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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... prevent enlarging this work to an expensive publi- cation , all needless embellishments have been avoided . By thus omitting ornamental plates on the worn - out subjects of common shooting , useless anecdotes , and other extra- neous ...
... prevent enlarging this work to an expensive publi- cation , all needless embellishments have been avoided . By thus omitting ornamental plates on the worn - out subjects of common shooting , useless anecdotes , and other extra- neous ...
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... prevent as they think , the confined air from resisting the ramrod ; which it rarely does until after you have put in the second wadding . For a duck - gun , or piece of any considerable length , the barrel should be bored so as to feel ...
... prevent as they think , the confined air from resisting the ramrod ; which it rarely does until after you have put in the second wadding . For a duck - gun , or piece of any considerable length , the barrel should be bored so as to feel ...
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... prevent the barrel from be- coming leaded ; and therefore to make it shoot , through the whole day , nearly as well as when clean , and without recoil to the shoulder . Again , a sporting - gun , must of necessity be short , for the ...
... prevent the barrel from be- coming leaded ; and therefore to make it shoot , through the whole day , nearly as well as when clean , and without recoil to the shoulder . Again , a sporting - gun , must of necessity be short , for the ...
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... prevent the recoil of a large bore cannot be brought to bear so quick as a somewhat lighter gun ; and , therefore , what is gained by weight of metal might be lost in time . Mr. Lancaster , as did his father , receives his barrels in ...
... prevent the recoil of a large bore cannot be brought to bear so quick as a somewhat lighter gun ; and , therefore , what is gained by weight of metal might be lost in time . Mr. Lancaster , as did his father , receives his barrels in ...
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... prevent its breaking , must be so great , that you would soon wear out your hammers , by being obliged to use an immoderate quantity of new flints . With this , another part of the lock also is safer , because the solid cock is received ...
... prevent its breaking , must be so great , that you would soon wear out your hammers , by being obliged to use an immoderate quantity of new flints . With this , another part of the lock also is safer , because the solid cock is received ...
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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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