. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. The Shot-Cm/. 789 . 667 . 696 600 . 607 610 Curtis & Harvey's Diamond (irain No. 6. The powcirr and shot in each cartridge fired had been carefully weij^rhed out in an accurate balance. A glance at the tables at once shows the rapid increase in the velocity of gunshot from No. 10 up to No. 3. With thi- heavii^r pellets the increase in velocity is less marked. Thus the table. headed " 10 Colt gun, 4 drs. Curtis & Harvey. 1 % oz. shot
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. The Shot-Cm/. 789 . 667 . 696 600 . 607 610 Curtis & Harvey's Diamond (irain No. 6. The powcirr and shot in each cartridge fired had been carefully weij^rhed out in an accurate balance. A glance at the tables at once shows the rapid increase in the velocity of gunshot from No. 10 up to No. 3. With thi- heavii^r pellets the increase in velocity is less marked. Thus the table. headed " 10 Colt gun, 4 drs. Curtis & Harvey. 1 % oz. shot " shows that No. 8 shot has 72 feet per second velocity over No. lo shot, and No. 6 has 46 feet over No. 8, while No. 3 has only 23 f(;et over No. 6, and HH shot gains only 11 feet over No. 3. The relations between velocity and weight of pellet shown in this table may be taken as a type of all the experiments, and i have graphically shown their relations in the accompanying curve. The divisions on the scale, measured from the bottom line up- ward, give the velocity per second of the pellets. One unit on this scale equals 20 feet of flight of a pellet, and a unit of the scale, measured from right to left on the diagram, e([uals one unit of weight of pellet. The weight of a pellet of No. 10 shot is here taken as tiie unit of weight. The numbers of the shot are written under the hori- 2ontal line ; the velocities on the vertical line. When the curve inter- sects these lines, we find the velocity given on the vertical scale corresponding to the number or weight of shot given on the hori- zontal line of the diagram. So far as the experiments with these two special guns show, there is no doubt a great superiority in the 10 over th(; 12 gauge gun, when each is loaded with the same weight qi powder and shot. 50A I i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these ill
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