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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... 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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... unless sportsmen choose to take the additional trouble of adopting the following recipe ; which I shall here give , under the idea , that , if considered too troublesome to ap- ply to gunstocks , it may still be found worth inserting ...
... unless sportsmen choose to take the additional trouble of adopting the following recipe ; which I shall here give , under the idea , that , if considered too troublesome to ap- ply to gunstocks , it may still be found worth inserting ...
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... unless secured out of reach , or by lock and key . A little cleaning ought to be occasionally had recourse to in the field . Were the pans of a flint gun wiped , and the feather inserted in the touchholes , after every shot , your gun ...
... unless secured out of reach , or by lock and key . A little cleaning ought to be occasionally had recourse to in the field . Were the pans of a flint gun wiped , and the feather inserted in the touchholes , after every shot , your gun ...
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... rather be 2 feet 8 , than the disproportionate length of 2 feet 4 , or 2 feet 6 ; unless absolutely required to be short , for the convenience of shooting in covert . THE BARREL Should be fourteen gauge , to let the 70 DETONATING SYSTEM .
... rather be 2 feet 8 , than the disproportionate length of 2 feet 4 , or 2 feet 6 ; unless absolutely required to be short , for the convenience of shooting in covert . THE BARREL Should be fourteen gauge , to let the 70 DETONATING SYSTEM .
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... unless lined with platina , are either soon choked up with rust and dirt , or blown too large by repeated shooting . THE NIPPLE , OR PIVOT , Is best plain or polished ; the caps , if made well , will always keep on ; but when the pivot ...
... unless lined with platina , are either soon choked up with rust and dirt , or blown too large by repeated shooting . THE NIPPLE , OR PIVOT , Is best plain or polished ; the caps , if made well , will always keep on ; but when the pivot ...
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