and 
small game around Titus’s Home Camps; 
Maine’s best located camps—only six miles 
from the station by motor boat. 
PRIVATE CAMPS BUILT AND LEASED 
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Capt. G. W. Cooper, Eagle Lake, Maine. 
THOMAS- 
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both the all around and the various special 
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Made of the finest bamboo, light, resilient, 
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THOMAS ROD COMPANY, 
117 Exchange St., Bangor, Me. 
