. The breech-loader and how to use it . when re-capping, or miss-fires willcertainly ensue. Paper cartridges and brass may be kept overfrom one season to another without appreciabledeterioration, provided they are stored in a dry,airy place, and at equable temperature of 50^.Powder, whether black, Schultze, or E. C, thathas once become damp or sodden, can never bedried so as to recover its original strength. Somenitro-compounds may be over-dried and developdangerous qualities, but with either the Schultze or E. C. powders it is not probable that such willresult with even the most careless stor
. The breech-loader and how to use it . when re-capping, or miss-fires willcertainly ensue. Paper cartridges and brass may be kept overfrom one season to another without appreciabledeterioration, provided they are stored in a dry,airy place, and at equable temperature of 50^.Powder, whether black, Schultze, or E. C, thathas once become damp or sodden, can never bedried so as to recover its original strength. Somenitro-compounds may be over-dried and developdangerous qualities, but with either the Schultze or E. C. powders it is not probable that such willresult with even the most careless storing. It mustnot be supposed that the powder in damp cartridgescan be dried without unloading the cartridges ; toattempt to do so would be like trying to dry onesstockings without taking off ones wet boots. THE greener shot COUNTER. Further particulars of the Greener ShotCounter have been so frequently demanded, thatthe adjoined illustration and description of thissimple contrivance will doubtless be welcomed by M 178 The Breech-Loader,. The Shot Counter, Shot Trough, and Tundish. And How to Use It. those cartridge-loaders to whom the machine isstill unknown. By drilling holes of the requisite size and depthin a sheet of hard brass, a species of trowel isformed, in which the pellets of shot will stick whenthe trowel is forced into a mass of shot and slowlywithdrawn. For the use of sportsmen a pattern isnow made with a sliding cover, by which the num-ber of holes exposed in the trowel may be varied,according to the charge of shot it is wished toload into the cartridge. As already stated, the charge of shot is in thismanner regulated hy numberâ270 pellets of No. 6weigh one ounce, 304 holes for 304 pellets areallowed for the ijoz., or standard charge, and be-yond this charge the graduation may be variedwith the greatest nicety. In order to obtain exact results it is absolutelynecessary that the same munber of pellets areloaded into the cartridges ; if the number variesâaltho
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