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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Page 81
... season , and never had a miss - fire , The next season he accompanied me to the coast , where we had heavy seas and much wet weather ; and , while my copper caps were missing about two shots out of ten , his primer never failed once . I ...
... season , and never had a miss - fire , The next season he accompanied me to the coast , where we had heavy seas and much wet weather ; and , while my copper caps were missing about two shots out of ten , his primer never failed once . I ...
Page 93
... season springing up from some chime- rical artist or other , under an idea that " self - primers " can be made to work with as much certainty in all weathers as in their dry shops - I leave their merits , and the directions about them ...
... season springing up from some chime- rical artist or other , under an idea that " self - primers " can be made to work with as much certainty in all weathers as in their dry shops - I leave their merits , and the directions about them ...
Page 98
... : -After he has been using one for a season , or even a few weeks ' shooting , he will , on taking up his flint gun again , find that it goes com- paratively so slow , after the other , that it 98 DETONATING SYSTEM .
... : -After he has been using one for a season , or even a few weeks ' shooting , he will , on taking up his flint gun again , find that it goes com- paratively so slow , after the other , that it 98 DETONATING SYSTEM .
Page 99
... seasons , it was the remark of my man , that he never had the pleasure to see me make such long shots as I was once in the habit of doing ; and I , ready to lay all the fault on myself , or rather to a premature attack of that anno ...
... seasons , it was the remark of my man , that he never had the pleasure to see me make such long shots as I was once in the habit of doing ; and I , ready to lay all the fault on myself , or rather to a premature attack of that anno ...
Page 100
... season , the difference of sensation in firing a flint and a detonater was felt as it were de novo . I accordingly took out a flint - gun , and down came the long shots , as in former days ! I name this as a simple fact . Let others ...
... season , the difference of sensation in firing a flint and a detonater was felt as it were de novo . I accordingly took out a flint - gun , and down came the long shots , as in former days ! I name this as a simple fact . Let others ...
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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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