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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... loaded is apt to hang on the right hand in bringing it up , and vice versā , on the left , with a gun which is top - heavy . N.B. The lower down the butt the lead is let in , the steadier the gun will keep to the shoulder ; as it then ...
... loaded is apt to hang on the right hand in bringing it up , and vice versā , on the left , with a gun which is top - heavy . N.B. The lower down the butt the lead is let in , the steadier the gun will keep to the shoulder ; as it then ...
Page 59
... loaded ) is simply to prick the touchhole , put fresh prime , and give the butt a few smart strokes with the hand : or , with a detonater , to prick the hole of the nipple , and lodge therein a few grains of powder before you put on the ...
... loaded ) is simply to prick the touchhole , put fresh prime , and give the butt a few smart strokes with the hand : or , with a detonater , to prick the hole of the nipple , and lodge therein a few grains of powder before you put on the ...
Page 64
... loaded with three quarters in measure of powder , to four quarters of shot ; and that long barrels , which are opened behind , and nip the charge , in the cylinder , till more of the powder is burnt , do more justice to the percussion ...
... loaded with three quarters in measure of powder , to four quarters of shot ; and that long barrels , which are opened behind , and nip the charge , in the cylinder , till more of the powder is burnt , do more justice to the percussion ...
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... 8th of November , 1822 , of a 17lbs . Joseph Manton - duck gun , at fifty yards , loaded with four ounces of B. B. shot , and rather more than an equal mea- sure of fine cylinder - powder , at a sheet 66 DETONATING SYSTEM .
... 8th of November , 1822 , of a 17lbs . Joseph Manton - duck gun , at fifty yards , loaded with four ounces of B. B. shot , and rather more than an equal mea- sure of fine cylinder - powder , at a sheet 66 DETONATING SYSTEM .
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... ( loaded with wadding cut by a common punch on the powder , and wadding cut by a dented punch on the shot ) : In the first sheet . 40 Through all . 36 The judgment that I summed up , and sent to Joe Manton was this : - " From the result ...
... ( loaded with wadding cut by a common punch on the powder , and wadding cut by a dented punch on the shot ) : In the first sheet . 40 Through all . 36 The judgment that I summed up , and sent to Joe Manton was this : - " From the result ...
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