Show By Bob Nichols Editor Field and Stream MOST beginners In upland sling Ing shooting the mistake of trying to use a gun too hea beast heay y for their strength Shooting quail woodcock grouse pheasant and rabbit calls for fast snappy action lime game bursts from cover usually at time the mot most mine moment When this happens In dense cover as It most frequently does one must be ablo to snap hIs gun Into posItIon In instantly and shoot In a lash If your gun weI weighs hs too much for forI I your Jour arms you simply cannot do I the tle tl e 01 k Th The over 0 er eIght In your heavy y gun un not only tIres you ou out be before before fore the days day's hunt Is done but It gases gl es you an e ever eer er present sense of un uneasIness uneasiness easIness You lack composure Iota ou lose loe that confidence that Is so necessary sary to good the shooting feeling that you can hit anything thing that bets up In front of you Down DOWD In your lower Jower nerve nene centers lurks the fear that lint you ou will not be able to s sIn shine shiney In y our gun Into action fist st enough The result of such fear r Is usually a ahm hm uncertain shot lime and again you ou shoot and mIss Yet you on do donot donot not understand why y OU miss lou 1 ou may hate hl shot over o and under or wobbled right or left But until you learn to call your shots to know why hy you are missing you ou can nc never ess very rapidly to towards ards becoming n a crack wIng shot The 1 he good shot Is practically ne never neer neverin er erIn In doubt about a miss lIe He kno knows s where here he shoots hoots When he mlles makes n a mistake It Is frequently because he ml the rise of the bird and consequently under shot hot Or he falls fails to take t Into account time the bird s speed peed In a 8 sUdden to right or left and shoots behind his tar target ct It Is little errors mC like these that first led Jed gun makers to add a second barrel or ora ora a magarine with Ith e etra tra shells to theIr guns Using a gun that Is too heavy Is one of the chief reasons why the poor field shot continues beIng a poor shot shot-In definitely Point your finger at any t find and you ou not only point with accuracy acy but bur with effortless ease Na Nature ture proportioned and arms to the weight eight of your our bOdy But suppose your pointing hand sud suddenly denly had fi five fie e pounds of dead v weight eight added to It Your pointing would not he e near as quick or as accurate The same thing Is true of your gun If you vou cant ant to hit lut v what you shoot at with reasonable regularity see that your gun weight Is proportioned to your height eight The average upland gunner has bas no busIness sv Ith a gun gUD that weIghs more than about 61 pounds Yet remember ber bel also lint the weight of your our gun should be proportioned to the charge It shoots A Ph pound 12 gauge gun gunIs gunis Is just a trifle too light to shoot heavy Y loads II for the beginner It kicks like and before you I know now It you OU mac acquire that worst of all shooters the curses flinching habit The IG 10 gnu gauge e Is an n admirable gun for upland or sort But best of all es especially for the beginner Is the 20 O gauge It Is n a po erful and deadly gun Shooting the ounce loads Joad It iris SO per cent of the ma killing range of the 12 gauge gaube Rating time the dead certain killing hilling range r of the 12 gauge at 5 and yards thIs 11 is all you youcan youcan can expect e of It claims to the con contrary the notwithstanding IG 10 gauge has a range r of 45 yards and the 20 O will III kill with absolute certainty at 40 yards So spats spat's time the sense of toting a 7 to 8 mound 12 gauge In the field for fora fora a mere 10 yards ettra etra range J ly since the height eight 20 can be brought Into action quicker and thus reduce Its handicap over o the larger r gun And e especially too since more than 90 per cent of all upland game Is killed hilled 30 yards ards Cut down your our gun poundage and you will find von vou ha hale e more comfort comfort- and you ill get more game After all 11 the shot gun Is dI distinctly n a short range weapon HapOn that calls for fast snappy action In handling It It 1 Irv rv a 6 to pound 20 guage See how v quickly It Ill help you gain conO dente dence In your ability to use It See how quickly your Jour shooting improves Q G Western Union |