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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... Spring Swivel Woodcuts for Loading - spoon , & c . Two - handed Punt for single Stanchion - gun . Ditto , for making Cartridges • 359 365 377 . ib . 381-388 . 390 391-393 • Punt and Gear for a 2001b . Gun . With " Truck ; " Travelling ...
... Spring Swivel Woodcuts for Loading - spoon , & c . Two - handed Punt for single Stanchion - gun . Ditto , for making Cartridges • 359 365 377 . ib . 381-388 . 390 391-393 • Punt and Gear for a 2001b . Gun . With " Truck ; " Travelling ...
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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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... springs , which are cut in slices . like a cucumber , by a 45 - horse power engine that works the colossal shears , to which little boys apply the metal with a rapidity like magic . The steel , after being smelted to a bloom in the air ...
... springs , which are cut in slices . like a cucumber , by a 45 - horse power engine that works the colossal shears , to which little boys apply the metal with a rapidity like magic . The steel , after being smelted to a bloom in the air ...
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... springs to go so pleasant to the touch , and ( if I may use the expression ) feel so oily , as those made by the Mantons , the late Mr. D. Egg , Mr. Nock , Mr. Smith , Mr. Purdey , Mr. Lancaster , and some few others . I mean , that ...
... springs to go so pleasant to the touch , and ( if I may use the expression ) feel so oily , as those made by the Mantons , the late Mr. D. Egg , Mr. Nock , Mr. Smith , Mr. Purdey , Mr. Lancaster , and some few others . I mean , that ...
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... SPRINGS.If the mainspring be too strong , in proportion to that of the hammer , the cock is often broken for want of resistance ; and , if the hammer or feather - spring be too stiff , or should shut down with too much force , it ...
... SPRINGS.If the mainspring be too strong , in proportion to that of the hammer , the cock is often broken for want of resistance ; and , if the hammer or feather - spring be too stiff , or should shut down with too much force , it ...
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