Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and ShootingLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844 - 623 páginas |
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... unless the barrels are very short , is to make them " light forward ; " that is , thin towards the muzzle . This I conceive to be bad ; as a barrel , which is everywhere tolerably stout , is not so liable to expansion , and ...
... unless the barrels are very short , is to make them " light forward ; " that is , thin towards the muzzle . This I conceive to be bad ; as a barrel , which is everywhere tolerably stout , is not so liable to expansion , and ...
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... their stocks , and select handsome pieces of wood , I know of nothing better , to keep them polished , than a little linseed oil , and plenty of , what is vulgarly called , elbow grease ; unless sportsmen choose to take 36 STOCK .
... their stocks , and select handsome pieces of wood , I know of nothing better , to keep them polished , than a little linseed oil , and plenty of , what is vulgarly called , elbow grease ; unless sportsmen choose to take 36 STOCK .
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Peter Hawker. called , elbow grease ; unless sportsmen choose to take the additional trouble of adopting the following re- cipe ; which I shall here give , under the idea , that , if considered too troublesome to apply to gunstocks , it ...
Peter Hawker. called , elbow grease ; unless sportsmen choose to take the additional trouble of adopting the following re- cipe ; which I shall here give , under the idea , that , if considered too troublesome to apply to gunstocks , it ...
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... the lock must be constructed on pur- pose , unless you have an antechamber long enough for the touchhole to reach to the pan without filing away any of the metal . IMPLEMENTS FOR FLINT - GUNS . As I may be. BREECHING . 43.
... the lock must be constructed on pur- pose , unless you have an antechamber long enough for the touchhole to reach to the pan without filing away any of the metal . IMPLEMENTS FOR FLINT - GUNS . As I may be. BREECHING . 43.
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... unless he was shooting , he had only to provide himself with one of Mr. Forsyth's fulminating locks , which certainly defied the weather longer than any others at that time invented ; though , perhaps , from the effect of the atmosphere ...
... unless he was shooting , he had only to provide himself with one of Mr. Forsyth's fulminating locks , which certainly defied the weather longer than any others at that time invented ; though , perhaps , from the effect of the atmosphere ...
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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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