with 1% ounces than with one ounce 
charges and the proportion of badly 
deformed shot is much greater in the 
choke than in the cylinder barrel. The 
pellets were carefully chosen so as to 
be thoroughly represented. Each row 
consisted of two of the most perfect 
pellets; two moderately damaged and 
two badly crushed pellets. The principle 
to be arrived at as the result of these 
experiments is that with guns as 
presently chambered and choked the 
greatest deformation is a result of ex- 
cessively large charges of shot. Other 
conclusions arrived at were that at 
short ranges the larger the shot the 
higher the velocity and this is accen- 
tuated relatively as the ranges are in- 
creased. At short ranges the velocity 
with choke barrels is increased, but 
at longer ranges the striking velocity 
of cylinder barrels is sometimes higher 
than chokes. Beyond thirty yards the 
striking velocity depends on a shot re- 
taining its spherical shape and it is 
much more likely to do so in loads of 
1 1/16 oz. in a cylinder bored barrel 
than it is in a load of 1% oz. of 1% oz. 
in choke bored barrels. 
There is unquestionably a very de- 
cided abatement of pellet deformation 
as shot charges are reduced and just 
so surely as you reduce pellet deforma- 
tion so surely you improve pattern and 
striking velocity. Another experiment 
conducted by Mr. Housman for the 
purpose of demonstrating the effect of 
pellet deformation on velocities were 
as follows: 
Velocity for 10 yds.: 
1 oz. of No. 6 soft shot......1155 
1 1/16 oz. of No. 6 soft shot. .1117 
1% oz. of No. 6 soft shot....1151 
Velocity for 30 yards: 
IPOZIENGe G-=SOLUASNOG, 2... tsi) 
Ttyis-oz. No. -6 soft shot.:... 783 
Tiivozs Noeorsott Shota.....<. 762 
Experiments with cartridges of 
higher initial velocities give results as 
follows: 
1 oz. No. 5 chilled shot...... 1259 
1% .oz. No. 5 chilled shot....1235 
Striking velocity, 30 yards: 
1 oz. No. 5 chilled shot....... 855 
1% oz. No. 5 chilled shot..... 828 
The results of these experiments tend | 
to show that no fast rule can be laid 
down. The velocity for 10 yards is 
generally no higher with No. 3 shot 
than with No. 7, but the striking 
velocities recorded by the No. 3 shot 
at 30 yards are much higher than those 
given by the No. 7 shot. 
All of which leads to the conclusion 
that the puzzling differences in the 
striking velocities of various guns is 
due in no small degree to the deforma- 
tion of shot and that there is a real 
foundation for the reputation of some 
specially hard hitting guns with cer- 
tain charges. 



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