The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-11-21
SPORTS
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't4-N+tth t'AANt 'fAi' s'Ai'iifNi iitFFfff ~
affected bN federal water and etn
projects WIS passed hy The a9ih
CQn@rc and signed INTO Pubic
Law 1856 by President Essen
hover. reports Michael iudoba
Washington Editor Of Sports Alleld
This acls ont a lirm national
policy ot the Federal Government
that Wlidlife conservation Shall IT,
ceNe equal consideration and b. G..
0fdlnated with other features of
water resource development pro
grams The II major provisions Of
the new Law PL 85-624) as ap-
proved BY the Congress and ac-
cepted BY the President are solid
STRENGTHENING OF the COORDINATION
Ac. Of 1916 tPL732l
Instead Of the need by federal con
strnction agencies TO consider ways
and means suggested BY the Fish
and Wildlife Service to reduce
damages to fish and Wildlife by new
water and dam projects. the newly
enacted law demands that mea-
>ures be taken 20 enhance and in
crease fish Wildlfe and recreational
values These resources now must
become fun partners III the many
federal multipnrpose projects. all
though the law DOES not give the
+ and VS. veto power over damag-
lna projects. AT the same time
neither doeS It give construction
agencies full veto over fish and
Aildllfe en hanee IN II features
recommended by the r and VS..
The enactment Of thi law. which
would nave been Writ. ~ impos-
SiDle T. years ago. represents a real
'HibN'e III Tie arttculatelv alert IN
lereSr of n-c0hservationlstS
and The awarene4s d! the public 10
resource values Il Is significant
hat the bipartisan support for con
setVation in Congress is a reality.
md that the federal agencies are
9ecolAng tuned III public concern
N these values II can be observed
ihat conservation has now DOTTED il
tficofnered pants to put on long
trousers And 1t promises that a
continuing interest BY sportsmen-
will assure continn-
inc progress for the nonpareil
values ci the outdoor resources.
Under the 1896 Coordination Act.
now amended, progress was made
n the past II years which has done
q great deal for the sportsmen's
outdoor opportunity III the multi
billion dollar federal water projects
The opportunities ahead under the
EEK Law promise 4cNen greater FL
lures for the sportsmen Of tomor-
row
Shooter of single- barrel guns
ere turning more and more ID
choke devices af 4 solution to their
pattern prob le M s. says Pete
Brown. Gun Editor Of Sports Aficld
MAGAZINE Not. he continues that
choke device necessarily gives bet
ter patterns but because il docs
make a one-barrel gun into a mul-
tipurpoSe fohling piece The choke
device also furnished more pos j.
b:llties for experiment when at
tempting TO arrive at the best pos
sible pattcring performance. These
devices are made with wide
range Of adjustment. and the shoot
er can usually find d setting 10
meet any situation within reason.
Representing the latest innova-
ton iii choke devices are tho q
" hlc stimulate double barrel
choke performance by automati-
cally switching TO d tighter choke
for the second Shot The choke
when set for automatic change. al
ways goes to the next tighter
choke on the second Shot and re-
mains A. that setting until relea ed
by a button on the underside Of
the device There are seven pos
sible fixed-choke positions.
These latest inventions of h G
choking art take over practically
every advantage of the double
choke feature Of the double barrel
gun The double-bar gun with
double triggers or with the single
selective trigger does retain one
small advantage. With these par
ticular double guns one can re-
verse the choking sequence. The
tight choke can be fired first and
the more open choke on the second
shot. This is assuming the shots
are fired at incoming birds rather
than birds going away. Since the
automatic adjustments Away
Shift to tighter choke they are
strickly for outgoing birds. An d
since most normal. healthy birds
are outward bound after the first
shot is fired, there is actually
little need for reversing the choke
change sequence.
It's a good guess that most OF
US who shoot shotgun don't give
the choke as much consideration
as we might. We fully appreciate
the fact that full choke is for long
range and is the usual selection
for ducks and geese. The fact is,
in most instances a modified or
improved cylinder choke might
prove to be better. Choosing the
proper choke REQUIRES somewhat
more thought than choosing a
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