. The complete American and Canadian sportsman's encyclopedia of valuable instruction. Camping; Fishing; Hunting. the old shotgun measurements. In Measure No. 6, )See cut "D,") the portion on' the right side is*, same as No. 5 with an addit- ional measure on the left side for small prim- ing charges of different pow- ders, the gradu- ||H 0^ ations being from I grain up to 10 grains, one grain each grad- uation. The value of this is fully appre- ciated by target shooters w h o use the 32-40 and 38-55 single shot rifles, xlk- <^^^ "I^" the 32-40 as an example, they general
. The complete American and Canadian sportsman's encyclopedia of valuable instruction. Camping; Fishing; Hunting. the old shotgun measurements. In Measure No. 6, )See cut "D,") the portion on' the right side is*, same as No. 5 with an addit- ional measure on the left side for small prim- ing charges of different pow- ders, the gradu- ||H 0^ ations being from I grain up to 10 grains, one grain each grad- uation. The value of this is fully appre- ciated by target shooters w h o use the 32-40 and 38-55 single shot rifles, xlk- <^^^ "I^" the 32-40 as an example, they generally use the same shells over and over, some of which have been shot hundreds of times. Theyuse the long d-op tube which settles the powder snugly in the shell, A priming of DuPont's No i smokeless powder from 3 to 5 grains is dropped into the base of the shell from the left side of the. measure, the balance of the space in the shell being filled with F, G. semi-smokeless powder dropped from the other side of the measure, and on this is seated a wad of blotting paper. The bullet is seated in the breech of the barrel with a bullet seater. (See cut "; The gauge is set so that it will set the bullet into the barrel about one- , , sixteenth of an inch ^"* ^ in advance of the I muzzle of the charged shell when chambered. |Some o{..the very mq o jhighest scores at target shooting have been made with rifles loaded ,.=,,,=,__ 417. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buzzacott, Francis Henry, 1861- [from old catalog]. [Chicago] M. A. Donohue & co
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