The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-02

sides with even side lines, the gun Is q CYL
inder. The curve in the side lines viii give
the amount OF CHOKE" either s'recess" or
otherwise. With . muxzle loader il needs
an expert; he tells by the pattern at GER
tain ranges, and by the feel of the wad as il
Is pushed down the barrel. Another i'm
portend article which Is worth attention
Is the Kynoch brass shell We
have had brass shells galore
and have got heartily tired OF
them with their sti6 edges and ceaseless
clane in the pocket when smptied, and We
did not think the increased rapidity of
shooting worth the much advanced cost.
The Kynock shell, however, Is very diff
ferent affair. It il . thin, light shell of
malleable brass, which, when loaded in the
usual way. Is crimped into point, holding
the wads over the shot secure. These are
the same price as good paper cartridges.
and 50 may be thrown away.
II desired they can b reloaded to almost
any extent l have one that has been
hred 2l7 times and is in good order yet.
Regularity of shooting is not all that Is to
be gained by their use; owing to their be-
ing SO much thinner than paper they oc-
cupy less room in the chamber Of the
Dreech. accommodate . larger charge, and
practically produce from twelve-bore gun
the pattern and execution of ten-bore, no
mean advantage, as any sportsman
well knows. The most valuable
invention, however. is what is
called shooting corrector. Every one
knows that the proper way to shoot is to
shoot with both eyes wide open; but how
lew OF the older shots. not to mention the
inexperienced sportsmen, have trained
themselves to accomplish this feat And
yet it is very easy. To demonstrate it.
stick up piece of dark paper on q wall.
gaze at it with both eyes, pull up your gun
to the shoulder, then squint with the right
eye along the barrels. and you will find the
muzzle cover the mark.
Try this on movins bird. and, If your
nerve Is firm. and you do not press the
trigger just too soon or just too late, you
VIII hit IT. But the average mans nerve is
not hrm just then, he wants to squint and
make sure-he hesitates, and is lost.- The
shooting corrector remedies all this, with
out your knowing. That is where its value
comes in. It is q small disc of rubber. the
size OF . nickel, fitted ON small
metal arm an inch or SO long.
which screws into small hole made in
the lock-plate OF your gun. on the left-hand
side. Put the gun up. and shoot, and you
will find you never saw the corrector.
But it got in its fine work just the same.
In this way the right eye should govern
the aim, but the left eye, being defective in
about 20 per cent. of men. defects it more
or less. Put the gun to your shoulder
again, point the muzzle at mark, close
the yigh eye and you find the corrector.
small as it is, completely blocks the sight
OF the left eye. and compeIs the aim to be
correct.
This is the first important point, but
there are others. Taking the case of .
bird rising on the wing, like duck, it is
necessary TO shoot foot or so above it. II
one eye is closed. the sight of the bird by
the other eye is blocked by the barrels, and
he can not tell if he aims one foot or six
above it. The corrector renders the vision
clear all round, and the distance can be
gagged to an inch. and still the sight of
the left eye is blocked a. regards the mug
zle. To render this more plain, take
an old. stove-pipe hat and push the
muzxle OF . small rife about an
inch through the center of the
crown. Close the LETT eye and try to hit
mark twenty or fifty yards away. You
cannot; the hat blocks the sightl The man