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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... Shot Eley's Patent Shot - cartridges . 120 . 122 Performance of ditto since they were made perfect • . 124 Page FLINTS .. . 125 WADDING . 126 New prepared XX CONTENTS .
... Shot Eley's Patent Shot - cartridges . 120 . 122 Performance of ditto since they were made perfect • . 124 Page FLINTS .. . 125 WADDING . 126 New prepared XX CONTENTS .
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... shot more accurately , and missed fewer quick shots , with the detonater . But , to return more generally to the subject of all guns , let me observe , as before , in answer to those who deprecate the idea of giving a good price for a ...
... shot more accurately , and missed fewer quick shots , with the detonater . But , to return more generally to the subject of all guns , let me observe , as before , in answer to those who deprecate the idea of giving a good price for a ...
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... shot is the best , without consider- ing any other circumstance . Such a mistake is excusable in those who merely take up a gun for exercise , or , at times , when they cannot hunt ; but that a person who wishes to excel in shooting ...
... shot is the best , without consider- ing any other circumstance . Such a mistake is excusable in those who merely take up a gun for exercise , or , at times , when they cannot hunt ; but that a person who wishes to excel in shooting ...
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... shots escape through an interval . Indeed , the effect of this mode of boring might be equally well produced by wetting the shot , or loading with very little powder , and elevating so as for nearly all the shot to drop into the mark ...
... shots escape through an interval . Indeed , the effect of this mode of boring might be equally well produced by wetting the shot , or loading with very little powder , and elevating so as for nearly all the shot to drop into the mark ...
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... shot lies , down to the breeching . This you will perceive , by a relief to the ramrod , just before the wadding ... shot has friction by being forced through the cylinder , and is then gradu- ally relieved all the way in going out ; and ...
... shot lies , down to the breeching . This you will perceive , by a relief to the ramrod , just before the wadding ... shot has friction by being forced through the cylinder , and is then gradu- ally relieved all the way in going out ; and ...
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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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