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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... close ? By a too long - continued relief forward , without a proportional opening behind : this ( from a want of that impetus , or friction , which the shot receives while passing through the cylindrical part of the caliber ) makes the ...
... close ? By a too long - continued relief forward , without a proportional opening behind : this ( from a want of that impetus , or friction , which the shot receives while passing through the cylindrical part of the caliber ) makes the ...
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... close as it can do , compatibly with the strength and quickness required ; which should , however , be increased as much as possible by the best- constructed breachings . But , with the new alteration , for short detonaters , a mere ...
... close as it can do , compatibly with the strength and quickness required ; which should , however , be increased as much as possible by the best- constructed breachings . But , with the new alteration , for short detonaters , a mere ...
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... close shooting combined with strength . This is the reason why long barrels may be made to shoot further than short ones . Thus the shot has friction by being forced through the cylinder , and is then gradu- ally relieved all the way in ...
... close shooting combined with strength . This is the reason why long barrels may be made to shoot further than short ones . Thus the shot has friction by being forced through the cylinder , and is then gradu- ally relieved all the way in ...
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... close shooting ) would be generally objected to as an inconvenience . [ Here I allude only to flint - guns ; as a detonater must , in a great degree , be debarred from this advantage ; be- cause , if too tight behind , without any ...
... close shooting ) would be generally objected to as an inconvenience . [ Here I allude only to flint - guns ; as a detonater must , in a great degree , be debarred from this advantage ; be- cause , if too tight behind , without any ...
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... close as possible , it will be needless to trespass on the reader's patience . • Though a barrel , bored as before mentioned , will not shoot quite so close as it might be made to do , yet , taking every thing into consideration , it ...
... close as possible , it will be needless to trespass on the reader's patience . • Though a barrel , bored as before mentioned , will not shoot quite so close as it might be made to do , yet , taking every thing into consideration , it ...
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