----------+---------+----------+--------- 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 FFg | | | Grain. 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. CHAPTER XXXIV. MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES. _Soft Soldering._—Soft solder, so called, is a composition made by melting together two parts tin and one part lead. If the gunsmith ever has occasion to use it, he will need a soldering fluid, which is made by dropping clippings of zinc into muriatic acid until ebullition has ceased, then adding to the acid its equal in bulk of pure water, although some mechanics do not consider the addition of water as necessary. Clean thoroughly the parts to be soldered together, then wet them with the soldering fluid. Next place in the joint a thin bit of the soft solder, and expose to heat, the heating agent to be clear of oil. The pieces should be held, pressed between the blades of large tweezers, so that when the solder melts the two parts will come directly together. So soon as the solder melts, the work must be taken from the fire, as the soldering will be complete. A little longer exposure would burn the solder and spoil the work. _Good Soft Solder._—Good soft solder is composed of equal parts of pure tin and good soft lead. The lead from old tea-chests is excellent. Plumbers’ solder is often made of lead three parts and tin one part.