Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and ShootingLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844 - 623 páginas |
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... better em- ployed than in reading superfluous volumes , on a mere subject of recreation ; as well as of expense to those who could not conveniently afford to purchase them . Every thing here asserted has been the result of many A 4.
... better em- ployed than in reading superfluous volumes , on a mere subject of recreation ; as well as of expense to those who could not conveniently afford to purchase them . Every thing here asserted has been the result of many A 4.
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... better , instead of treating too copiously on that head , to give particular directions for ( what gentlemen least understand ) GETTING EVERY DESCRIPTION . ACCESS TO WILD BIRDS OF With regard also to guns , and the various other ...
... better , instead of treating too copiously on that head , to give particular directions for ( what gentlemen least understand ) GETTING EVERY DESCRIPTION . ACCESS TO WILD BIRDS OF With regard also to guns , and the various other ...
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... Mr. Manton is now joined by his nephew . Mr. Purdey has still perhaps the first business in London , and no man better deserves it . I once asked Joe Manton such is now the whom he considered the best maker 4 GUNS AND GUNMAKERS .
... Mr. Manton is now joined by his nephew . Mr. Purdey has still perhaps the first business in London , and no man better deserves it . I once asked Joe Manton such is now the whom he considered the best maker 4 GUNS AND GUNMAKERS .
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... better pleased me with a job . I always said , " Depend on it , he will do well , and get to the top of the tree ; though , like a wise fellow , he starts carefully at first , by feeling his way at a small place , instead of jumping ...
... better pleased me with a job . I always said , " Depend on it , he will do well , and get to the top of the tree ; though , like a wise fellow , he starts carefully at first , by feeling his way at a small place , instead of jumping ...
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... better than a very close shooting - gun . It was formerly the custom to make barrels , although so small as fourteen , sixteen , or even two - and - twenty in the gauge , of three or four feet in length ; and now , since it has been ...
... better than a very close shooting - gun . It was formerly the custom to make barrels , although so small as fourteen , sixteen , or even two - and - twenty in the gauge , of three or four feet in length ; and now , since it has been ...
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker Vista completa - 1844 |
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