perfect holding, or the gun (providing 
you have a good one), but give more 
attention to the ammunition you are 
using and the correct method of re- 
loading it. 
I do not recommend the reloading 
of high power ammunition of any 
kind. You will always be in trouble 
in some way—either the shells will 
crack, break or expand, so you cannot 
get them in or out, and besides you 
will never get any better accuracy 
than with factory loads, and there is 
more or less danger when you do not 
understand your business perfectly. 
There are some high power guns that 
are very accurate and in general use 
for all long range target work. And 
those intended for big game are accu- 
rate enough for their purpose and 
very effective in killing power. But 
they are not really practical, from a 
financial point of view, for the man 
who likes to go out shooting in the 
open or enjoy a half-day at the range 
too often. He never feels quite right 
about shooting all he wants to, unless 
he has plenty of money to burn. 
The reloading of black powder am- 
munition, when you come to under- 
stand it, is very fascinating work, and 
the more you study it the more inter- 
esting it becomes, and really the 
greater part of the pleasure in target 
practice. 
The manufacturers of ammunition 
are obliged to make their shells small 
enough so they will go into the cham- 
ber of all guns made, and it follows 
that a great many shells are entirely 
too small for the chamber of the gun 
it may be used in, and it does not re- 
quire a very fertile brain to see that 
perfect accuracy could not be obtained 
from a shell that fitted too loosely, 
that the bullet would not be in perfect 
alignment with the bore of the gun. 
We must draw from our imagination 
largely just what takes place at the 
explosion of a rifle shell, but we know 
from the results we get whether the 
conditions are right or wrong, for we 
must assume that in everything per- 
fect conditions must produce perfect 
results, or at least a standard degree 
of uniform results. 
And right here I wish to make a 
special note of what I mean by perfect 
accuracy. I shall have to qualify the 
statement somewhat by saying that it 
means as perfect as ean be obtained 
from a completely loaded shell before 
it is placed in the chamber of the gun. 
Other methods have been devised for 
loading target rifles that have out- 
classed in accuracy the complete loadec 
shell, but never became ponular be- 
cause they were not practical in a 
general way. 
It is remarkable how uniform manu- 
facturers of shells make them, and yet 
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Peters Shells function perfectly 
in any weather 
HOOTERS who use Peters Shells go right ahead with their 
hunting trips regardless of the weather, because experience 
has proven that Peters Shells function perfectly in all arms under 
all shooting conditions. The combination of a firm ‘‘bevel- 
crimp” and a thoroughly waterproofed paper tube of proper strength and elas- 
ticity prevents any unsatisfactory results from dampness. Even a driving rain 
doesn’t stop a Peters hunter. 
And when you consider that the watertite ‘‘bevel-crimp”’ is only one of the out- 
standing Peters features you can understand the superiority of these shells. 
The ‘‘steel-where-steel-belongs’’ head, the riveted battery cup, the pure felt 
wads and perfect shot are other special advantages. 
And, finally, Peters Shells offer you superior high velocity loads in your 
favorite load, plainly marked. ‘‘High velocity’’ with Peters quality means the 
most satisfactory shells you can obtain. 
Peters rim fire cartridges will give you greater accuracy, cleanliness and pene- 
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