. Guns and gunning. were heartily encouraged by the early pio-neers. Shooting competitions were very popular,and the cream of the frontier marksmen gatheredat these times. The match was usually for someprize, and often remarkable skill was shown by the^ competitors. The improvement in firearms went on slowly,and the introduction of the cap gun was the firstimportant step towards the modern metallic car-tridge. But before we leave the old muzzle-loader, Ishould like to say a word concerning its at the present time, there is no firearm bettersuited to a wilderness trip than the o
. Guns and gunning. were heartily encouraged by the early pio-neers. Shooting competitions were very popular,and the cream of the frontier marksmen gatheredat these times. The match was usually for someprize, and often remarkable skill was shown by the^ competitors. The improvement in firearms went on slowly,and the introduction of the cap gun was the firstimportant step towards the modern metallic car-tridge. But before we leave the old muzzle-loader, Ishould like to say a word concerning its at the present time, there is no firearm bettersuited to a wilderness trip than the old percussion-cap, muzzle-loader. Within reach of civilization,where ammunition can be secured easily, modernguns are, of course, far better and more when a hunter is making a long trip throughthe wilderness, and is dependent for his meat onwhat he kills, there is no gun more useful than themuzzle-loader, because of the lightness of its ammu-nition, and the variety of charges that may be used. 71 ^^.
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