Automatic Pistol Shooting

an English hunter; if a harness horse, buy an American trotter. In the same way, for whatever purpose you want a pistol, buy one, if by any means you can do so, especially for that purpose. Anyho

dvantage is more than counterbalanced by making the pistol heavy at the muzzle, so that it therefore balances badly. The balance ought to be as near the trigger as possible. For a pocket pistol, a short barrel may be absolutely

ll is often left by makers very heavy, so as to be alterable to suit customers, and the shopman may forget to have this alte

ept for a pocket one, as it cannot do accur

hing the trigger may prevent slipping; but it ma

wire; a wide, spoon-shaped trigger is best, as less likely to c

omatic pistols have the stock much below the level of the barrel, which consequently is above the hand. This makes shooting more difficult; you are apt to ca

best blued. I temporarily paint the rib, etc., whe

.41, .44, .45, .455. Most of these can be had loaded with various smoke

d-hand one is otherwise good, a new barrel can be put to it. I suppose the various English makers of ammunition could supply "gallery" charges in any of their various calibre cartridges, but I know of none and should not advise the beginner to try loading this sort of ammunition in English cartridge-cases for himself. The dome of the cap is generally higher than in American cartridges; if, therefore, the small powder charge used in gallery ammunition be put in the case and the bullet pressed down, the bullet will come down on the dome, stop up the flash-

re powders are dangerous in a "break-down" action revolver. Gallery ammunitio

sure, and injure their revolvers by experimenting with what