Popular science monthly . , however,there is too much of a good thing, shownliy the greater control over the gun inshooting a few shots with the pad takent)ff, then we can decide that a shorterstock is correct, and so have the perma-nent rubber pad glued on, at the costof about five dollars. With the appointed gun and threesorts of trap loads, obtained from theobliging dealer, we obtain a dozen sheetsof wrai)ping paper, not less than fortyinches scjuare, some thumb tacks, a tapeof twent>-fi\e feet or longer and seekin the country an old board fence or anold abandoned barn or board sign onwh
Popular science monthly . , however,there is too much of a good thing, shownliy the greater control over the gun inshooting a few shots with the pad takent)ff, then we can decide that a shorterstock is correct, and so have the perma-nent rubber pad glued on, at the costof about five dollars. With the appointed gun and threesorts of trap loads, obtained from theobliging dealer, we obtain a dozen sheetsof wrai)ping paper, not less than fortyinches scjuare, some thumb tacks, a tapeof twent>-fi\e feet or longer and seekin the country an old board fence or anold abandoned barn or board sign onwhich we can tack our paper. The traploads should contain not more thanthree drams of smokeless powder, andone and one-quarter ounce of No. 7j^or 8 chilled shot. Three different makesof shell or three different brands ofpowder should be represented in theloads we take out. Testing Your Gun and Your Powder First we cut open and count the pelletsin one of the shells. The easiest way isto pour them into a box, shake them init). The Operator at the Trap Mechanism Below theGround. Several Piles of Clay Birds Are Shown Popular Science Muidlily 423 e\cn, parallel rows, count one row andmultiply by the number of rows. As arule 7>i will run 430 to the trap loiid,8 will run 500 to 525. The J^i is thebest size, taking wind\ da>-s antl allinto consideration. Then we tape off just fort\- \ardsfrom the board,aim carefulKat the center ofthe paper andfire a load atit. See thatthe gun appar-ent 1> shootsstraight—putsthe center ofthe load whereyou aimed, ora bit higher. W i t h afifteen- inchpiece of stringc a r r >? i n g a pencil at the end, we describe a thirt\-inch circle around what is a[)parenll\the center of the pattern, shown bythe shot marks in the paper. Checkingoff each hole with a mark of the pencil,we count the marks in the magic circle. The gun you want must put fromseventy to sevent\-five per cent of its Set He can advise you of their suitabilityfor the clay birds. In
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