| While hunting the deer, it is very important that the | | | | trajectory and with other terms which they do not |
| gun which you carry if comfortable for you to used. | | | | really understand, they buy a gun on the strength of |
| There are some tips which you can use while you go | | | | the article. Sometimes these guns turn out to be just |
| to buy a gun. | | | | what the man needs, but buying guns in this manner |
| The perfect deer gun which would meet these | | | | is mostly a hit-or-miss method. |
| specifications would need to be light with little recoil | | | | Before buying any gun, the hunter should try out |
| or muzzle blast. The bullet must be able to cut | | | | guns of different makes and calibers—in the |
| through brush and kill a deer in the next county with | | | | woods if possible—to see how they shoot and |
| a near miss and do the job without destroying the | | | | handle. Some people adjust to the automatic while |
| meat. Such a gun may be developed about the time | | | | others should use a bolt or lever action for best |
| that the last deer has been killed or has died from | | | | results. The company which manufactures the gun is |
| natural causes. In the meantime, the hunter must | | | | not too important, as most of the domestic |
| make use of some of the many guns which are | | | | manufacturers supply a dependable product, but the |
| available, find out the one which suits him best, learn | | | | type of action and the caliber must be right, or |
| what that particular gun will and will not do and adjust | | | | considerable time must be spent in adjusting to the |
| his shooting to that gun. | | | | gun before the hunter can make fast, consistent kills. |
| New hunters enter the field every year and many of | | | | My personal preference is the lever action, but I |
| these men select their gun with little or no | | | | have used other types without trouble, except on |
| knowledge of what they are buying or what they | | | | extremely fast shots. I tried out one make of |
| need. Some companion has recommended a certain | | | | automatic at one time, with the intention of buying a |
| make of gun in a certain caliber as being a good deer | | | | similar gun. It seemed to be just the gun I wanted |
| gun and they spend somewhere in the vicinity of a | | | | until I took it into the woods. |
| hundred dollars for a weapon which may or may not | | | | Before buying any gun, the hunter should try out |
| suit their hunting conditions and shooting ability. | | | | guns of different makes and calibers—in the |
| Perhaps they have read some article dealing with | | | | woods if possible—to see how they shoot and |
| technical information and, being impressed with | | | | handle. |
| foot-pounds of energy, with velocity, with flat | | | | |