. The breech-loader and how to use it . ul improvement evermade in a gun, and I prophesy in a few years weshall hear but little of the old style of boring. Ihave observed in some of the letters you have pub-lished that questions have been asked as to thecartridges. I have given no particular orders onthis point to my gunmaker, only telling him tosend me green Eley gas-tight cartridges, 12-borecentral fire, 3 J drams of powder, one ounce and aneighth of No. 5 chilled shot ; and I have nothingto complain of It may be asked why I did notshoot with the choke-bore in August. My answeris, I did not
. The breech-loader and how to use it . ul improvement evermade in a gun, and I prophesy in a few years weshall hear but little of the old style of boring. Ihave observed in some of the letters you have pub-lished that questions have been asked as to thecartridges. I have given no particular orders onthis point to my gunmaker, only telling him tosend me green Eley gas-tight cartridges, 12-borecentral fire, 3 J drams of powder, one ounce and aneighth of No. 5 chilled shot ; and I have nothingto complain of It may be asked why I did notshoot with the choke-bore in August. My answeris, I did not commence grouse shooting until the23rd of August, and as a choke was new to me, Ifelt the alarm of others, viz., that it would blowbirds to pieces; but I have since learnt the 2/4 The Breech-Loader, contrary, and I shall be surprised if next year Ishoot with any other guns. Frederick A. Milbank. Wemmergill Lodge, December 5. —I have fired away upwards of 4,000 cart-ridges on the moors, two-thirds of which have beenwith the From The Field, December 2T,rd, ,—I was aware, when I wrote on the sub-ject of choke-bores, that my letter would be criti-cised. J. W. G. S. believes that my experiencewith choke-bores has been confined to grouse andpartridge shooting, but this is not the case, and Ionly made the statement referred to because I hadgiven the gun what I consider a very severe andexcellent trial at that description of game. How-ever, I can now further state that I have tried it at And How to Use It. 275 very hot corners at pheasants, and I defy anyone, after a days shooting, to point out a singlebird that has been blown. My experience hasproved beyond doubt that the choke-bore doesnot blow pheasants or any other game to pieces at20 yards. As for general shooting, I have not the slightesthesitation in saying that the choke is incomparablythe best gun. Snipe and woodcock shooting, asfar as I am concerned, partake too much of the7ara avis character to test t
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