For anyone who aspires to use two guns the shooting school is the place to learn their handling to the best advantage, and if it is not the only place to cultivate good habits there is no better for the curing of bad ones. It is certainly not too much to say that the man who takes a E refresher course will probably drop straight. into form on the first day of the season, and even shoot better by reason of his confidence that his guns are as suited to his physical peculiarities as human ingenuity can make them. But guns will not long remain so if they are neglected. Many youngsters nowadays, keen as they may be in the field, do not show a like alacrity about the more tedious side of shooting. At the end of a day guns are. handed over to the keeper and that is'all about it. To the old-fashioned way of thinking this is wrong, for the youth who starts at the very bottom of the ladder by looking after his gun himself, usually makes the best sportsman in the long run, First and foremost one must make sure that one has the requisite tools; two cleaning rods, a wire brush, gauzes, cloths and a supply of tow, Rangoon oil and petroleum jelly. Every portion of the "action" and the exterior, from the heel of the stock to the ribs of the barrel, should be wiped with an oily rag so that it is just moist to the touch before the gun is put into its case, One should never allow the fingers to touch the barrels or mechanism when finishing off; always hold them with a cloth, and always see that the weapon is put away in a dry place. A toothbrush or a feather soaked in oil will reach all those intricate parts of mechanism which are too minute to be treated adequately by the fingers,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.