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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... leave the field , of inscribing my humble production on GUNS and SHOOTING to a distinguished patron of the che , and a noble example for the manly exercise of the ether . I have the honour to be SIR , Your Royal Highness's ever dutiful ...
... leave the field , of inscribing my humble production on GUNS and SHOOTING to a distinguished patron of the che , and a noble example for the manly exercise of the ether . I have the honour to be SIR , Your Royal Highness's ever dutiful ...
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... leave a cylinder for about three - fourths of the barrel ( always taking care , in a FLINT - gun , but not in a detonater , to pre- serve a little tightness or contraction just where the shot first moves ) , and let the remaining part ...
... leave a cylinder for about three - fourths of the barrel ( always taking care , in a FLINT - gun , but not in a detonater , to pre- serve a little tightness or contraction just where the shot first moves ) , and let the remaining part ...
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... leaves the muzzle . In a word , the shot should receive all the force of the powder while tight in the barrel , and then , as before observed , go easier and easier all the way out of it . This mode of boring is the best calculated for ...
... leaves the muzzle . In a word , the shot should receive all the force of the powder while tight in the barrel , and then , as before observed , go easier and easier all the way out of it . This mode of boring is the best calculated for ...
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... leave a clumsy continuation of the wood , or tip the stock with a gingerbread looking piece of silver ; whereas , if they would only leave a space about the thickness of a shilling between the end of the rib and the horn , the recoil ...
... leave a clumsy continuation of the wood , or tip the stock with a gingerbread looking piece of silver ; whereas , if they would only leave a space about the thickness of a shilling between the end of the rib and the horn , the recoil ...
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... eye , & c . & c . , the way to have one precisely like it , is to leave with your gunmaker a thin piece of board made to fit with the greatest accuracy to the profile of the bend , all the way from the upper part of the butt D 3 STOCK .
... eye , & c . & c . , the way to have one precisely like it , is to leave with your gunmaker a thin piece of board made to fit with the greatest accuracy to the profile of the bend , all the way from the upper part of the butt D 3 STOCK .
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All That Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker No preview available - 2012 |
Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All That Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker No preview available - 2016 |
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