. American wild-fowl shooting : containing full and accurate descriptions of the haunts, habits, and methods of shooting wild-fowl, particularly those of the western states of America ... . ut in the least adding to the killing range. Of shot, use the most spherical and uniform you canpossibly get ; and of the larger sizes the chilledwill be found the most desirable ; they keep theirshape better in the barrel than soft ones, and there-fore make better and more regular patterns, a matterof special importance at the longer ranges. Buck-shot for choke-bores should be of such sizethat they will ch
. American wild-fowl shooting : containing full and accurate descriptions of the haunts, habits, and methods of shooting wild-fowl, particularly those of the western states of America ... . ut in the least adding to the killing range. Of shot, use the most spherical and uniform you canpossibly get ; and of the larger sizes the chilledwill be found the most desirable ; they keep theirshape better in the barrel than soft ones, and there-fore make better and more regular patterns, a matterof special importance at the longer ranges. Buck-shot for choke-bores should be of such sizethat they will chamber or fit in perfect even layersat the muzzle. Twelve or sixteen of four to a layer Ilike best ; and after placing them evenly in the shell,I fill the interstices level full with bo7ie dust beforeputting on the top wad. Loaded in this way my gunwill put all inside a twenty to twenty-four inch circleat forty yards, which is much closer shooting then 1can obtain in any other way. Chips, concentrators, wire or cloth cartridges, tallowfilling, and kindred devices, are of no account what-ever in choke-bores, and possess no advantages overthe ordinary method of loading with loose
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