Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and ShootingLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844 - 623 páginas |
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Peter Hawker. the globe , by his celebrity as the greatest artist in fire - arms that ever the world produced , as the founder and the father of the modern gun - trade , and as a most scientific inventor , in other de- partments , not ...
Peter Hawker. the globe , by his celebrity as the greatest artist in fire - arms that ever the world produced , as the founder and the father of the modern gun - trade , and as a most scientific inventor , in other de- partments , not ...
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... fire with nearly equal velo- city . Still , however , fortunately for the leading gun- makers , there are yet left many requisites which induce good sportsmen , though a much smaller num- ber than formerly , to go to the heads of the ...
... fire with nearly equal velo- city . Still , however , fortunately for the leading gun- makers , there are yet left many requisites which induce good sportsmen , though a much smaller num- ber than formerly , to go to the heads of the ...
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... to the particulars of what a gun should be , and begin with the barrels . The usual method of trying a barrel is to fire at a single sheet of paper , and pronounce , at once , that the one which puts in the most shot is the best 8 BARRELS .
... to the particulars of what a gun should be , and begin with the barrels . The usual method of trying a barrel is to fire at a single sheet of paper , and pronounce , at once , that the one which puts in the most shot is the best 8 BARRELS .
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... Fire a fourteen gauge sporting - gun , two feet eight inches , or forty - four diameters , at a gunmaker's iron door , against one of three feet , and there will probably be no difference . But go out in an open field , and particularly ...
... Fire a fourteen gauge sporting - gun , two feet eight inches , or forty - four diameters , at a gunmaker's iron door , against one of three feet , and there will probably be no difference . But go out in an open field , and particularly ...
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... fire each barrel from the shoulder , and the swerve or kick would just bring the centre of the shot into the bull's eye . There is not one maker in fifty who knows much about this ; but the masters get out of many difficulties by ...
... fire each barrel from the shoulder , and the swerve or kick would just bring the centre of the shot into the bull's eye . There is not one maker in fifty who knows much about this ; but the masters get out of many difficulties by ...
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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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