Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-27

POINTS FOR GUNNERs.
Fowling Pieces and tho Prices aS
Which They Are Sold.


Which They Are Sold.
NEW YORK, Sept 25.--Nowsday many
lusty sportsma an has made the ratters at
night and the welkin in the morning iringl
merrily with the old song:
Come out, tits now September,
The hunter's moons begun;
And through the wheat and stubble
lsheard the frequent gun.
To be sure, while 1--WE have plenty on
wheat here, the old stubble is as hygonel
as the long singie-barreled fiintIodx that
the bard who penued the foregoing iyriSi
probably took pot shots with at coveys onI
the ground. We have changed, ali that
in these days and now Down, charge,m
Is seldom heard. Quick work is the order
OF the day, and "Hie on, boy" the order
of the hour on wide prairie and In bushy
wood. How long to see the dogs quar-
ter the ground in free ranging strides,
then halt TO draw on the birds, whirr -
bang--beng--and what stays behind goes
10 bag! But none Of it this year for me-
So / went cunning iu the stores by way of
a pleasant aggravati0n of my misery. ID
you can't get thing 1t is some csnsola-
tion to talk 10 over.
The gun ssss evoluted marvelously In
the pact twenty years. We can remem+
her when the pinfre first came in; then
the central fire, and old spertsmen pattetfs
their longtime friends and scorned the
guns that broke In two. When breech-
loader went In the air, and good manU
Of the early weapons were inclined that
way, how the chorus OF ~ told you so's
rang out, and then when ohokebores came
to the front how complete was the dis
comfture Of the old boys. Now we have
hnmmerless and magazine guns, and
strange to say, we are getting back TO the
small bores used by our grandfathers, for
the other day held In my hand a twenty.
which was listed at 1916, "very suitabl6
for lady," and any number of sixteen
about the same hgure. That was an i'm.
ported gun, but there are some mighty
good weapons made In this country, sH
though the great majority are imported.
either finished or in the rough, from the,
workshops Of Birmingham and Liege.
The cheapest article on the market is
wholesaled at 81 80. with discount OF 20
per cent. for cash, and II In high favor
among the colored population OF the
Sonth. The next grades are $4 and 50 70.
and you can get a double barrel for $40
These are muzZle-loaders. The cheapest
breecb-loader is a musket mounted with
the Snider action; this will cost you
50 IS, and 10 q clumsy but strong weapon.
There are number Of single breech.
leaders. side snaps, top snaps and other
snaps. ranging up to $40, but none OF
which are OF much account, and then
come double guns, which run from $11 up,
A warranted gun OF American finish can
be purchased from $50 TO $75. which will
do as good work as any one need ask.
But the coming gun Is the hammerless,
and very handsome ones arc finished in
this country and wholesaled at from 500
TO $125 In the lower grade to 1926 for finest
work. Magazine guns are also coming "a
the front at about the same figures, and
although these latter are as yet somewhat
OF an experiment, the experience OF those
who handle rifles Is In their favor.
A novelty this year is a duck gun COM
posed OF seven twenty-five bore barrels in-
closed In one, which shoots Simultaneous
ly seven long bullet cartridges and will
Kill at 200 yards. Other new ideas ara
combln alton shot and rife barrels side by
side and also over and under, and a new
double gun, which ls choked and rified on
the choke so that a bullet Is twisted when
fired.
just one word to the wise. The list pri-
ces are subject TO very smart discounts,
and II you make a purchase do IL 'regu-
lar" and make your own bargain.
GRAYDoN JOHNSTON.