| Description. | SOFT SHOT PELLETS TO OUNCE. |
| Sparks | Tatham | Le Roy | Baltimore | Chicago | St. Louis | English | Diameter of Shot |
| Extra Fine Dust. | | 84,021 | | | | | | ¹½⁄₁₀₀ |
| Fine Dust. | | 10,784 | | | | | | ³⁄₁₀₀ |
| Dust. | 5910 | 4565 | | | | | | ⁴⁄₁₀₀ |
| No. 12. | 3316 | 2326 | 1778 | 2232 | 2400 | 2820 | | ⁵⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 11. | 1660 | 1346 | 982 | 1536 | 1414 | 1700 | | ⁶⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 10. | 950 | 848 | 822 | 815 | 854 | 1006 | 1728 | ⁷⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 9. | 615 | 568 | 560 | 600 | 596 | 680 | 984 | ⁸⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 8. | 426 | 399 | 375 | 365 | 434 | 490 | 600 | ⁹⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 7. | 305 | 291 | 278 | 290 | 323 | 360 | 341 | ¹⁰⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 6. | 245 | 218 | 209 | 190 | 246 | 250 | 280 | ¹¹⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 5. | 182 | 168 | 166 | 150 | 172 | 190 | 218 | ¹²⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 4. | 130 | 132 | 121 | 125 | 146 | 158 | 177 | ¹³⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 3. | 118 | 106 | 98 | 90 | 118 | 126 | 135 | ¹⁴⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 2. | 90 | 86 | 82 | 70 | 92 | 95 | 112 | ¹⁵⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 1. | 80 | 71 | 69 | 60 | 75 | 82 | 82 | ¹⁶⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” B. | 63 | 59 | 58 | 50 | 62 | 68 | 75 | ¹⁷⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” B.B. | 55 | 50 | 49 | 45 | 53 | 55 | 58 | ¹⁸⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” B.B.B. | 48 | 42 | 44 | 40 | 46 | | 47 | ¹⁹⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” A. | | | | | | 50 | | |
| ” A.A. | | | | | | 40 | | |
| ” T. | 41 | 36 | 38 | 35 | | | | ²⁰⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” T.T. | 36 | 31 | 32 | 30 | | | | ²¹⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” O. | | | | | 38 | 39 | | ²⁰⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” O.O. | | | | | 33 | 34 | | ²¹⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” O.O.O. | | | | | 27 | 28 | | ²²⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” T.T.T. | | | 27 | 26 | | | | ²²⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” T.T.T.T. | | | 24 | | | | | ²³⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” F. | 22 | 27 | | | | | | ²²⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” F.F. | | 24 | | | | | | ²³⁄₁₀₀ |
| CHILLED SHOT PELLETS TO OUNCE. |
| ” 12. | 3328 | 2385 | | | | | | ⁵⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 11. | 1670 | 1380 | | | | | | ⁶⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 10. | 960 | 868 | | | | | 1700 | ⁷⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 9. | 618 | 585 | | | | | 1000 | ⁸⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 8. | 432 | 409 | | | | | 606 | ⁹⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 7. | 318 | 299 | | | | | 350 | ¹⁰⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 6. | 253 | 223 | | | | | 270 | ¹¹⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 5. | 190 | 172 | | | | | 220 | ¹²⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 4. | 142 | 136 | | | | | 180 | ¹³⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 3. | 120 | 109 | | | | | 130 | ¹⁴⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 2. | 106 | 88 | | | | | 110 | ¹⁵⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 1. | 89 | 73 | | | | | 80 | ¹⁶⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” B. | | 61 | | | | | | ¹⁷⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” B.B. | | 52 | | | | | | ¹⁸⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” B.B.B. | | 43 | | | | | | ¹⁹⁄₁₀₀ |
