Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting: With Explanatory Plates and WoodcutsPeter Hawker, Peter William Lanoe Hawker |
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... charge for the guns accordingly . Many wiseacres abuse all the heads of the trade , and swear that they can always get the best of guns , at a quar- ter the price , from Birmingham ! This may be , provided a person has such good ...
... charge for the guns accordingly . Many wiseacres abuse all the heads of the trade , and swear that they can always get the best of guns , at a quar- ter the price , from Birmingham ! This may be , provided a person has such good ...
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... charge to take only his breast and legs , however handsomely it might be brought down at an easy distance in a Norfolk bâttue . But with regard to the modern improvements , pre- viously alluded to , I can only say that such delicate ...
... charge to take only his breast and legs , however handsomely it might be brought down at an easy distance in a Norfolk bâttue . But with regard to the modern improvements , pre- viously alluded to , I can only say that such delicate ...
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... charge that is longer detained in the barrel . Thus the detonating system simplifies the boring to the whole trade , as well as the art of killing to the shooter . With longer and heavier guns we may take still further advantage , and ...
... charge that is longer detained in the barrel . Thus the detonating system simplifies the boring to the whole trade , as well as the art of killing to the shooter . With longer and heavier guns we may take still further advantage , and ...
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... charge . But to these two feet of cylinder let me add some more caliber , and that to consist of proper opening and relief , and then shoot the guns for a wager , and see how those new - discovery gentlemen would come off who have been ...
... charge . But to these two feet of cylinder let me add some more caliber , and that to consist of proper opening and relief , and then shoot the guns for a wager , and see how those new - discovery gentlemen would come off who have been ...
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... charge , but also to the pellets , which fly wide of the mark . Let the sportsman , therefore , rest assured , that a gun which will shoot sufficiently close a surface , to insure two or three shot ( of No. 7. at forty yards ) taking ...
... charge , but also to the pellets , which fly wide of the mark . Let the sportsman , therefore , rest assured , that a gun which will shoot sufficiently close a surface , to insure two or three shot ( of No. 7. at forty yards ) taking ...
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All That Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker No preview available - 2012 |
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