. The breech-loader and how to use it . and oil. A pocket extractor isuseful, and a pair of turnscrews may be kept in thecases. Cartridge-loading apparatus will be found use-less in England, where ammunition is cheap and itis not the rule to reload cases. When travelling abroad, powder and shotmeasures should be taken, also a rammer and turn-over de- and re-capper. Cartridges are best carried in a magazine ofsolid leather, or wood canvas covered. In the fieldcartridges may be carried in the pocket. Cartridgebelts cannot be recommended for ordinary shoot-ing, although there are times when they
. The breech-loader and how to use it . and oil. A pocket extractor isuseful, and a pair of turnscrews may be kept in thecases. Cartridge-loading apparatus will be found use-less in England, where ammunition is cheap and itis not the rule to reload cases. When travelling abroad, powder and shotmeasures should be taken, also a rammer and turn-over de- and re-capper. Cartridges are best carried in a magazine ofsolid leather, or wood canvas covered. In the fieldcartridges may be carried in the pocket. Cartridgebelts cannot be recommended for ordinary shoot-ing, although there are times when they are veryuseful, if not indispensable. Cartridge bags to hold75 or 100 cartridges are large enough for all pur-poses, and will be found to hang very heavily ifmuch walking is done. Two small bags feel muchlighter than one large one. THE WEIGHT OF TRIGGER PULLS. To test the weight of the trigger pulls it isnecessary to pull them with the spring balance,each trigger at a different angle, as shown in theillustration. And How jo Use It. 185. 186 The Breech-Loader, When a spring balance is not procurable, a deadweight, such as shot in a small bag, attached to thetrigger by a piece of string, and the gun held at theangle, as shown, will answer equally as well. Itwill be seen that the angle in the illustration ofthe spring balance is different for each trigger; ifthe balance were pulled straight back instead of atthe shown angles, the pull would be much heavier,especially with the left trigger. As the anglesgiven are similar to the action when pulling thetrigger with the finger, it is necessary to know thiswhen trying the pulls of guns ; it is the w^ay inwhich all gun-makers test the pulls of their guns. The usual pull off for fine game and pigeon gunspreferred by English sportsmen is 4 lbs. for theright and 5 lbs. for the left lock. Light 20-boreguns will do about i lb. lighter, but for heavy duck-guns and rifles the pulls must be heavier. Some Continental sportsmen cannot use a gunwh
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