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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... fall into the same error , argues as much against the judgment of the one , as the qualification of the other for his business . In throwing shot from a barrel , closeness and strength cannot be combined beyond a certain proportion of ...
... fall into the same error , argues as much against the judgment of the one , as the qualification of the other for his business . In throwing shot from a barrel , closeness and strength cannot be combined beyond a certain proportion of ...
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... fall from its own gravity ; that a long snap - shot is always at a rising , and not at a straight - forward - going bird ; and that if a good shot misses through being nervous , it is almost always because his left hand drops as he ...
... fall from its own gravity ; that a long snap - shot is always at a rising , and not at a straight - forward - going bird ; and that if a good shot misses through being nervous , it is almost always because his left hand drops as he ...
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... falling into the barrel , when the ramrod was there ; but if , instead of trying to pull it out by force , they would turn the gun upside down , and press the ramrod into the barrel , the shot would immediately become disengaged , and fall ...
... falling into the barrel , when the ramrod was there ; but if , instead of trying to pull it out by force , they would turn the gun upside down , and press the ramrod into the barrel , the shot would immediately become disengaged , and fall ...
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... fall in the handle , and not be , as some are , nearly horizontal in that part . This has nothing to do with the general bend or mounting of the stock , but is merely to keep the hand to the natural position , instead of having , as it ...
... fall in the handle , and not be , as some are , nearly horizontal in that part . This has nothing to do with the general bend or mounting of the stock , but is merely to keep the hand to the natural position , instead of having , as it ...
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... falling in , there is a probe , which you screw on the ramrod : and this little appen- dage is , or should be , carried in your pocket . It may be well , however , to observe , that many of the gunmakers who now adopt this breeching ...
... falling in , there is a probe , which you screw on the ramrod : and this little appen- dage is , or should be , carried in your pocket . It may be well , however , to observe , that many of the gunmakers who now adopt this breeching ...
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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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