Evening star., 1915-12-31
Own Your Own.


The chances are you will say NO.
There are other things you own-really
intimate personal belongings which
you would not think of loaning. yet
occasionally it happens that a man will
borrow a rifle, shotgun or other fire
arm from a friend which is that
friends most treasured possession, keep
it for two or three weeks and return
it in almost hopeless condition, owing
to rust and neglect. 1t is well TO be
man should not be stingy
with his possessions, but when it comes
to firearms it is well to make hard
and fast rule not to lend them. Many
a good friendship has been broken up
because of this and the reason is easy
to find-tnere is considerable difference
sometimes between mans ability TO
shoot a gun and his willingness TO take
good conscientious care of 1t.
At trap shooting clubs it is COM
mon practice for men to borrow each
others guns and I do not wish you to
think for a minute that 1 condemn this
practice. 1t is a very good idea and is
very helpful if man has a gun which
does not exactly suit. A great many
men break into the game with gun
borrowed in this way. The difference
in this case is that the shooter only
targets and the actual care of the gun
remains in the hands of the owner
Possibly / am overfussy on this mat
ter, still I am convinced that when
man comes to you to borrow your own
rife or shotgun. which happens to be
the pride of your heart and the apple
of your eye, you will save time and
cuss words by buying a new gun for
him.
F. D. 1I
90
and after cleaning ] placed an oiled rag
in the muzzle to prevent any dirt from
entering and forgot to remove it before
shooting. The result was that about an
inch from the end of the barrel the barrel
bulged, but did not crack open. Do you
know of any way or place this can be
fixed without buying a new barrel?
Ans-There isn't any way to fix the bar
rel. The only thing to do is to have a new
barrel fitted.
Is there any kind of smokeless powder
that can be loaded by measure for short
range work?
Ans-Write to the powder makers, stat
ing the cartridge you wish to use, and they
will recommend a proper load for it.
YULE YAM.
How can 1 take pound or so of un-
chilled shot and make them over into
chilled shot?
Ans.-Chilled shot contain percentage of
antimony. 1t is not possible to change
sort shot to chllled ShOt.
Is there any objection to the use Of
brass shells with dense or bulk smoke
less powders? Are the brass shells only
for black powder?
Ans.-Brass shells will work all right, al
though they will undoubtedly swell after
resized.
Does the single ball now loaded on cut
out felt wad shoot higher at seventy-five
yards than buckshot? That is must one
aim a hair lower with the ball load?
Ans.-There is not enough difference to
bother with
What do you call the best sights to
put on a 10-gauge shotgun?
Ans. There is not any use to put
sights on shortgun. The solid ball
quire any better sighting than can be
taken by simply looking along the
barrel.
w. H. H.
I am thinking of buying a new
rifle, one that is inexpensive to buy
and shoot. as 1 expect to do a great
deal of shooting. Also, one that is
powerful enough for an occa sionaI
shot at deer or black bear and yet not
too powerful for settled district. 1
have looked up the ballistics of the
3S-40 high velocity and find that it has
a muZzle velocity of 1851 feet per
second, energy 1909 feet pounds and a
penetration of 20 boards placed as
usual. IL LOOKS TO me as though 1t
ow dlucome close to an all around
rifle by using the black and low pres
sure smokeless for small game and
the II. V. for larger game. What do
YOU think of this cartridge-3S-4 H..
"?
Ans. The 3S-4o cartridge is very
popular for all around use.
Is it accurate up to 300 yards? If
not, how far?
Ans. The cartridge is accurate up to
100 yards, with the high velocity load.
What other cartridge would you ad-
wise?
Ans. There really isn't any cartridge
which will do the kind of work salts
factorily. If you will have to compro-
mise on something. | suppose the So 40
is as good a compromise you can get.
II really seems to me to be more salts
factory to have high-poWer rifle and
also a % caliber. This will save YOU
trouble in reloading and expense in am
munition, nine-tenths of your shooting
will be with the .22-caliber rife.
Could this shell be reloaded satis-
factorily?
Ans-Yes, for reduced loads
What do you think of the solid ball