Show jv W there Is a good choice of bolt bol action shotguns on the market this year and they offer the opportunity of getting off on the right side of the cash register pete brown our arms expert reports 1 I have unade made a survey of the bolt actions on the mark market et this year and have done some gome shooting with them I 1 am not a bolt action fan where shotguns are concerned but I 1 will say bay this if a 4 better shotgun was going to stand to get out in the field I 1 would get a bolt action where ballistic performance forance la is concerned the rit bolt action will shoot just as hard and far as any other shotgun when it comes to functioning the bolt actions are in a class by themselves As repeaters any of them are rather clumsy types of repeaters in the first place ilace the bolts are of necessity essit y long long large in diameter an and d heavy the bolt handles are far and not rot as fast as the other forward shotgun butt stocks from butt to trigger are about one inch longer than rifle stocks and the bolt handles are pretty well forward aa as it Is when loading a second shot it is necessary unless you are a long armed guy uy to do some reaching for dij the bolt handle therefore you wont get that second well directed shot off as quickly as you will with other types of repeater repeaters the bolt action shotguns are not rot what you would call smooth operating and generally speaking they are not a beautiful gun still excellent for the begin beginner nir you get a lot of gun in one of these bolt actions and they are guns you can use safely you can in A also Is 0 bag game and eatoy enjoy eting shooting them thern if I 1 going to do a lot of shooting and sure that I 1 wound would stay I 1 in n the sport I 1 would be tempted by the bolt actions they are a good proposition for a young fellow starting out he can find out whether he wants to stick with the sport and at the same time come to a better decision on what to get when he decides to buy a more expensive gun it if you have the opportunity of looking at various models before making a selection by all means do so there is no substitute for seeing and feeling one of the most unique strains of dogs in america one that is little known to the public but as 3 of considerable importance to the rural economy where it is found is the Cat catahoula shoula hog dog bearing the name of the louisiana parish in which it was developed this dog has a peculiar ability inherited through years of training and generations of careful breeding to handle stock and particularly the marked and unmarked hogs that range wild through the swamps and woods of od louisiana owners of these dogs let their hogs range at will gat gathering liering them in an annual roundup for selection for market and ear clipping or marking of the young it would be extremely difficult for the owners to round up these hogs on horseback or on foot since they frequent the densest part of the swamp and many are extremely wily but the catahoula hog dog performs this job with ease generally he is a leader or teaser rather than a driver he Is also expert at handling other types of farm stock and Is sometimes used in hunting ground game according to henry P davis well known writer of articles on dogs the strain is a blocky dog built on the lines flit of the pit bulldog with heavy shoulders and strong quarters most have the peculiar characteristic of glass or whitish eyes their colors vary ranging from white and brindle to a grayish body cow mottled with brindle brown or black spots this dogs origin is unknown and the strain is dwindling in numbers because of the steady decrease in open range acreage it may be but a comparatively few years ears until the catahoula hog log dog is just a memory J bwyatt of chatham louisiana has long been an enthusiast of this dog he saya says my own experience with this stock of dogs extends from my boyhood and I 1 am now 60 years old these dogs make any kind of hunting dog anyone would want except a bird dog I 1 have owned some of these dogs that were so intelligent they seem ed almost human an interesting side note Is that some claim johnathan plott once e used one of these dogs as an on the strain that Is now nov famous as the plott hound |