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The Trials of Annie Oakley.
Fans of Annie Oakley sought the famous shooter out after every performance. In addition to granting requests for autographs, she took time to speak with her followers who wanted to know all about her. As a courtesy to her devotees, she supplied them with a short list of facts about herself.
Answers to Ten Questions I Am Asked Every Day.
I was born in Woodland, Ohio.
I learned to shoot in the field.
I do not think I inherited my love of firearms from my parents, for they were Quakers, and were very much opposed to my using such weapons.
Having traveled in fourteen countries, and having hunted in almost all of them, I have shot nearly all kinds of game.
While I love to shoot in the field, I care very little for exhibition shooting, and only do it as a matter of business.
I never use the word “champion” in connection with my name and always request my friends not to address me as such.
My guns weigh about six pounds each and are of many different makes. There is no such thing as the best gun maker. The best gun is the gun that best fits the shooter.
I use pistols, rifles and shotguns. I do not believe in using cheap guns. To me, the use of a cheap gun is like driving Star Pointer with a clothes line – you never know when the line is going to give way.
I like pigeon shooting when the birds are first-class flyers, but I am very much opposed to shooting pigeons from the trap during the three summer months.
I use 39 grains of Schultz Smokeless Powder and one ounce of shot, loaded in the U.M.C. Smokeless shells. I don’t say that this is the only load, but it is good enough for me.
To learn more about Annie Oakley and the shooting school she ran in Pinehurst, North Carolina, read
The Trials of Annie Oakley.
