. Camps in the Rockies [microform] : being a narrative of life on the frontier, and sport in the Rocky Mountains, with an account of the cattle ranches of the West. Camping; Hunting; Camping; Chasse. OUTFIT FOR SPORTSMEN. Arms.—If the sportsman intends to visit only the Rocky Mountains, a Bhot-gun will be found an encumbrance. As accidents to rifles are not infrequent, especially in the case of the slender-stocked English Express, the following plan, I found, works very well. Take one double-barrclted •450 or 'SOO-Express aud one of Bland's Cape rifles (one shot, 12 bore, and one Express-barre
. Camps in the Rockies [microform] : being a narrative of life on the frontier, and sport in the Rocky Mountains, with an account of the cattle ranches of the West. Camping; Hunting; Camping; Chasse. OUTFIT FOR SPORTSMEN. Arms.—If the sportsman intends to visit only the Rocky Mountains, a Bhot-gun will be found an encumbrance. As accidents to rifles are not infrequent, especially in the case of the slender-stocked English Express, the following plan, I found, works very well. Take one double-barrclted •450 or 'SOO-Express aud one of Bland's Cape rifles (one shot, 12 bore, and one Express-barrel), and have them made, so that the stock and barrels of both arras are interchangeable, thus if you break the stock of your Express you can use the one of the Cape gun, and vice versd. The shot- barrel will come in useful for a change of grub in the way of grouse, though, being very tame birds, they can very easily be killed with the rifle by shooting their heads oft". The Express rifle should shoot a solid bullet in one barrel. For grizzlies there is nothing like a long cannelured (not patched) missile, though if made very long it will perceptibly increase the recoil. On the whole, I think a "SOO-bore better than '450 for the Rockies. PowDEB.—The American powder is nearly as powerful as our best grades. For Express purposes I have found the coarse-grained Orange Lightning brand to answer remarkably well. Cauteidges.—If a longer stay is meditated, it answers much better to take out empty cartridges and reloading tools, and load your *AeZZ,? yourself, or let your men do it for you. The solid-drawn straight shells of the National Arms aud Ammunition Company at Birmingham are, I have found, decidedly superior to those manufactured by Eley Brothers. The former are more uniform in size, and their cap (containing the anvil) is better than Eley's plain cap. I have had a good many missflres with the latter, and only one with the former. Wads.—The lubricating wad su
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