October, 1918 
FOREST AND STREAM 
609 
Stream, we shall feel obliged to you. In 
closing may we again thank you for your 
delightful articles and add that if you wish 
to make use of all or any part of this let¬ 
ter, you are at perfect liberty to do so. 
Believe me, 
Your friend, 
Guy M. Philips. 
I WROTE to Philips: 
My dear Brother Philips: 
I now rise to give you the high-sign 
and mystic password of the greatest frater¬ 
nity in the world, The Ancient Brotherhood 
of American Marksmen. It is the regret of 
my life that I am not permitted to fight 
shoulder to shoulder with that noble boy 
of yours who has “gone to the colors,” but 
I have been condemned as unserviceable 
and left behind to preach the gospel of 
cool heads and hot lead. That most in¬ 
teresting commentary on your family of 
shooting-irons is before me and I am more 
than pleased to receive it as you are ex¬ 
actly the sort of man I am endeavoring to 
reach; a veteran gun-bug born with a love 
of the game and seasoned with years of 
field experience. The ultimate burden of 
winning this war rests upon the shoulders 
of the individual and it is squarely up to 
us “old timers” to redeem our country’s 
lost reputation as “a nation of riflemen.” 
for that is exactly what is required to suc¬ 
cessfully prosecute this world-wide vermin 
hunt. An ability to shoot quick and 
straight possesses a double value; it in¬ 
spires a man with God-given courage and 
confidence born of experience, that enables 
him to go into battle with the comforting 
assurance that whatever may be his fate in 
the conflict, he will not fail to more than 
justify his presence on the firing line; 
and once there he instantly becomes a 
deadly and effective fighting unit. The 
fact that there is little chance of your see¬ 
ing service “over there” proves conclu¬ 
sively that it is your duty to serve “over 
here” in the one capacity for which you 
are best fitted, that of making riflemen out 
of mud, human clay possessed of shooting 
abilities that are as yet latent and undevel¬ 
oped. By securing a heavy .22 caliber rifle 
of the military type and a supply of long- 
rifle ammunition, you can turn out expert 
riflemen for Uncle Sam at a total expense 
of one cent a shot. That is what we are 
doing at the Essex School of Musketry 
and if you are <game to do the same in 
your town, you may rely on me to see that 
you are supplied with the necessary targets 
and full instructions how to use them. 
Think the matter over carefully and then 
write me again. 
Your target calls for no apologies, ex¬ 
cept for that one “off shot” it gives a 
two-inch group, good work for forty 
rounds fired without “sighters” under 
strange conditions. The score is easily 
read by illumination: 24 fives, 9 fours, 1 
three and 6 ones, total 165 x 200—82^2 per 
cent. Thirty-three hits out of 40 shots, not 
bad at all. But note one thing, 6 of the 7 
misses are high. This aptly illustrates the 
very tendency the target is designed to 
overcome. Why are we all so prone to 
shoot high? To me this is the ballistic 
equivalent to the “Riddle of the Sphynx.” 
Your hot water treatment for leaded 
(continued on page 624) 
Wad 
Gives Punch to ® Shells 
S HOOTING Championships and full game 
bags are impossible without superior ammu¬ 
nition—the reason so many successful shoot¬ 
ers are partial to Peters Shells. Every step in their 
careful manufacture helps to make the (P) brand 
superior. 
The Felt Wad is one of the features that give 
the unusual punch to a Peters load. Peters wads 
are made of long cattle hair, so thoroughly cleaned 
of grit and dirt that they will not injure the finest 
gun barrel. They are firmly knit together and yet 
have the needed elasticity to give the required 
velocity with minimum recoil. They do not blow 
to pieces like the ordinary kind, but expand with¬ 
out tearing, and prevent the shot from scattering. 
Without a dependable wad, good shooting is out 
of the question. You get rid of all doubt by using 
(p)—the ammunition with the proper kind of felt 
wadding. It confines all gases and prevents foul¬ 
ing and leading, two of the causes of so many 
shooting disappointments. 
In your hunting and for Sport at the traps 
follow the Champions — use (P) Shells. 
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