Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting: With Explanatory Plates and WoodcutsPeter Hawker, Peter William Lanoe Hawker |
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... Barrels kill farther than the short ones , which are now made · Mr. Lancaster's self - acting machine for turning the outsides of Barrels , and his new discovery for the finish of the insides • Damascus Barrels Elevation The Sight ...
... Barrels kill farther than the short ones , which are now made · Mr. Lancaster's self - acting machine for turning the outsides of Barrels , and his new discovery for the finish of the insides • Damascus Barrels Elevation The Sight ...
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... Barrel The Breeching Vent - hole · The Nipple , or Pivot The Cock , or Striker Page 51 55 • · 57 · 61 62 · 67 70 71 · · 71 73 · 73 74 75 76 79 80 81 83 83 88 88 89 89 89 91 • · 93 · 94 • 97 Safety - cock Copper Caps Cap - chargers ...
... Barrel The Breeching Vent - hole · The Nipple , or Pivot The Cock , or Striker Page 51 55 • · 57 · 61 62 · 67 70 71 · · 71 73 · 73 74 75 76 79 80 81 83 83 88 88 89 89 89 91 • · 93 · 94 • 97 Safety - cock Copper Caps Cap - chargers ...
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... barrel - borer , John Hussey , died in distress . Penn , the prince of lock - finishers , died in 1843. But Greenfield , the emperor of mechanics , is in greater force than ever , with a son as clever as himself . He has opened a large ...
... barrel - borer , John Hussey , died in distress . Penn , the prince of lock - finishers , died in 1843. But Greenfield , the emperor of mechanics , is in greater force than ever , with a son as clever as himself . He has opened a large ...
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... barrel - manufactory in Clerkenwell . So now let those who have any of his duck - guns treasure them up as gold . No matter about common - sized barrels ; as , for these , he latterly got beat in Birmingham . Wm . Fullerd married and ...
... barrel - manufactory in Clerkenwell . So now let those who have any of his duck - guns treasure them up as gold . No matter about common - sized barrels ; as , for these , he latterly got beat in Birmingham . Wm . Fullerd married and ...
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... barrels being correctly put together for accurate shoot- ing ; 3. the elevation being mathematically true , and raised strictly in proportion to the length of barrel ; and 4 . the stock being properly cast off to the eye , and well ...
... barrels being correctly put together for accurate shoot- ing ; 3. the elevation being mathematically true , and raised strictly in proportion to the length of barrel ; and 4 . the stock being properly cast off to the eye , and well ...
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All That Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker No preview available - 2012 |
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