It is a great pity that the .44 Smith & Wesson break-down model of revolver (shooting gallery ammunition) is no longer made, as it is still the best revolver for gallery shooting.

M. Gastinne Renette, of 39 Avenue d’Antin, Paris, for his gallery, uses them still, together with his duelling pistols of the same calibre and powder charge.

I mention this as he is the only dealer who can now supply the old Smith & Wesson revolvers.

Walter Winans.

17 Rue de Tervueren,
Brussels, Belgium.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.]—The Automatic Pistol[1]
[II.]—Selecting a Pistol[5]
[III.]—Cleaning and Care of Pistols[10]
[IV.]—Sights[14]
[V.]—Learning to Shoot[21]
[VI.]—Rapid Firing[40]
[VII.]—Traversing Target[43]
[VIII.]—Gallery Shooting[48]
[IX.]—Twenty-Yards Stationary Target[52]
[X.]—Disappearing Target[61]
[XI.]—Stationary Fifty-Yards Target[77]
[XII.]—Team Shooting and Coaching[79]
[XIII.]—Shooting in Competitions[82]
[XIV.]—Duelling[85]
[XV.]—Shooting off Horseback[98]
[XVI.]—Pistol Shooting for Ladies[102]
[XVII.]—Stage Shooting[106]
[XVIII.]—Trick Shooting[116]
[XIX.]—Shooting in Self-Defence[120]
[XX.]—Shooting in the Dark[131]