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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... FLINT - GUNS Touchhole Lock Springs Cocks and Hammers . Pan . Trigger • To take a Lock to pieces • • 25 • 27 • 31 33 34 34 • 36 39 • 39 • • 40 45 · 45 • 46 • 47 • 47 50 51 52 To put it together again • Alphabetical List of the a 2.
... FLINT - GUNS Touchhole Lock Springs Cocks and Hammers . Pan . Trigger • To take a Lock to pieces • • 25 • 27 • 31 33 34 34 • 36 39 • 39 • • 40 45 · 45 • 46 • 47 • 47 50 51 52 To put it together again • Alphabetical List of the a 2.
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... Flint Locks against Detonators Gun . The Barrel The Breeching Vent - hole · The Nipple , or Pivot The Cock , or Striker Page 51 55 • · 57 · 61 62 · 67 70 71 · · 71 73 · 73 74 75 76 79 80 81 83 83 88 88 89 89 89 91 • · 93 · 94 • 97 ...
... Flint Locks against Detonators Gun . The Barrel The Breeching Vent - hole · The Nipple , or Pivot The Cock , or Striker Page 51 55 • · 57 · 61 62 · 67 70 71 · · 71 73 · 73 74 75 76 79 80 81 83 83 88 88 89 89 89 91 • · 93 · 94 • 97 ...
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With Explanatory Plates and Woodcuts Peter Hawker, Peter William Lanoe Hawker. Page FLINTS .. . 125 WADDING . 126 New prepared Wadding for Percussion - guns € 128 LOADING . 131 POWDER FLASK . . 133 SHOT BELT . 136 . 139 . 141 142 DRESS ...
With Explanatory Plates and Woodcuts Peter Hawker, Peter William Lanoe Hawker. Page FLINTS .. . 125 WADDING . 126 New prepared Wadding for Percussion - guns € 128 LOADING . 131 POWDER FLASK . . 133 SHOT BELT . 136 . 139 . 141 142 DRESS ...
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... flint - guns were the order of the day , few sporting gentlemen of distinction ever thought of using any thing but the gun of a first- rate maker , for the simple reason that on the goodness of the work depended the quickness in firing ...
... flint - guns were the order of the day , few sporting gentlemen of distinction ever thought of using any thing but the gun of a first- rate maker , for the simple reason that on the goodness of the work depended the quickness in firing ...
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... flint - guns . They now detain the shot longer in the barrel , in order that the powder may have time to kindle , which is done to such a degree as to occasion an increase of recoil , and a liability to become " leaded " with much ...
... flint - guns . They now detain the shot longer in the barrel , in order that the powder may have time to kindle , which is done to such a degree as to occasion an increase of recoil , and a liability to become " leaded " with much ...
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All That Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker No preview available - 2012 |
Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All That Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker No preview available - 2016 |
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