ire, Right. Now close the action, pull 1e trigger and then pull back on the ammer until it’s at half cock. Now ush forward on the hammer with yur thumb. Did it go down? If it id, it's a menace, and should have the otch and sear adjusted by a gun- nith. He'll crisp it up until the ammer stands the hardest jolt. You may not have had a gun acci- ent—yet. But if your gun is an old- mer and hasn’t been looked after, pur going to get the surprise of your fe one day. Take the .30-'06, cut down for unting. Nice gun, and very popular. ut did you ever figure that in that lit second when the recoil hits your ioulder you're getting a pressure of ose to 25 tons! That’s a lot of de- ructive force. And one day you get a it rate box of 8 mm shells. Right way youll run into headspace ouble. And because the shell is im- roperly chambered in the breech but ist a few thousandths of an inch— yu may get a blowback when the ise ruptures. And it'll blow your ction to pieces, wreck the magazine nd tear of the locking lugs. And it’ll 9 all this while your standing there ith it at your shoulder. Mighty un- leasant, too. Get the shells that fit your gun; nd if you aren’t sure, ask the gun rank in your community, or your cal gunsmith. Improper Shotgun Loads And you can have some peachy, andy moments with improper shot- un loads. For example: in 12 gauge, ou can use any of the following shell ngths in a two and three-quarter ich breech length; two inch, two and half, two and five-eights and two and Office Phone: B 5178 -9 ISLAND BUILDING SUPPLY CO. HARRY BURNETT, Manager BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES 518 Fort St. (Cor. Langley) VICTORIA, B.C. JUS-RITE PHOTOS LTD. Photo Supplies - Film Finishing Portraits—Home or Studio Phone G-1852 714 Yates St. Victoria, B.C. Davis Motors Limited BUICK - PONTIAC THE HOME OF GENERAL MOTORS SERVICE VICTORIA B.C. FISH AND GAME — WINTER ISSUE three-quarter. You can slip in a three- inch case, too, and that’s decidedly unsafe. And a three and a quarter inch is fatal. You see, up the barrel where the throat of your shotgun shell should rest is the “forcing cone,” and when you get a case pressing into the forcing cone, you’re on your way to big trouble. And if you’ve got a choke bore, remember that that charge is going to be restricted even further—from about .712 to .680. Or maybe you've heard of some of those fancy deer loads the oldtimers talk about. You neck around the case with a sharp knife, just below the shotload—and it takes off as a unit. Don’t ever try it. There’s about nine tons pressure to the inch at the breech end of your bird getter and you don’t want to increase it—much. Don’t use nitro loads in a Damascus barrel. You don’t know what a Damascus is? Well if the barrels have a pretty sort of machine turned design, run- ning round the tubes like a barber’s sign and regularly spaced apart—it’s a Damascus. They’re built for black powder loads and not for modern nitro. They'll open up like a book with heavy pressure. And last, but not least, follow the simple safety rules in handling your gun. Have it muzzle up or muzzle down, way down, when you're loading or unloading. And don’t point it at anything you don’t want to kill. On some slide action repeaters you can shuck all the shells out but one— the last one. And you'll be left with a shell in the gun if you don’t watch out. Get the safety habit and you may save a life. 4 A Barton-in-the-Beans (Leics) bus driver pulled his coach to a halt but could find no trace of the fowl he thought he had run_ over. The fowl flew off unharmed from his front axle. Artist Paul Mannen, of Dayton, Ohio, used the back of an old painting on which to produce his “masterpiece” for an art contest. It was hung the wrong way round—and won first prize. Established 1871 RITHET CONSOLIDATED LIMITED Real Estate FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND SHIPPING 706 Fort St. Victoria, B.C. -—_—\_\ ________ EE The Willson Stationery Company Limited PRINTERS — STATIONERS Office Furniture Dealers Labour-saving Office Machines 830 W. Pender St. Vancouver, B.C. er ee B.C. AUTO TOWING Keep Smiling / PHONE Glenburn 1733 26 years experience in Auto Towing in North Burnaby. w Specializing in Police Towing FRANK BOTTRELL. Mor. 4161 Hastings East Subscribe to THE SHOULDER STRAP F.T.S. LIMITED FIREWORK DISPLAYS HARRIS PAINT BRUSHES DEVRY 16 mm. SOUND PROJECTORS —FILMS FOR RENT— 856 Dunsmuir - Vancouver COMPLIMENTS OF ALASKA PINE SALES uN 410 Marine Building Vancouver, B.C. PAY A VISIT TO THE... Golden Cafe In the heart of Chinatown Best Coffee and Best Food Famous Steaks and Chops WE SPECIALIZE IN STEAKS AND CHOPS * 546 Fisgard Street VICTORIA B.C. Page Sixty-five