| Nov. 9, 1907.] 

imake it a prompt addition to the day’s bag. The pecu- 
jiar centering of the charge under consideration is rather 
4an accident than typical of the behavior of an improved 
cylinder gun. On the other hand, it is among the 
thances which must be faced when ende avoring to select 
ood average conditions. It has the effect of starving 
#pellets in other portions of the 2ft. square target, and 
as some kind of clustering is practically bound to occur, 
(the deficiency caused in other places must be corrected 
by insuring such an arrangenient of the pattern as a 
twhole as will give a fair distribution of pellets outside 
the spaces where the densest constellations. occur. 
| Fig. 5 shows the singular persistency with which the 
ithree pellets per bird average tends to hold good for all 
j-anges. In two instances the three pellets are admittedly 
ust outside bounds, but this merely confirms the general 
‘deduction that a pattern should tend toward a five- 
jpellet average to produce the most effective results. 
rhree pellets apparently leave teo much to chance, and 
\the reader is entitled to assume that light 16-bore and 
a0rmal 20-bore charges would not be so popular as these 
columns have shown them to be if all guns were bored 
to give but a hundred or so pellets in the 30in. circle. 
The number must apparently be increased to about 140 
pellets, and this lies in the region of full-choke results, 
so far as regards the %oz. charge of No. 6 shot. In the 
previous article already referred to the full choke 
liagram illustrated showed a pattern of 145 pellets in the 
30in. circle, which is equivalent to 71 per cent. of the 
otal charge; and as the improved cylinder has failed 
with the smallest of the 16-bore charges considered to 
Jshow results at all ranges of the kind which sportsmen 
‘equire, the definition of a suitable boring for the lighest 
sharge must be postponed till the pros and cons of the 
full-choke pattern have been considered on the same 
basis. The final settlement of the question must of 
>ourse, await the treatment which will be accorded in 
due course to 20-bore charges. Messrs. Webley have 
ust completed an order for two 20-bore barrels, suitably 
graduated in the choke, and what is decided with refer- 
ence to %oz. charges in 16-bores must be influenced to a 
certain extent by the information to be derived by sub- 
sequent experiments with the variety of charges, with 
4oz. as an average, which constitute the 20-bore group 
of loads. Meantime the full-choke pattern with the 16- 
yore shall be accorded the present method of treatment, 
and if the desirability of a midway standard of shooting 
between improved cylinder and full choke is demon- 
\strated, our full-choke barrel shall be let down to give 
jaalf choke, or 60 per cent. patterns. A further series of 
hests would then require to be conducted under the new 
‘conditions. The latter course seems preferable to the 
jyne mooted in the previous article, viz., to examine the 
N>ehavior of a true cylinder bored’ 16-caliber gun. The 
tightest 16-bore charge clearly requires a closer shooting 
‘sun than is suitable for the opposite extreme, viz., 15-16 
‘ounce, and the original suggestion to adopt half choke 
44s an alternative boring for improved cylinder seems 
soreferable to the later and now abandoned idea of rec- 
Mognizing the true cylinder grade of shooting.—Field 
(London). 
; Ossining Gun Club. 
;» Osstnine, N. Y., Nov. 2.—Scores herewith were made 
tat a regular shoot of the Ossining Gun Club to-day. 
‘Bedell did some great work in a driving wind and rain, 
‘scoring 25 straight in the chafing dish event, No. 7. 
No. 8 was for a cup; Bedell and Haight tied with their 
laandicaps, with straight scores. Haight won on a toss, 
here being no shells for a shoot- off : 




Events: I BAe OL Greet 2819 
Targets: 15 10 10 16. 10: 15. 25 25. 26 
ORT TS 5 Rs ee 8 1-9 8 18.10 14°25 23 
| AR See Ge oeeaen DEON Bde Te 1 AY 2S. 
i Brewerton, 5........+. iO See te Lom elo tos Loc 
\@ G Blandford, 3........ LP DRAG er Gene IZeot Lk) S: 
Po Bip Ey Ge ee See ees Epetac? ts Ker jl SO GO “202 22 
Wm Burdick .........++- a tat cue natin oa ee. 418 
Advisory. 
Witmincton, Del., Nov. 1.—We wish to advise our 
|riends that the recent disastrous explosion at our 
|fontanet, Ind., mills, in ro wise affected the manufacture 
jit our sporting powders—either black or smokeless. The 
*ontanet mill manufactured only black blasting or 
nining powder, while all of our smokeless powders are 
|jnanufactured at Carney’s Point, Haskell, and Oakland, 
IN. J. Will thank you to give this space, as the impres- 
}ion with some of our friends seems to be contrary to 
\ibove, and we desire to disabuse their minds of any 
jyrong fearesion: 
E. I. pu Pont p—E Nemours PowpER Company. 
C. T. Skelly, Mgr. Sptg. Pdr. Division.) 
Rifle “Range and Gallery. 
| Fixtures. 
|Yov. 5.—Armbruster’s Park, Greenville, N. J.—Zettler 
| Rifle Club Election Day 100-shot open tournament. 
F. Hecking, Sec’y. 
Tov. 12-15.—Pittsburg, Pa.—Iroquois Rifle Club fall tour- 
nament. C. M. Parkins, Sec’y. 




