Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-27

by intuitive judgment, not by taking aim,
but simply by holding the revolver firmly
and getting the angle with both eyes, as
a wing Shot does with a shotgunt or a
skilled archer does with a DOW.
n man should be able in this way to
shoot a squirrel out of a tree, or even a
duck on the water, a good long distance
away. When going to min In iowa with
General Hardenan in my boyhood days
l saw him kill seven prairie chickens
from the wagon in seven C consecutive
shots with a 44-caliber cap and ball re-
Noiver. Every chicken was shot at least
20 yards away, and in two or three in
stances as far as so yards from the
wagon l would reign in the horses and
stop the wagon, and the old Texan would
draw down on the bird, and fire almost
with the same motion. and each time he
fired he got his bird. All were shot
through the body. He told me that in the
STORY DOCKS men cut chickens heads off
witt revolver bullets, but that he thought
was taking advantage of the birds. He
claimed to be a good shot with a revolver,
ana L thought, and still think, that he
was a first-class one. There was no polk
ing about to get aim with him, just the
leVellng OF the weapon and the report.
1t takes the using up of quite a lot of
cartridges to attain wen tolerable prof
clency as a revolver shot with a short
paIfeled gun. but once acquired it is a
useful accomplishment. You may not
happen to have occasion for your skill
more than once or twice in a lifetime, but
Wneh you do need it you are apt to need
II pad. TO be a good, all-around shot
Win d revolver in a practical way is to
nave a knowledge which necessarily
k a man into the woods and fields,
and gives him outdoor tramping which
Will De OF lasting benefit to him. The
greatest care should be taken while using
the revolver in these Wanderings not to
shoot in the direction of live stock or
people. me least settled portion of the
ountry is the best for practicing in.
shooting rapidly with double-action or
sel1-cocklng revolver is not productive Of
accuracy, but quite the reverse. And a
double acting pistol, even of the best
make, will sometimes stick and refuse to
revolve, which might make it awkward
IN some cases. 1T is better to trust to
cooking the weapon each time, even if
you have a double-acting arm, and fire
one shot at a time, rather thar grind out
an the charges in Calling gun fashion.
One bullet in the object aimed at is bet
ter than a grist of them over, around or
under.
Revolvers should be kept spotlessly
clean and free from dirt and rust. After
firing a few rounds the weapon should
be thoroughly cleaned. Any rust or dirt
IS apt to clog the working Of the parts.
Never keep a %evolver where children or
women can find it. Don use it in town
on the Fourth of July. The so or 80
callber revolvers Of the standard makes
are the e which will be found to be
the cheapest in the long rum. Leather
holsters will keep them from wearing the
pocket il it is found necessary to carry
one in the city. Such a necessity arises
among bank messengers, men who carry
sums OF money to pay off hands in re-
mote districts, and in some other cases.
carrying of revolvers as a practice
by men not habitually in peril breeds
coWardice and crime.
But as a sport, whether at a target or
in the open, it can be made as fascinat-
ing and as manly an exercise as rifle
shooting. And a nation which has GEN
orally become proficient in the use of the
revolver and the rifle is one which COM
mands respect.-Chicago Record.