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' Text Appearing After Image: GUNS 25 rapid shooting is not possible, and which were not built for anysuch purpose. His hammer gun weighing nineteen pounds with 36-inchbarrels costs ^31 los. Messrs. Tolley—who produce a lesser-gauge gun, of which1 shall speak at some length later—also turn out wonderful4-bores for about £2^ each. Personally, though I have shot with one, I do not habitu-ally use a double 4-bore, and in this connection I may as wellquote the words of Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, the President ofthe Wildfowlers Association, and, of course, one of the mostfamous of living shots. He says :— We hear a great deal about the performance of large-boreshoulder guns, especially of the doings of 4-bores. Some makersadvertise that these weapons will kill well—mark the word well—up to100 yards, and even do damage at 150 yards in what gunmakers calla flock. . . . Perhaps a flock of sheep may receive a few pellets atthe latter distance, but a company of widgeon would not be in theleast danger. Few know what
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