The Coolidge examiner., 1934-09-21
HOW TON.
S HO Or
b. Bob Nichols
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u NE OF ur cummonest errors of
- the novice ugland hunter is 70
~ % shoot = gun that is too long
IN the barrel There Is a widespread
belief tAai long barrels make q gun
shoot harder. Practically speaking.
ghls isaT true. The short barrel gun
sho1ts lurt as hard. and kills game
just as FAR away. as the old.iashl0ned
-iou- Toa~ The Gun wijh 81. OF
even aOinch barrels. Is too long.
lou will 30 better work with Is
better still wi,h 2G-lneh barrels
-m eysa % the opinion that most
siantard slns;ocks are slightly too
loag The standard stock Is about
"a iaches from troui % trigger 70
the middle % the butt-plate. My IA
vorltc gun has @6lnch barrel aud
l3ia Inch stock. The shortened gun
AT the barrel as sell as ai the
stock -sleris up Jour handling OF
Il Tremendously.
IN The latest designs of American
Eho;euus being turned out today.
ore tread Is definitely toward the
-1-.nch barrel This Is nndouhied.
> the gun for upland use. Robert
Churchill. the famous English gun
maker. was the pioneer In this held
% shotgun research. Some years
aso be- brought out his new sell
known line XIV guns. 50 named
because of their 25-lnch barrels
and almost Immediately II became
apparent that the users Of these
short barrel guns were 10 DO bet.
ter work in tho held than sports
nen % equai skin using longer
tubes The reason ls easy TO dem
onsiraie. The shorter you make
yoor pointer the quicker you can
point H. TIT pointing with a walk.
ing stick Much quicker. Try point
Ing with your ger-ins;anianeous
II you want 10 iearu 70 shoot. and
learn Il quickly. begin now with
a shori-harreied. lightweight %
EauEe Have u properly stocked
20 90 you. Then watch yoar scor-
lns b-Ein 10 climb
Just within the las, year have
had a nne opportunity 20 observe
how the right gun can make a won.
ecrful difference In speeding up q
mans acquisition % skin l have
. friend who has been hunting for
the past ten years Up Until last
sumner. even with al his expert.
ence. be vas Etill a miserable shot
shortly after I me; him early last
spring he told me. lokluEly and re-
Eretfully. that the only reason his
friends ever took him on a hunt
was because be has biz feet and
had the reputation for kicking up
mere game than any other shooter
in the party.
ie finally showed the his gun. II
wes al expected Il would be. A
l=-Eauge with aolnch barrels that
tipred the scales az exactly seven
and threeQuarters pounds More
over. II WAS bored modified and fun
ehoke-much too close FOR q Geld
gun. As a crOwnlng fault II had
a good ; inches o. drop AZ the heel
of the buttsiock In other words an
understanding gun The big dror
explained why he could KIN an oc-
cas.onal rabbit. for the right way
70 shoot rabbits Is 20 slightly unds-
shoot. Bot pheasant. woodccck. OF
grouse. were too much for him. sis
had arrived at the hopeless stage
where be was convinced that he
could never become a decent shot
shortly after that he did me
kind favor. In return | presented
him WITH an extra gun had In
my cabinet neat little 2O-gauge
pump run. with 2G-lneh modified
choke barrel that weighed just short
OF SIX poands. He was grateful. bat
Jus; a little dubious about 50 small
a Gun.
During the remainder os the sum
meg and on Up through September.
! took him crow and hawk shooting
frequently slowly I taught him
that be had to swing from behind
his target swiug past and shoe;
ahead OF H. Before hong be was
sSmbling the cornsfealers and chick
en-snaichers from 30 10 20 yards
out of the sky with fair regularity
and was be delighted
Lately. during the hunting sea
sou. be shot with the same friends |
who formerly regarded him as the
-Esne dog OF the party. only this
time the laugh was on them. He
Sliled grouse. pheasant. wOodcock-
and taking bunnies. he told me
later. was Ike shooting fish In q
haihtHh on two occasions he cut
shot every man In the party.
Anyone can learn 10 shoot n he
gets the RIGHT guni
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