Instructions to Young Sportsmen: In All that Relates to Guns and ShootingLea and Blanchard, 1846 - 459 páginas |
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... never occurred , or com- mencing a system of piracy on other authors , which nothing should induce him to do , after the very flattering manner in which his former editions have been received by the reviewers and the public . He now ...
... never occurred , or com- mencing a system of piracy on other authors , which nothing should induce him to do , after the very flattering manner in which his former editions have been received by the reviewers and the public . He now ...
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... never less than two feet eight , nor more than three feet in length . My readers will observe that my remarks here have been altered since publishing the earlier editions . The late Mr. Joseph Manton , who knew more about a gun than any ...
... never less than two feet eight , nor more than three feet in length . My readers will observe that my remarks here have been altered since publishing the earlier editions . The late Mr. Joseph Manton , who knew more about a gun than any ...
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... ramrods , from the present date , be made stouter ; and sportsmen will load with double facility . This is against trade : but never mind that . ] DIRECTIONS FOR TRYING BARRELS . A man may be taken THE SIGHT AND RAMROD . 37 Sight Ramrod.
... ramrods , from the present date , be made stouter ; and sportsmen will load with double facility . This is against trade : but never mind that . ] DIRECTIONS FOR TRYING BARRELS . A man may be taken THE SIGHT AND RAMROD . 37 Sight Ramrod.
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... never with a gun , after being simply told how to try it . Having taken out the breeching , and ascertained that the barrel is free from flaws , or unsound places , let him fire about a dozen or twenty shots at a quire of the thickest ...
... never with a gun , after being simply told how to try it . Having taken out the breeching , and ascertained that the barrel is free from flaws , or unsound places , let him fire about a dozen or twenty shots at a quire of the thickest ...
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... never could find any solid breeching to beat it , until Mr. Joseph Manton brought out his , which , like the rest of his work , has been abused and imitated by most of his filing fraternity ! To treat on the various kinds of solid ...
... never could find any solid breeching to beat it , until Mr. Joseph Manton brought out his , which , like the rest of his work , has been abused and imitated by most of his filing fraternity ! To treat on the various kinds of solid ...
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen: In All That Relates to Guns and Shooting ... Peter Hawker,William Trotter Porter Sin vista previa disponible - 2013 |
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Página 459 - This celebrated work has been completely revised, and much of it almost entirely re-written by its able author, who, from being a practical veterinary surgeon, and withal a great lover and excellent judge of the animal, is particularly well qualified to write the history of the noblest of quadrupeds. Messrs. Lea and Blanchard of Philadelphia have...
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Página 383 - tis merry in good green wood, When the mavis and merle are singing, When the deer pass by, the hounds are in cry And the hunter's horn is ringing.
Página 322 - My companion, a stout, hale and athletic man, dressed in a homespun hunting-shirt, bare-legged and moccasined, carried a long and heavy rifle, which, as he was loading it, he said had proved efficient in all his former undertakings, and which he hoped would not fail on this occasion, as he felt proud to show me his skill. The gun was wiped, the powder measured, the ball patched with six-hundred-thread linen, and the charge sent home with a hickory rod.
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