. Outing. gages shouldhave appealed to people for shootingsuch game as quail, grouse, woodcock,and snipe, in fact, any bird of the up-lands. The only danger to guard againstis that of crediting the little piece withqualities which it does not possess. Itshould always be remembered that thelarger the gage of a shotgun the greaterits range and power. This not only be-cause the big gages will drive a heavier RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS OF TO-DAY 53 load of shot, but they will handle largeshot to better advantage. A 12-gage gun will put as many num-ber six shot into a bird as a 16 willsevens, and that the
. Outing. gages shouldhave appealed to people for shootingsuch game as quail, grouse, woodcock,and snipe, in fact, any bird of the up-lands. The only danger to guard againstis that of crediting the little piece withqualities which it does not possess. Itshould always be remembered that thelarger the gage of a shotgun the greaterits range and power. This not only be-cause the big gages will drive a heavier RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS OF TO-DAY 53 load of shot, but they will handle largeshot to better advantage. A 12-gage gun will put as many num-ber six shot into a bird as a 16 willsevens, and that the sixes will killfarther is something that hardly needsto be stated. In spite of this, when abird is dead you cannot make him anydeader, and this is the point we are try-ing to make for the little guns—for cer-tain work they have all the power neces-sary. In quail, woodcock, snipe, dove, andruffed grouse shooting ninety per centof the game is killed under thirty yards,and this amount will be accounted for.
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