1 
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% less shot is used than in the standard 
12 ga. load, but the writer believes this 
no detriment, since the 16 ga. by rea¬ 
son of the lighter weight, has an ad¬ 
vantage of 2 yards in swing, and prop¬ 
erly bored to suit the requirements of 
the individual shooter as to “time” the 
1-1.8 oz. load can be made to pattern 
so well at 33 yards that it will do all 
the 12 can be made to do at 35 yards. 
The common idea that the more shot 
can be crammed into a shell, the 
gi eater must necessarily be the success 
at the traps, is pure buncomb. Suc¬ 
cessful shooting, of any kind, consists 
almost exclusively in properly point¬ 
ing the gun. Witness: a professional 
employed by one of the leading com¬ 
panies using a cheap 410 bore and a 
pinch of shot—3-8s oz. of No. 8s, about 
153 pellets to the load, and shooting 
from a 12 ga. mark, broke better than 
80% of fast targets thrown from a 
regulation trap. Note also Capt. de 
Brays report, in Forest and Stream of 
October of the 4 man squad shooting 
28 ga. guns loaded with 5-8s oz. No. 8 
shot, shooting at 16 yards, I believe, 
averaging better than 86%, yet some 
of these shooters had no previous ex¬ 
perience with the 28 ga. at the traps. 
These performances prove at least 
three things: 1st, that small loads of 
powder give sufficient velocity to break 
targets; 2nd that No. 8 shot are large 
enough, and 3rd that if pointed right, 
miniature loads will smash targets with 
regularity. Live pigeons possess great 
vitality and require a lot of killing to 
bring down and keep down within the 
regulation 30 yd. boundary; yet in the 
days of the muzzle loaders, pigeon 
matches with 10 ga. guns, shot charges 
limited to V 2 oz. were common, and 
scores of 80% or better, 30 yd. boun¬ 
dary, one barrel only, were not unusual. 
To-day, representatives of trap shoot¬ 
ing associations are alarmed; shooters 
other than professionals, and 95% men 
and better, are no longer interested in 
the sport (?). The use of large bore 
guns, and a hand full of shot in the 
hands of a well trained shooter simply 
constitutes a machine capable of ac¬ 
counting for 98% of hits, and the won¬ 
der is under the present rules how the 
other two per cent, possibly escaped; 
and when a shooter (Woodward) scores 
99 x 50 pairs at doubles, the game 
ceases to have any further interest for 
us common folks. Restricting the shot 
charge to 1 oz. (or less) should be one 
of the reforms, and if done, the 16 will 
come into its own as a trap gun and 
will not be found wanting. 
It is to be regretted that there ap¬ 
pears a unity of action on the part of 
ammunition factories (with one excep¬ 
tion) to discredit the 16 ga. and to boost 
the 20 at the expense of the 16. Nu¬ 
merous articles have appeared in shoot¬ 
ing magazines, directing attention to 
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