. St. Nicholas [serial] . Woodchuck Seasonand Your Savage SIDE-HILL—hazy afternoon sunshine—clover— down lower. That woodchuckis working this way. See the grass shake?There—hes sitting up! Now hold that little Savage front-sightinto the grey of his neck—right wherethe ear ought to be. Hold that rifle tight!And dont yank that trigger. Squeeze itgradually — smoothly — and watch thosesights while you squeeze! Bang! Spat! Hear it hit? Never knewwhat struck him! Pace it off. Eighty-eight steps? About fifteen rods. Andright where you held. Some gun! Arent you glad you picked a Savage

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. St. Nicholas [serial] . Woodchuck Seasonand Your Savage SIDE-HILL—hazy afternoon sunshine—clover— down lower. That woodchuckis working this way. See the grass shake?There—hes sitting up! Now hold that little Savage front-sightinto the grey of his neck—right wherethe ear ought to be. Hold that rifle tight!And dont yank that trigger. Squeeze itgradually — smoothly — and watch thosesights while you squeeze! Bang! Spat! Hear it hit? Never knewwhat struck him! Pace it off. Eighty-eight steps? About fifteen rods. Andright where you held. Some gun! Arent you glad you picked a Savage? Model 1904 Savage Junior is made andinspected and tested by the same men whomake the .22 Savage N. R. A. rifle—theminiature military match rifle that the great-est experts use—and the .250-3000 Savagethat kills lion and rhino and hippo and ele-phants. It has 18-inch round barrel, mili-tary bolt action, automatic ejection, and is atake-down. Shoots the world-beating .22 longrifle cartridge (short

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