Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-10
SELECT GUN CAREFULLY
HuNTSMEN SHOULD STUDY
MANY THINGS BEFORE BUYING
''cmEth mud Shape Of Stock. and Set OF
'r'HE~r ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NrHs-
nrcmrnts Should Br Considered.


The sport of shooting has thousands
hcvotces. Each season sees hun
tns more added to these. The first
E" sun. but here he is usually all at
:, go and must leave the selection OF
re piece to some expert friend or TO
IN" Judgment OF the salesman. For the
""ui'-be shooter the most useful add
wee on buy M; gun is: Sui; its price
=" Fpur pocket book. remembering that
q gun that suits you and has passed
me tests OF the proofhOusc costs no
more than another. This is no, meant
:" imply that tn" plac" TO buy suni
entity good gun ~ from Il dealer in
LAD iron. pawn shop or Il junk
There is no material difference be-
W"en the shooting Of one gun and
mother. There are nicctics Of differ
, -nrc: which only the expert can APP
preciatc. The most important point
~ TO say. are the length. bend and
.nape OF TIL" stock. the make OF the
adapted precisely to the length Of your
arm: and neck. the width of your
chest and so on--so that sciA::iu:, at
hap'iaZard rariou: small Objec,s at ordi-
nary shot ranges and throwing up your
gun to the shoulder, YOU are dead on
mem, that you feel YOU could no; help
ling thcm were YOU really shooting.
me best way Of making this test is
10 hoid the gun comfortably. ready for
tcnse gripping with either hand: let IL
rather lie naturally in your hands: then
urn AROUND and point at the first OBJ
Jcct that catches your eye. any dis
tinct small object gun that suits
You should come dead on the object
.ver% time without any corrective aim
above AN object on "a Level with or
above the eyes would ;n"au tendency
!" shoo' over objects lower than the
iHNci or your eyes
TheT" 10 something about tho way :,
gun comes up that AT once tells the
"Nper'"nccd man whether h" could
IL - u
scheme to get hold ~ all III. guns YOU
"an; just to see how YOU could shoot
with them.
Why Gun rniI. Ia pIen-c.
''n IN. formal occasion Of choosing
gun the trouble With most persons is
ttn'S VII not he natural 1t InaJ be
.",urhi IN all sorts %! directions. hut
- Won't do nj all when choosing q gun.
u. snninhk"r or sporting goods sales
man ~ doing all II" can to discover
what manner fits YOU best Eiut how
Inm n" form a pr9pcr Judgment from
", @s' s' i'mc,, The customer IN
conscious, takes hold "f the gun as II
ne hhd never seen anything az the kind
lhe butts OF c"upl" Of carriage drjv.
cat" posts, poses himself as IL for his
photograph and contracts nll the mus
MS arms and shoulders Tho result, Is
That the gun that Is nearest To Il pnr-
I'ct NJ IL mad" IN appear 10 ne salts
proves unsatisfactory. The couiortion-
ISL. OF course does not blarl" himself.
man with normal oycsirh, and
ordinary physical abilities who can
"noot passahly we'll would soon master
way OF shooting fairly succcssfully
with any gun that wasn't "a positive
freak or weapon. but II" aSsuredly
would be slower than with the KUN
with which he maintained - certain
standard OF excellence" and lie would
be terribly handicapped q, what are
usually called SNAP shots" which al
To-" no time FOR him 10 make his cor
rect adjustments of aim Thus II a
man OF some ability is badly hand!-
capped by an unsuitable gun. how much
more must be the beginner, He has
to contend with his own lack Of cX-
pcrtencc. while as 10 ability in aiming
hit anything first
Never buy gun with brown bar
refs IT you can avoid L. 'Bluc" bar
reis. apart from amy question OF
weight and strength and shooting
properties. are NOR. satisfactory. They
do not rust so freely or so quickly;
they are harder TO make dirty ana