SPORT MAN UAL 
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this method will not only enable you 
to make better scores, but they will 
run more even. There is one thing 
more that can be said in favor of this 
method of tripping a gun. We will re- 
view what I have previously said, about 
the fractional part of time it takes for 
every thing to function before the bul- 
let leaves the gun, and you will readily 
see that this space of time should be 
made as short as possible, and as the 
action of the trigger takes up the most 
of it, this method has a great advan- 
tage over holding the finger farther 
away from the tripping point. 
It sometimes happens that the bore 
of the gun will become so thoroughly 
polished by shooting and cleaning, that 
it will not shoot accurately. This 
trouble is not met with very frequently, 
however, and is caused by a lack of 
resistance to the bullet while passing 
through the barrel, so that it does not 
fill the rifling properly, allowing the 
gas to escape evenly around the bullet 
at the muzzle, causing a defective flight. 
This can be remedied, however, by tak- 
ing a piece of outing cloth, and cutting 
it just large enough so it will fit tight 
into the barrel, when forced in with the 
cleaning rod. This piece of cloth should 
first be oiled slightly, and then sprinkled 
with fine emery powder, then force it 
back and forth through the barrel with 
the rod a few times, being careful not 
to continue the process too long. Never 
use a dry rag in cleaning a rifle bar- 
rel, as the friction is greater than when 
the rag is oiled, causing a wear to the 
barrel greater than is caused by shoot- 
ing it. 
Now in passing along to the subject 
of rifle shells, we come to the most vital 
point in the process of reloading, and I 
will assume that everyone is interested 
in getting the best results possible. As 
I have previously stated, rifle shells are 
not all alike, and very few are abso- 
lutely perfect, and to get the best re- 
sults, only perfect ones should be used. 
It sometimes takes long exhaustive in- 
dividual tests of each shell, to find this 
out. First you must have a standard 
of perfection to start with as a guide, 
that is, a shell that will produce a 
standard degree of uniform accuracy 
every time it is fired in the same gun. 
Before trying to select perfect shells, be 
sure to clean them, so they will be 
bright both inside and out. Then take 
the shell in the left hand, and with the 
right thumb nail, press in on the walls 
of the muzzle on all sides, and if you 
find that any part of the muzzle has 
less resistance than other parts, the best 
thing to do is to discard it. The walls 
of some shells will be thinner on one 
side than the other, and some will be 
softer, causing a greater or less degree 
of resistance, which will cause trouble 
when the bullet is forced into them, or 
when the explosion takes place in the 
Tt will wentify you. 
chamber, causing an imperfect align- 
ment of the bullet with the bore of the 
gun. Only shells the wall of which have 
the same thickness, and have the same 
resisting power on all sides, with the 
same capacity of holding powder, and 
the same length, should be used, if you 
are looking for perfect accuracy. 
The illustration in the September 
FOREST AND STREAM shows the tools for 
fitting a shell perfectly for reloading, 
and I believe it to be the only method 
that will insure perfect accuracy from 
every shot, providing only perfect shells 
are used. The sizing block is the one 
furnished by all manufacturers of load- 
ing tools, for the resizing of shells. The 
gauge that the shell passes through be- 
fore entering this block, can be made by 
any one. In constructing it, the hard- 
est kind of wood should be selected, 
with a thin plate of iron securely fast- 
ened on top, to keep the shell from dent- 
ing in, when pounded down. The thick- 
ness of this gauge should be adjusted 
according to the shell you wish to use 
and the amount of resizing it needs, so 
that the opening pin, “which is shown 
seated in the shell,’ will make the in- 
side of the shell the same size, about 
half way down, to where the base of the 
bullet is seated. A wooden mallet 
should be used in driving the shell into 
the sizing block, as far as the gauge 
will permit it to go. Any small iron, 
with an opening in the end, large 
enough to admit the primer pocket in 
the inside of the shell, can be used to 
extract it, from the block. Then place 
the shell in the wooden block, as shown 
in the illustration, and force the open- 
ing pin into it, until the shoulder strikes 
the shell. This center pin should be 
made so that the part below the shoul- 
der will taper from the lower end to 
a point nearly to the center, and from 
a point a little past the center to the 
shoulder. Now the important thing 
about making this opening pin, is to be 
sure and make the large part in the 
center, the same size as the bullet you 
want to use, or just large enough, to 
open the shell, so the bullet will fit per- 
fectly, and you will find that if one fits 
perfectly, they will all fit perfectly, and 
when the bullet is seated, with the de- 
vice I have illustrated, and all other 
instructions carefully followed, you will 
have the most perfect loaded shells pos- 
sible to obtain, and those stray shots 
that have so annoyed you, will be a 
thing of the past. In addition to this, I 
wish to know by reasoning, why this 
particular resizing block should be used. 
First, it does not admit of any devia- 
tion from time to time, but fits every 
shell absolutely alike, and in perfect 
alignment, leaving enough of the shell 
the same size, to insure its fitting the 
chamber perfectly, and absolutely in 
alignment with the bore of the gun. 
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