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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... liable to let even fair shots escape through an interval . Indeed , the effect of this mode of boring might be equally well produced by wetting the shot , or loading with very little powder , and elevating so as for nearly all the shot ...
... liable to let even fair shots escape through an interval . Indeed , the effect of this mode of boring might be equally well produced by wetting the shot , or loading with very little powder , and elevating so as for nearly all the shot ...
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... liable to miss ; for although we allow that a short gun , at a short distance , will kill as well as a long one , yet the latter gives you a more accurate aim , and considerably lessens the recoil , by which you shoot to a greater ...
... liable to miss ; for although we allow that a short gun , at a short distance , will kill as well as a long one , yet the latter gives you a more accurate aim , and considerably lessens the recoil , by which you shoot to a greater ...
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... liable to expansion , and , consequently , will shoot stronger , and last many more years , than one which is rendered so by being in any part too thin . A gun , thus substantial , can always be made to mount well , by being properly ...
... liable to expansion , and , consequently , will shoot stronger , and last many more years , than one which is rendered so by being in any part too thin . A gun , thus substantial , can always be made to mount well , by being properly ...
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... grains running longitudi- nally , which must be more liable to open , if not to burst , than a continued round of solid well - beat iron . It may be compared to a piece of wood cut across , DAMASCUS BARRELS . 27 Damascus Barrels.
... grains running longitudi- nally , which must be more liable to open , if not to burst , than a continued round of solid well - beat iron . It may be compared to a piece of wood cut across , DAMASCUS BARRELS . 27 Damascus Barrels.
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... liable to repeated flashes in the pan , as well as more difficult to see through ( for ascertaining that all is clean and safe ) , when held to the light . Let me now conclude my observations on the foregoing gun breechings , by ...
... liable to repeated flashes in the pan , as well as more difficult to see through ( for ascertaining that all is clean and safe ) , when held to the light . Let me now conclude my observations on the foregoing gun breechings , by ...
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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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