
FOREST AND STREAM. 


[Nov. 9, 1907. 




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AN EJECTOR WITH HALF THE PARTS 
TWICE THE STRENGTH 
ALL THE CERTAINTY 










Necessary parts in the Ansley H. Fox automatic ejector gun are so simpli- 
fied and reduced in number that it stands a revelation in modern gun construe- 
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Made stronger in every way without disturbing beauty of model, the Fox Gun is easily 
first in perfection of balance and reliability and certainty of operation. It provesits claim as 
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with the hold it has, amounting almost to 
monopoly, on the imports into this Amazo1 
Valley region of Peru of the cheaper grade o 
rifles, should not share in the importation of gun 
powder as well, as it would seem well wortlh 
the effort. It is possible that American ex}, 
porters have tried without success to introduch 
their goods into this district, and there probably} 
is some good reason why they are not shar }, 
ing this business with England and Germany} 
though this reason is not apparent, unless it be, 
the excessive freight charges, This, however, if 
an obstacle that is overcome by other Ameri}, 
can exporters, who enter into competition witl | 
Europe houses for business here, and it seems|, 
that our powder manufacturers should also be 
able to meet their competitors successfully. 
“There is no market here for dynamite, blast-|, 
ing powder, or other explosives of that nature f 
the prices of gunpowder fluctuate more or less} 
During the past season the initial cost to the}, 
Iquitos merchant was £6 5s. Id., or $30.4¢ 
United States currency, per hundredweight | 
though at present some of the merchants) 
are experimenting with a cheaper grade oj] 
Belgian powder, which costs £4, or $19.48 |, 
United States currency, per hundredweight,|, 
The custom-house valuation is 75 centavos 
Peruvian currency per gross kilo, and 40 pet| 
cent. of this amount is the duty levied, approxi-|, 
mating in United States currency 7 cents per| 
pound, gross weight. The freight rate at}; 
present on powder from New York to Iquitos 
is $1.20 per cubic foot. The powder is always}, 
shipped in small tin cases containing one-fourth], 
pound each, 100 to the case, securely inclosed|, 
within a large tin casing, and all packed inside 
of a wooden box. These tin casings are being 
generally used now in the shipment of car- 
tridges, firearms, etc., into this district; in fact, 
in the shipment of all goods subject to deteri- 
oration from excessive humidity. 
“The United States has almost a monopoly in 
the importation of the commonly used rifle and 
cartridges therefor, the .44 caliber being the}. 
standard. American revolveys are also gen- 
erally used, but our shotguns are practically un- 
known. The Peruvian Government exercises 
strict surveillance over the importation of fire- 
arms. 
“To import rifles and revolvers of greater|: 
caliber than .32, as well as suitable cartridges, it 
is necessary to‘obtain the permission of the pre-|, 
fect of this department, to riflés, to revolvers} 
and 1,000 cartridges being the maximum); 
amount that will be allowed one petitioner. The 
local merchant, therefore, who wishes to import 
100 «rifles must send 10 petitions, each ; 
signed by a different person, to the pre- 
fect, these permits of the prefect, when 
issued are sent to the importer, say, in| 
New York, where the Peruvian consul-general 
demands them before permission is granted for 
the shipment of the goods or the consular in- 
voice signed. As the most of these rifles are 
sold to rubber gatherers in the interior, similar 
permission must be gotten from the prefect f 
for the privilege of loading any number of rifles 
into the small launches that trade in the upper 
tributaries of the Amazon, and thus a check is 
kept on all such firearms imported. 
“These requirements are not applicable in the 
importation of shotguns, and as the most of 
the powder imported is used in the cheap 
muzzle-loading shotguns of the rubber gather- 
ers, it seems that a good business might be de- 
veloped in this line by American manufacturers 
of firearms. Both single and double barrel |; 
guns are used, of a gauge more or less corre- 
sponding to our No. 26. They are of cheap 
manufacture, coming mostly from Germany, the 
single barrel at a cost to the Iquitos merchant 
of $2.40 and the double barrel of $3.50 United 
States currency. Duties are levied at the rate 
of o7,cents and $1.95 United States currency, re- 
spectively, on the single and double barrel guns. 
Freight rates at present between New York and 
Iquitos are 65 cents United States currency per 
cubic foot. 

























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