Show THE COWBOYS PREFERENCE They Like Small Single Acting Kovolv ers The Iteasons Told Special Correspondence CHICAGO April 27 At the stock yards yesterday I met a New Mexico cowboy whom I became casually acquainted with year ago and who then was loud l in his praise of the double acting or self cocking pistol at that time popular and in universal use among the cowboys of his sec I tion But you know said he yesterday the cowboy has gone back on his former love and has entirely discarded the self cocking gun for the single acting revolver Well this is how it came about he explained Experience Experi-ence taught us that no matter how good a shot a cowboy might be whenever he had discharged his gun tho bullet was invaria bly found in the left side or in the arm of his victim It didnt take us long to tumble to the fact that the long and hard pull on the trigger of the self cocking pistol was sure to deflect the muzzle and divert the bullet from its aim And so we have discarded I dis-carded the self cocking pistol he said and returned to the single acting gun And while I am about it he continued I dont mind putting you on to another thing and that is the cowboys have boycotted the 48 caliber pistol for they have found that after firing two or three shots the chambers become heated so that the thing gets clogged and the barrel wont revolve No said he I cant tell you why it is but weve all found it to be so and have thrown away our 48 caliber gun and one of us couldnt be hired to carry one I When we have occasion to use our gun he continued we want a gun we are sure of I and not a gun that wont revolve and in consequence I con-sequence permit the other fellow to got the drop on us LGK j I |