COMPARATIVE SIZES OF BALLS
| Description. | BALLS TO POUND. |
| Sparks | Tatham | Le Roy | Baltimore | Chicago | St. Louis | English | Diameter of Shot |
| Buck 3. | 320 | | | 312 | | | | ²⁵⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 8. | | | | | 320 | | | ²⁵⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 4. | | | 300 | | | | | ²⁵⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 3. | | 288 | 270 | | | | | ²⁵⁄₁₀₀ ²⁸⁄₁₀₀ |
| S.S.S.G. | | | | | | | 272 | |
| S.S.G. | | | | | | | 240 | |
| Buck 2. | 212 | 225 | 238 | 250 | | | | ²⁸⁄₁₀₀ ²⁷⁄₁₀₀ ²⁹⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 8. | | | | | | 234 | | ²⁶⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 7. | | | | | 212 | 194 | | ²⁹⁄₁₀₀ |
| S.G. | | | | | | | 176 | |
| Buck 6. | | | | | 165 | 176 | | ³¹⁄₁₀₀ ²⁹⁄₁₀₀ |
| I. C. | | | | 174 | | | | |
| Buck 1. | 165 | 172 | 160 | 182 | | | | ³¹⁄₁₀₀ ³⁰⁄₁₀₀ ³²⁄₁₀₀ |
| O. | | | | 166 | | | | |
| Buck 5. | | | | | | 147 | | ³⁰⁄₁₀₀ |
| O. | 144 | 140 | 145 | | | | | ³²⁄₁₀₀ ³²⁄₁₀₀ ³⁴⁄₁₀₀ |
| M.G. | | | | | | | 136 | |
| C.P. | 136 | | | | | | | ³³⁄₁₀₀ |
| Buck 5. | | | | | 136 | | | ³³⁄₁₀₀ |
| L. Buck. | 128 | | | | | | | ³⁴⁄₁₀₀ |
| Buck 4. | | | | | | 127 | | ³²⁄₁₀₀ |
| O.O. | | | 120 | 120 | | | | ³⁵⁄₁₀₀ |
| Buck 4. | | | | | 113 | | | ³⁴⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 3. | | | | | | 113 | | ³⁴⁄₁₀₀ |
| O.O. | 112 | 113 | | | | | | ³⁵⁄₁₀₀ ³⁴⁄₁₀₀ |
| R. 4. | 100 | | | | | | | ³⁶⁄₁₀₀ |
| O.O.O. | | 100 | | | | | | ³⁶⁄₁₀₀ |
| Buck 3. | | | | | 100 | | | ³⁶⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 2. | | | | | | 97 | | ³⁶⁄₁₀₀ |
| O.O.O. | | | | 88 | | | | |
| L.G. | | | | | | | 88 | |
| O.O.O. | 85 | | 85 | | | | | ³⁸⁄₁₀₀ ⁴⁰⁄₁₀₀ |
| Balls 38. | | 85 | | | | | | ³⁸⁄₁₀₀ |
| N.P. | | | | 85 | | | | |
| Buck 1. | | | | | | 84 | | ³⁸⁄₁₀₀ |
| ” 2. | | | | | 70 | | | ⁴⁰⁄₁₀₀ |
| 58. | | | | 58 | | | | |
| R. 2. | 55 | | | | | | | ⁴⁴⁄₁₀₀ |
| A.P. | | | | 53 | | | | |
| Balls 44. | | 50 | | | | 48 | | ⁴⁴⁄₁₀₀ |
| Buck 1. | | | | | 50 | | | ⁴⁴⁄₁₀₀ |
| R. 1. | 36 | | | | | | | ⁵²⁄₁₀₀ |
| 32. | | | | 32 | | | | |
| ½ oz. | | | | | | 32 | | ⁵²⁄₁₀₀ |
| M. 18. | 18 | | | | | | | ⁶³⁄₁₀₀ |
| M. 16. | 16 | | | 16 | | | | ⁶⁵⁄₁₀₀ |
| COLT PISTOL SIZES. |
| Colt 31. | Buck 1 | | | | Buck 6 | | | |
| ” 36. | R. 4 | 000 | | | Buck 3 | Buck 2 | | |
| ” 44. | R. 2 | B’lls 44 | | | Buck 1 | 44 | | |
COMPARATIVE SIZES OF GUNPOWDER.
Commencing with the Coarsest Grain of each Quality.
| Oriental. | Orange. | Hazzard. | Dupont. |
| Common Sporting. |
| C | | Fg |
| Fg | Fg | Fg | FFg |
| FFg | FFg | FFg | FFFg |
| FFFg | FFFg | FFFg | |
| Fine Sporting. |
| Falcon | | American | |
| No. 1 | | No. 1 | |
| ” 2 | | ” 2 | |
| ” 3 | | ” 3 | |
| | | E. R. |
| Fine Ducking. |
Falcon & Wild Fowl. | | | |
| No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 5 | No. 1 |
| ” 3 | ” 4 | ” 4 | ” 2 |
| ” 2 | ” 3 | ” 3 | ” 3 |
| ” 1 | ” 2 | ” 2 | |
| Best Quality Sporting. |
| Di’mond Grain. | Lightning | Electric. | |
| No. 4 | No. 7 | No. 4 | |
| ” 3 | ” 6 | ” 3 | |
| ” 2 | ” 5 | ” 2 | |
| ” 1 | ” 4 | | |
| Fg | | | Diamond Grain. |
| FFg | | |
| FFFg | | |
Dupont’s Eagle Rifle powder is the finest grain of sporting powder made; Oriental Falcon Sporting, No. 3 grain, is the nearest to it in size.