. Buzzacott's masterpiece;. Hunting; Camping; Trapping. [from old catalog]. COMPLETE TRAPPERS GUIDE 139 a very fair knowledge of 14's, 16's, and 20's. Any well-informed sportsman knows that good small guns are hard shooters and easy to handle, but that is not the all-important point in a coun- try where the great majority of sportsmen pin faith to one good all-round gun and seek their sport, it may be, hundreds of miles from a dealer \Vho handles shells smaller than 12's. Not long ago a pair of us went into Pennsylvania—an easy stage from New York—for a day with quail and grouse. We reached ou
. Buzzacott's masterpiece;. Hunting; Camping; Trapping. [from old catalog]. COMPLETE TRAPPERS GUIDE 139 a very fair knowledge of 14's, 16's, and 20's. Any well-informed sportsman knows that good small guns are hard shooters and easy to handle, but that is not the all-important point in a coun- try where the great majority of sportsmen pin faith to one good all-round gun and seek their sport, it may be, hundreds of miles from a dealer \Vho handles shells smaller than 12's. Not long ago a pair of us went into Pennsylvania—an easy stage from New York—for a day with quail and grouse. We reached our destination, a small village, shortly after sunrise, and, unfortu- nately, the shells were left in the car. The one local shopkeeper had sold out, and at that moment was fuming over delayed supplies. For a bit it looked like a wasted trip, but the guide trotted away, and in fifteen minutes returned with plenty of shells, which he had borrowed from some of his acquaintances. Outside of a sample on a card in the shop, there wasn't a shell smaller than a twelve within a radius of twenty-five miles. A lost package would have meant the ruination of a hard-earned holiday for the man using a smaller gun. So far as I can see, the sole advantage of the smaller gun lies in a trifling re« duction of weight in arm and shells. ^r-^^Sj^-J*. w. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buzzacott, Francis Henry, 1861- [from old catalog]. Milwaukee, Wis. , McMains & Meyer
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