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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... distance , within the United Kingdoms , in the hottest weather ) • Shooting Pheasants , & c . ( with a few directions to the inex- perienced , for recovering their own Game , if unhandsomely driven from them ; Shooting in Covert , & c ...
... distance , within the United Kingdoms , in the hottest weather ) • Shooting Pheasants , & c . ( with a few directions to the inex- perienced , for recovering their own Game , if unhandsomely driven from them ; Shooting in Covert , & c ...
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... scientific calculations in shooting , at moderate distances , are now so simplified , that we , every day , meet with jackanapes - apprentice boys who can shoot flying , and knock down their eight birds out of B 2 GUNS AND GUNMAKERS . 3.
... scientific calculations in shooting , at moderate distances , are now so simplified , that we , every day , meet with jackanapes - apprentice boys who can shoot flying , and knock down their eight birds out of B 2 GUNS AND GUNMAKERS . 3.
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... distance in a Norfolk bâttue . But with regard to the modern improvements , pre- viously alluded to , I can only say that such delicate sportsmen as require them , would do better to put aside the gun for the fiddle or Berlin worsted ...
... distance in a Norfolk bâttue . But with regard to the modern improvements , pre- viously alluded to , I can only say that such delicate sportsmen as require them , would do better to put aside the gun for the fiddle or Berlin worsted ...
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... distance , if properly directed . But so far is this from being the case , that it may proceed from the barrel throw- ing the grains in patches , and therefore being liable to let even fair shots escape through an interval . Indeed ...
... distance , if properly directed . But so far is this from being the case , that it may proceed from the barrel throw- ing the grains in patches , and therefore being liable to let even fair shots escape through an interval . Indeed ...
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... distance , and half the depth , of " relief forward . " For instance , if a barrel be 3 feet 4 , have 3 inches opened behind , and 7 inches relieved forward ; and let the " open- ing behind " be cut , with the " bit , " only half the ...
... distance , and half the depth , of " relief forward . " For instance , if a barrel be 3 feet 4 , have 3 inches opened behind , and 7 inches relieved forward ; and let the " open- ing behind " be cut , with the " bit , " only half the ...
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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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