The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-31

er&y-Steel-COvered Bullets Are
of No Use I'm Hunting Big Game
Views of an Expert
Pa, do you reckon Deerslayer' could
"a killed an Indian with Killdeer' as far
as the Beers and the English are killing
each other with Mauser and kraG-Jorg-
ensen rihes?"
The speaker was boy who is improv
ing his mind by reading Cooper's "Leath-
er Stocking Tales and the war news in
stead Of studying his lessons, says the
St Louis Globe-Democrat
''Ot course not" said his father. why
don't you know, son, that a bullet from
one of these modern rifles will kill man
a mile and a half away if 1t hits him?
If Deerslayer' had had such q gun, he
could have sat on the front porch Of
Floating Toms home in the lake and
picked off the Iroquois as they moscyed
around OF the bank building a raft One
of the modern guns will shoot four times
as far as the kind they used In the days
that Cooper writes about"
'NhY DO they, PAP
Because they are breech-loaders," re-
pelusal of his newspaper as a signal that
the discussion was closed
The boy reflected for few seconds,
then said: PA, why does u breech-load-
er shoot further than muzzle-lcader?
Because it shoots forced BALL"
What's a forced ball?"
Now, see here, my son, l want to read
my paper, and l haven't time to explain
this thing to YOU Wait until tomorrow
1913 Il tn1l oil hon
The father, Ike a good many other
fathers; didn't have the information that
his son wanted, but, unlike the average
parent, he determined to get 1t. So next
day he made Inquiries. He learned why
the modern rifle shoots further and harder
than the muzzle leaders that our fathers
used. and he went home at night and told
his son.
REASON WHY.
AS all fathers haven't the time and in
clination to learn these things for the
benefit and entertainment of their sons.
1t will prove interesting to follow this
parent In his pursuit of knowledge.
He went to a practical gunmkaer OF
nearly half a century's experience.
why is it that the modern breech-
loading rifle shoots so much further and
harder than the old style patch and ball
gun that we shot when we were bOys?o
said the parent.
The practical gunmaker is generally a
good and free talker and this one is an
enthusiast IN the art of dtdactic dis
course. -
That's very simple" he said. "In the
first place, the breech-loading rifle shoots
a forced ball
81 know: / know; but what is a forced
bail? Begin at the beginning. have got
to explain 1t to my boy or he'll lose faith
in me-
"a forced ball." said the practical gun
maker, sis bullet that slips easily into
the breech of a gun, but is slightly larger
than the aperture at the muzzle See
here! l have ty-two-caliber pistol
cartridge and a thirty-two-caliber re-
volver. The ball of the cartridge will not
enter the muzzle of the revolver barrel
yet it fits easily into the cylindrical
chamber, and when the weapon is fired
1t will come out of the muzzle.'
why does that increase the force? 1t
seems to me that the more difficulty the
ball has in squeezing through the barrel
the slower it would move"
The practical gunmaker smiled plying
ly and said And you used to play with
an alder popgun when you were boy!
Don't you know that If the force that
drives the ball is not confined 1t is vast
ed? OF course you do.