Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting: With Explanatory Plates and WoodcutsPeter Hawker, Peter William Lanoe Hawker Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1859 - 548 страници |
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... fowl Anecdote to prove the Superiority of the French Ducks , as Decoy Birds , in comparison to those which are bred in England · SHOOTING WILDFOWL ON VIRGINIA WATER DRESSING FOR PUNTS AND CANOES New Directions for Preserving and ...
... fowl Anecdote to prove the Superiority of the French Ducks , as Decoy Birds , in comparison to those which are bred in England · SHOOTING WILDFOWL ON VIRGINIA WATER DRESSING FOR PUNTS AND CANOES New Directions for Preserving and ...
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... fowl guns , because the first friction makes them shoot strong ( by means of giving due time to burn the powder ) , and yet with as much ease , as any caliber that can be made to answer that purpose . In answer to many absurd arguments ...
... fowl guns , because the first friction makes them shoot strong ( by means of giving due time to burn the powder ) , and yet with as much ease , as any caliber that can be made to answer that purpose . In answer to many absurd arguments ...
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... fowl flying rapidly , and particularly by night , there is not a question in favour of the detonater , as its trifling inferiority to the flint is tenfold repaid by the wonderful accuracy it gives in so readily obeying the eye . But in ...
... fowl flying rapidly , and particularly by night , there is not a question in favour of the detonater , as its trifling inferiority to the flint is tenfold repaid by the wonderful accuracy it gives in so readily obeying the eye . But in ...
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... fowl , a large proportion of the flight is frequently disposed to drop again at a short distance , if no object is visible to alarm them , consequently , the gunner with a breech - loader , from the facility and expedition with which he ...
... fowl , a large proportion of the flight is frequently disposed to drop again at a short distance , if no object is visible to alarm them , consequently , the gunner with a breech - loader , from the facility and expedition with which he ...
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... fowl , as they most commonly present ten long shots for one fair one , and are so apt to fly after being mortally wounded . But for the proper night - shooting afloat , with a 70 lb. barrel , that will burn 2 oz . of powder No. 1 in the ...
... fowl , as they most commonly present ten long shots for one fair one , and are so apt to fly after being mortally wounded . But for the proper night - shooting afloat , with a 70 lb. barrel , that will burn 2 oz . of powder No. 1 in the ...
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