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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... Cleaning Guns , and precautions against their hanging fire . Gravitating Stops DETONATING SYSTEM Trials of Flint Locks against Detonators Gun . The Barrel The Breeching Vent - hole · The Nipple , or Pivot The Cock , or Striker Page 51 ...
... Cleaning Guns , and precautions against their hanging fire . Gravitating Stops DETONATING SYSTEM Trials of Flint Locks against Detonators Gun . The Barrel The Breeching Vent - hole · The Nipple , or Pivot The Cock , or Striker Page 51 ...
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... Cleaning DUCK SHOT . · 303 . 311 . 314 Table to show which answers best , according to the different sizes of the Guns that are used NEW DUCK - GUN WADDING . 320 322 324 . 324 • 325 325 . 327 . 328 . 329 . 331 . 331 . 332 WATER BOOTS ...
... Cleaning DUCK SHOT . · 303 . 311 . 314 Table to show which answers best , according to the different sizes of the Guns that are used NEW DUCK - GUN WADDING . 320 322 324 . 324 • 325 325 . 327 . 328 . 329 . 331 . 331 . 332 WATER BOOTS ...
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... clean , and without recoil to the shoulder . Again , a sporting - gun , must of necessity be short , for the convenience of covert , and snap - shooting ; and therefore the length that would pro- perly suit that relief which must follow ...
... clean , and without recoil to the shoulder . Again , a sporting - gun , must of necessity be short , for the convenience of covert , and snap - shooting ; and therefore the length that would pro- perly suit that relief which must follow ...
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... cleaning rod in the field . The worm on the same principle as the solid corkscrew , is the best to take hold of all kinds of wadding , and admits of a brass cap to preserve the point . Many young sportsmen have been puzzled by shot ...
... cleaning rod in the field . The worm on the same principle as the solid corkscrew , is the best to take hold of all kinds of wadding , and admits of a brass cap to preserve the point . Many young sportsmen have been puzzled by shot ...
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... clean in the morning . With a few such dressings , you will bring out a superior polish . An effectual recipe , however , for polishing gunstocks is to varnish them precisely like the pannels of a carriage . If a stock , which in other ...
... clean in the morning . With a few such dressings , you will bring out a superior polish . An effectual recipe , however , for polishing gunstocks is to varnish them precisely like the pannels of a carriage . If a stock , which in other ...
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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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