28 AUTOMATIC SHOTGUN. which compresses a spring so that if it had a cartridge in the magazine it would take that cartridg e from the magazine and put it in the barrel [indicating]. 7 There are 4 cartridges in the Magazine and 1 in the barrel, makes it a 5-shot repeater. The gun can be fired as ‘api which dly as a person can pull and release the trigger. The action is the same as it is in four other Inagazine shotguns that are now on the mark You hold the trigger, with thos e guns, while with the left hand et. . operate the slide; and it fires you as This slide can be operated on: the repeater quickly as it is closed. about as fast as the trigger automatic gun can be pulled, so the repeater can be fired abou of the t as fast as the automatic. But if you fire this gun as rapi dly as you can, or if you fire the repeating gun as rapidly as you can, or thé doub for that matter, it will be at le gun, the expense of accuracy, and hit nothing if you shoot any you will of them as fast as you can. Now, as to the killing of song and insectiverous birds with this gun, there never was a gun made that pose. It requires a good ordinary was less adapted for that purload—a good game load—to throw this action back [ind icating]. If it is thrown back like [indicating] it does not oper ate. It must be thrown completely that in order to operate. back The cartridge that is used almost enti shooting these small birds will not operate this mechanis rely in The automatic principle—th m at all. e a Narrow margin in cartridg automatic loading—limits the gun to es. In automatic rifles and pisto difference of one grain will ls a either make the arm fail to operate or make the parts hit so hard that they are not long lived . mum load for this gun is 3z dram s and the minimum load isThe3 maxiThere are Inany who say drams. to me: “ You can hot kill ducks with 34 drams.” On the other hand, none of them woul was a bird load. This gun must be for the inte d say that 3 drams lligent sportsman, the Progressive sportsman, who knows how to take care of is willing to use an ordinary load, and the arm. There is a friction piece that must be kept in about here a certain condition in orde arm work properly. r to have the The Cuairman, What is the weight of that gun ? Mr. Brownine. About 73 pounds. Mr. Bovrr. What is the price Mr. Browntine. Not less than of it? $30. The chea pest gun is $30. sun is over $100. This That reminds me that in discussing this matter with Mr. Hornaday I did inform him that there were guns costing from $3 to $5 over 350,000 plac about 10,000 of these automati ed on this market yearly. c guns placed on the market There are Of all the guns that are plac in a year. ed on this market, four-fifths are sold for less than $19. of them Tt is not the gun that the Sportsman buys that is destroying the game. It is the cheap gun that goes into the hands of the boy, and of the hegro, and of the foreign laborer. The Latin: races are especial ly destructive on the small birds, as they are known as a delicacy with them in their own country. The Cuamman. Gentlemen of the committee, do you desire to any further testimony in conn hear ection with this bill? Are there any other gentlemen who desire to be heard in relation to this bil]? Mr. Katantanaotn. I would like to ask that Mr. McClella n be heard briefly, as the T erritory of Hawaii would be included in the operation of this bill. AUTOMATIC STATEMENT OF McCieiuan. I simply Mr. MR. SHOTGUN. G. B. McCLELLAN, say want | to say that that OF HAWAII. rotest a: protest has hé been 4 ne Jawail acai received from citizens in the Territory # eeu Alien ne passage ise e Gee hs) r people take the ground that we a — ee. ie ee in our local legislature, ce there tg UR oTse Lie OSM om e m a i ae tion on shoul should be placed upon Thy anyanv such restricti pparent of reason : tito fc: why Hawaii; TROT) aOak) Recon and ifsuchit becomes ee ie ae that there should be such restriction, the Fie ee i. Loe ne ? cheeaeh the authority that you have already given it, I simply, on behalf of the citizens who coger to protest against the pee re spoken osin hethis 1 attenor, desire des: ; ‘chation whibh any s = Rich ‘mbasune, taking é £ away our right of local legislation, you have already given us. : Mav ermitted to enlighten the committee in reMr. Bover. May I be pe a , to know that he committee oug spect to one matter ¢ IT think ne oht al that the We cas Mr Marshall is a shooter of some reputation and expe a m t h a went Soar captain of the American international shotgun a nt Gul ae abroad i and cleaned 1 out out alla the foreign do not 1 re la teams. oa I trom his wareh) chai: e, oe g ; but you will see the medal which hangs as a professional shooter, used a ee » ad I do not know what kind, ; ee cidkcu tain Ot but a double-barreled shotgun; and ¢ 1 the great American internati onal team he coee tee and’says what he does. Bi ADDITIONAL f e AS STATEMENT a S hofore thicveommit: 4 . -. OF MR. G. 0. SHIELDS. ee irman, J eto Ee ie poms Nace a Mr. Sutetps. I only want two or fae renee Ds answer some new points that have been that if the sale of the automatic and ae e igs ea They7 are the men keep hands Sage é eae ; ht a tt tes: caelof the Se out er them o oy are now who will have these guns as soon as pe7ean ee aehey Sh ac : } snoteuns. Ve are almost all using SO aenake ie repeating shotguns | bay struggling with that tile market aN hunters ; as fast as we ds)can, and have ih ‘ roblem for nine. the last ten years. problem _ objection Ome If you did, rtinent. this would not Mr. ae be pe 8 Ae a ea dean ereis no objection to the use o ¢ » SHIELDS. 1 the other ne 1s Sarma ee ae eee We do not undertake to ask you ieLP one these these guns guns at % the trap. tray] He ; se oO em manufacture and sale of them at ee a OWE, a fis ahd the 1 ee hi, t we seek to prevent. Bast hunting birds that we : ra by, as they ) have¢ already ; considered ump guns shall decide by and by, h gazine to hold only one th necessity of deciding, to cut down the mee the double-barreled Carlrlagse, Peas. so as to put the gun on a be vy ae oh ate chad shoteun, eu Ly , * then PS all shooters will be on aae falr e I0o : | is enough for any“: man to have in his gun at any o © Shae O .heeeVans.