| oe eA Ee av 
i Massachusetts Rifle Association. 
| Watnut Hirt, Nov. 2.—The weekly competition of the 
|Massachusetts Rifle Association was held at its range 
jo-day, with a goodly attendance of shooters. Conditions 
vere poor early and iate in the day, but were fairly good 
| bout noontime, lasting long enough for a remarkable 
un of good shooting at 1,000yds. 
F. Daniels and W. Charles began scores together at 
jhis time, one getting a 4 on his first and the other on 
jiis second shot. Then each man made straight bullseyes 
ntil the ninth shot, when on a slight miscalculation in 
jhe wind Charles made another 4 and finished with a bull, 
|)aniels making consecutive bullseyes after the first shot 
nd finishing out 49 to Charles’ 48. 
k. L. Dale was high in the offhand match with 229. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 749 



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The gold military revolver and silver seal medals were *Telescope sights, rest position. : 
won by T. Carlson, the former requiring ten perfect The annual election week match will take place on 
scores by Creedmoor count. The summary: Saturday next. The match consists of 100 consecutive 
Offhand, practice match: Gs shots, offhand, on the German ring target. 
RL, Dale. i secccicccevcccees 22/24 22 22 20 23,23 24.25. 24—22 
a oitmeiapiaeaiee 23 16 20 24 z 26 a2 
Ceca metre Rd: OOK Fe 24 24 17 22 Harlem Independent Schuetzen Corps. 
Fo EL West. ...... eens eee 16 21 28 aaa ce New York, Oct. 30.—At Zettler Brothers’ gallery to- 
M_T Day....-.--seeeeeees 25 22 23 21 16 16 23 20 20—20 day the following scores were made: 
Long-range rifle match: 4 h Rakin ct: 
“BP iels is g target: 
ph ao che Ae ig Tae 5 : 4 : Q : 5 . ; Ee A P Fegert..........- 481 J. Schnetzer ....... rae 410 
904 Bab bps feed, Jo Martiny .... 2 cicnsess 142 F Weiler .......-++++- 406 
W. Charles Ae 5 hbo. bbb 4p —48 ET MeMINGRELG) 2 o:a'alsiuinitctnte's 433 G Zacharzowsky wake 402 
hk 80d te hah, B 4 ie Gr 4b a G44 J Mauch 431 Capt S Bauman....... 400 
E E Patridge 46 624-6. 40536. 6—45 H J Behrmann....... 43u C Madersohn ......... 38h 
iy Sn Cr ticle = ee As Sen ia Be Gaede Seb o-4ae oS Koch ERO eae ate 425 A BeSchmidt Wig .sa02 34i 
pete Fig ahah o 43553 6 56 4°65 4-43 P Krausch ........... 419 Nie oanzerrer nso Ke ceicesls 344 
Military revolver medal match: C Thibauth. ........... 417 Je Weidmann yacn..3..5. 27 
Ga Wie Austinist cone necte 455 5-6 5 6 5 5 5-49 © Hopf .......seseeess 410 
5565 45 5 45 5 648 Bullseye target: a 
445 5 5 5.56 6 4 6-47 J Martin ............ 3614 Tee Match ocegacimienat: > 153 
5446 55 5 5 4 5—47 J Schnetzer ......... 2 ‘A B Schroeder....... 171 
5445 5 5 5 5 5 447 H J Behrmann S< C Hopf ....2...60.55-- 3 
Pistol championship match: Gebaibaath «.:cyeesacs 38 S Baumann .. 206 
A. WRBIICL viv ng o ose cite’ 10 9 810101010101010—-97 PP Fegert ............. 97 FE C Madersohn......2 15 
10 9° 910 $20 9.40.10 10—96 HH Kraus .......0-..+- 149 

