Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and ShootingLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844 - 623 páginas |
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... leave the field , of inscribing my humble production on Guns and Shooting to a distinguished patron of the one , and a noble example for the manly exercise of the other . I have the honour to be , SIR , Your Royal Highness's ever ...
... leave the field , of inscribing my humble production on Guns and Shooting to a distinguished patron of the one , and a noble example for the manly exercise of the other . I have the honour to be , SIR , Your Royal Highness's ever ...
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... leave a cylinder for about three - fourths of the barrel ( always taking care , in a FLINT - gun , but not in a detonater , to preserve a little tightness or contrac- tion just where the shot first moves ) , and let the re- maining part ...
... leave a cylinder for about three - fourths of the barrel ( always taking care , in a FLINT - gun , but not in a detonater , to preserve a little tightness or contrac- tion just where the shot first moves ) , and let the re- maining part ...
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... leaves the muzzle . In a word , the shot should receive all the force of the powder while tight in the barrel , and then , as before observed , go easier and easier all the way out of it . This mode of boring is the best cal- culated ...
... leaves the muzzle . In a word , the shot should receive all the force of the powder while tight in the barrel , and then , as before observed , go easier and easier all the way out of it . This mode of boring is the best cal- culated ...
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... leave the field from having wedged in the ramrod , through a neglect to disengage it in time from this sort of wadding . In such a case , I conceive , that putting oil , or some- thing wet , into the barrel , and softening the paper ...
... leave the field from having wedged in the ramrod , through a neglect to disengage it in time from this sort of wadding . In such a case , I conceive , that putting oil , or some- thing wet , into the barrel , and softening the paper ...
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... leave a clumsy continuation of the wood , or tip the stock with a gingerbread - looking piece of silver ; whereas , if they would only leave a space about the thickness of a shilling between the end of the rib and the horn , the recoil ...
... leave a clumsy continuation of the wood , or tip the stock with a gingerbread - looking piece of silver ; whereas , if they would only leave a space about the thickness of a shilling between the end of the rib and the horn , the recoil ...
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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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