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... barrels , fly a distance of a couple of hundred yards or so and then turn and settle again within thirty yards of the gunner . During the daytime — he does his journey- ings by night - the jack is always a bird of short flights . Not ...
... barrels , fly a distance of a couple of hundred yards or so and then turn and settle again within thirty yards of the gunner . During the daytime — he does his journey- ings by night - the jack is always a bird of short flights . Not ...
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... untouched . The 12 - bore being a better gun to use for snipe shooting than a gun of any smaller gauge , let us now consider what patterns it is best that the barrels should give . With choke boring a perfected art 62 SHOOTING THE SNIPE.
... untouched . The 12 - bore being a better gun to use for snipe shooting than a gun of any smaller gauge , let us now consider what patterns it is best that the barrels should give . With choke boring a perfected art 62 SHOOTING THE SNIPE.
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... barrel an improved cylinder , pattern about 140 , and the left barrel a full choke ; and I believe that whether the gunner be a good shot , a bad shot , or an indifferent shot , he will do better work on snipe with such a gun than with ...
... barrel an improved cylinder , pattern about 140 , and the left barrel a full choke ; and I believe that whether the gunner be a good shot , a bad shot , or an indifferent shot , he will do better work on snipe with such a gun than with ...
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... barrels than you would if you had one barrel a cylinder . ' This is not quite correct . In perfectly open country you can , of course , always give a bird law , but many of the best snipe grounds are not quite open country . The snipe ...
... barrels than you would if you had one barrel a cylinder . ' This is not quite correct . In perfectly open country you can , of course , always give a bird law , but many of the best snipe grounds are not quite open country . The snipe ...
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... barrels . Let us now imagine ourselves to be walking over quite open country . If the snipe be inclined to lie , we are much more likely than not to find them lying very well indeed ; if they be not inclined to lie , we are much more ...
... barrels . Let us now imagine ourselves to be walking over quite open country . If the snipe be inclined to lie , we are much more likely than not to find them lying very well indeed ; if they be not inclined to lie , we are much more ...
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