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proper gun made with the same measurements of stock | 
will prove quite suitable. It is a tool which can be 
used to good advantage only when in the hands of an 
experienced gun fitter. 
A short gun stock assists the shooter to get up the 
gun freely, but is against his holding it firmly against 
the shoulder; a large butt, not too flat, and with a fairly 
broad toe, is the best for bedding firmly against the 
shoulder; it should, in most cases, be slightly shorter 
to the left edge of the butt-plate than to the right. The 
better and more truly the butt fits the shoulder the more 
contforable will be the gun in use, and the less appreci¬ 
able will be the recoil. 
The hand, or the grip of the gun, must not be so 
thick that it cannot be grasped with ease; it.may be of 
oval section, or egg shape, with the smallest point at 
top, or, to afford a better grasp, even diamond shape in 
section; it must not be round, or have too fine or too 
flat a checkering or feel clumsy, and (he for - 'nr' must 
be narrow, standing high from the barrels, and fall full 
into the palm of the left hand when it grips the barrels. 
It is sometimes said that a sportsman cannot shoot 
with a gun that suits him if he varies his clothing; 
possibly some men cannot, but they are not good shots, 
nor should they pose as such, for.’as before stated, the 
good shot, the man who knows how to handle a gun 
and how to aim, will shoot well with any gun. Dr. 
Carver ba« : n a Gnvle c’xhib'Hor) -hioet o' ies- than an 
hours’ duration shot and performed equally well with a 
Winchester repeating rifle of the military model, a double 
shotgun of 2%-inch bend, and a double shotgun of 2- 
inch bend. 'The man who really means to shoot well 
does so irrespective of any trifling wrong dimension in 
the weapon he has to use, and the acquisition of the 
art of shooting enables one to do what the hypercritical 
gun-fitting faddist would not attempt with even the most 
favorable conditions.—From the ninth edition of The 
Gun and Its Developments, by \V. W. Greener. 
'Rifle Range and Gallery . 
Zettler Rifle Club. 
New York,— Scores made at the 100-shot championship 
match at 200vds., held on Election Day, Nov. 8, at Union 
Hill, under the auspices at the Zettler Rifle Club, Ger¬ 
man ring target, possible 2500: 
A Hubalek . 2278 
F C Ross. 2239 
H M Pope. 2234 
L C Buss . 2203 
G F Snellen . 2196 
J Hunsiker .2190 
A F Laudensack.2186 
W H French . 2183 
G Schlicht . 2177 
J Williams . 2167 
J Kaufmann . 2139 
G Hoffmann . 2102 
W T Watkins. 2078 
I. P Hansen. 2030 
F Bund . 1987 
H Balm .. 1973 
A Begerow .1911 
B Zettler . 1818 
C A Schrag. 1800 
J Johnson . 1553 
G W Reinecke. 1494 
Providence (R. I.) Revolver Club. 
The following scores were made by Newport members 
at Almy range, on German ring target, at 25yds., any 
•—cal rifle, any sights, but telescopes barred. The match 
calls for 20 shots offhand, for a silver cup, to be won 
three times, the last two wins to be consecutive. The 
high single string in the match so far, is 244; total for 
two strings, 477. I he match to be shot on Friday night 
of each week. The match has been running nine weeks 
so far. The scores shot on Nov. 4 are as follows: 
P Brook. 235 233—468 W Almy . 231 225—456 
F Coggeshall.. 234 233—467 W Henderson. 223 228—451 
W Thurston... 227 232—459 T T Biesel_ 223 222—445 
J Peckham ... 234 223—457 Eas’ton . 202 218—420 
Revolver match., 50yds.: W. Almy, 81, 80, 81, 81, SO. 
Philadelphia Rifle Association. 
Philadelphia, Nov. 12.—The weekly competitions ot 
this Association were shot to-day on the Arlington range, 
Lansdowne avenue and Cedar lane, near Llanerch, Pa.: 
,,rM?. cord match > 200yds., rifle: M. P. Harley, 188, 184,173; 
Williamson, 181. 
Military match: H. A. Dill, 46, 46, 45, 44; Dr. Davis, 
43, 41, 40; Dr. Given. 37; Williamson, 43, 41, 40. 
Revolver match, 50yds.: N. Spering 88, 86, SI. 
Rifle Note. 
A grand opening prize shoot of the winter season will 
be held on Nov. 19 and 20, at Otto Abendroth’s gallery. 
Bush wick and Myrtle avenues, Brooklyn. Distance, 
" j S ' Any • 22cal - rim-fire,' any sights and telescopes 
and palm rests permitted. Competition is open to all. 
.three tickets, $1. Twelve prizes totaling $97, three best 
tickets to count for first four prizes. Premiums for first 
and second best ten tickets. $5 and $3. On Nov. 19 
shooting will begin at $4 P. M.; on Nov. 20, at 1 P m’ 
EXPERIENCE OF A FOREST RANGER. 
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up with three or four forest rangers, off duty 
and talking shop among themselves, be very 
sure that you sit tight and .listen with both ears. 
It snail be strange if you do not hear casual 
relations which make your blood run quicker 
and start little chills chasing themselves up your 
backbone. And if, by great luck, you make a 
mend in the service, try and persuade him to 
let you thumb over the diary in which he keeps 
a record of his daily work. In the first ten 
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