Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

w. V. A:
! 1. Will you kindly inform me the
-! most effective range of the two follow
| ing rifles: 80 special and $40?
| Ans: The ha'listics are: 3: special
muzzle velocity 2,l12 #. second: muz.
+; zle energy 1852 # lbs: 3e-40 higf
power. muzzle velocity ZOOS fl. seconds
Z, nuzzic energy 1.55S #. lbs. They viii
give practically the same results.
! 3 Will lead ball. with cross cu
at the point. have the same shocking
j power as soft-nosed bullet?
+, Ans. No. for the reason that the lea
bail cannot be driven at the same We
locity as a metal jacketed one. Il
would not hold the rifling if driven al
such speed.
| g. How much will a 32-4o drop in 6
hundred Yards?
! Ans Sullet from the 32-40 black an(
F.: low power smokeless cartridge, wher
! fired at 200 yards. rises ten to clever
| inches above the line of sight at 100
F, yards. The high power cartridge bull
F, let rises about five and one-half inches
above the line of sight when fired a
| 200 yards.
G. d. H.:
/. am thinking of buying a shotgun
Which would you advise me to get.
2O-gaue.c pump gun or a i2-gauge
pump gun Cor shooting ducks. rabbits
and squirrels. What length of barrel
do you think would be best for each
gun?
l2-gauge as it will kill at longer
ranges than the 20gauge gun. The
length of barrel does not make
any difference. A 30-inch full choke
is standard and will give excellent re-
suits for this class OF shooting.
would suggest a better grade than you
mention.
SnhScriher.
Kindly inform me whether it would
spoil the shooting qualities Of 3S-iEch
double barrel gun to have two inches
taken from the end. making it So
be iessered to a very great degree or
would the gun pattern as much as it
would heforec
Ans. You do not state whether the
barrels are full choke, moa,nea OF
modified, cutting two inches of the
muzzle will make 1t cylinder bore and
consequently reduce the patterns IRON,
modified or full choke to cyiihoer. ~
the barrels are sylinder bore, 1t Will
make no difference.
L. j. B.:
wish you would explain 10 me
the meaning Of the two NUMBERS. -'-'"
carbine, also 40-45.
Ans. In the days of black powder,
cartridges were designated by 'h1ee
caliber. the second number gave the
powder charge and the third NUMBER
gave the weight of the bullet. ror IN
stance, the 1910 cartridge was Known
as the 45-7O-405-45 being the CAMPER
loaded with 20 grains of powder and
a bullet Weighing 405 grains When
smokeless powder came in, these same
destinations were adhered TO, 10 Ger.
tain extent, but as various kinas ..
smokeless powder required dlHerens
To
result, and as smokeless powder varies
with each load from the powder max
ers, the figures at present have prac-
tically no Significance; even the nrsl
figure does not represent the caiper
exactly, especially in revolver car
tridges' where, for instance, revolvers
bored to handle the .3s S. & W car
fridge have a barrel with diameter
of 1850 inch.
C. s. S.:
1. Which of the two guns shoots the
stronger. IL or 20 gauge?
is due simply to the fact that 1t throws
larger number of pellets into the
same size circle than the smaller-eause
gun. All shotguns bored full choke,
for instance, throw, approximately, ~
per cent of their charge in a thirty
inch circle at forty yards. which is the
standard testing distance. Since ~
gauge contains more shot. there Will
naturally be more in the circle:
2. Which has the most recoil?
Ans. Twelve gauge has the greater
8. What should be the pattern Of 20
and IL gauge, thirty yards. with
three-foot target using No. 6 shot? !.
Ans. You do not give the loads of
shot, and under the conditions above
named, that is, 3o-inch circle at 40
yards, a gun should shoot 70 per cent
of its charge into the circle.