. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. $s%m Guns of an Early Period And Your Modern Remington Tlie "Kentucky" Flintlock THE sportsman of today would be amused if he could compare his solid breech, ham- merless, well-balanced Kemingtonarm with the first guns wrought after gunpowder was dis- covered. Nevertheless, the early weapons were as wonderful in their day as our Remington . rifles and shotguns are at the present time. An iron tube with a wooden handle was the first gun. Some of the earliest guns were so heavy that they had to be used with forked rests. A flash pan for the powder by th
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. $s%m Guns of an Early Period And Your Modern Remington Tlie "Kentucky" Flintlock THE sportsman of today would be amused if he could compare his solid breech, ham- merless, well-balanced Kemingtonarm with the first guns wrought after gunpowder was dis- covered. Nevertheless, the early weapons were as wonderful in their day as our Remington . rifles and shotguns are at the present time. An iron tube with a wooden handle was the first gun. Some of the earliest guns were so heavy that they had to be used with forked rests. A flash pan for the powder by the side of the touch hole was an early improve- ment. Then came the matchlock with a slow-burning match in a movable cock The Remington Arms Union Woolworth Building upon the barrel. The wheel-lock was the nest step. In this type a steel wheel wound up with a key was made to strike flint. The stream of sparks flying into the flash pan ignited the pow- der. The flintlock followed the wheel-lock. It is still used in semi-barbarous countries. A fiakeof flint in the cork is snapped against a steel plate and the powucr ignited by flying sparks. The flintlock was so practical that its nse became quite general at one time. Iticasthe gun of our forefathers. The breechloader is comparatively new. The'Crril War opened with muzzle loaders and ended with breech-loaders. From that period improvements have been introduced until we have attained the splendid accuracy, power and dependability that characterize Remington L'SIC autoloading and repeating firearms. Metallic Cartridge Company New York THE PARKER SINGLE BARREL TRAP GUN (A CHIP OF THE "OLD RELIABLE" BLOCK) „:. PRICE $ The GUN WITH A PEDIGREE!! ie greatest scores ever recorded were made with PARKER GUNS let further particulars address , PARKER BROS. MERIDEN, CONN., U. S. A -or- A. W. du BRAY, Residing Agent, San , Cal.; P. O. Box 102 —TRAINING THE HOUND— A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE TRAINING OF FOX HOUNDS,
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