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Show Shotgun Harmless if One Knows It, Says Fair Expert MRS. WILLIAM. A. DAVIS. lit. - ': A- - A - ' ' t -I ' ' . - - - t - W . r . t y v.N i it A RE you afraid to handle firearms? Do you hold your hands over your ears when the villain' points his automatic auto-matic at the hero and steals across the stage? Does the sudden report of a gun make vou jump? Not if you are a trap-fchooter," trap-fchooter," savs Mrs. William A. Davis of Chicago, one of the best of the many fair shooters in the so-called windy city. 'Some women are afraid to touch a revolver re-volver or any kind of a gun," continued Mrs. Davis. "They are afraid to have a gun about the house. lsTow a gun, to mv wav of thinking, is just about as harmless a thing as there is, provided you know how to use it. "If you want to become a. trapshooter not a champion or professional you muBt learn to 'love' your gun. "I shoot a twelve-gauge gun that weighs seven and three-fourths pounds. This is the type used by many of the best shots of the country. For my twelve-year-old daughter, Caroline, Mr. Davis has provided a twenty-gauge gun that weighs five and one-half pounds. "Little guns for little girls,' Mr. Davis says, and I pass this on to you. "Your arm and shoulder muscles may not be trained well enough to handle 4 heavy gun. If you are light In weight you will probably want a gun the size of Caroline's. "The gun must fit. The first test for size is to rest the butt of the stock in the crook of the arm, holding the gun straight up In the air. Then the trigger finger of your right arm (unless you are a left-handed shooter) must rest lightly and easily on the trigger. "Some gun shops have a 'test gun' wdth a complicated stock that enables them to adjust it to your shoulder to a nicety." |