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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... SHOOTER APPARATUS . SHOOTING Fnishing Lessons in ( with a disclosure to the unfinished shooter , of how to manœuvre wild coveys , & c . , and to know how to cope with a crafty old sportsman ) Partridge Shooting . Grouse Shooting • • 153 ...
... SHOOTER APPARATUS . SHOOTING Fnishing Lessons in ( with a disclosure to the unfinished shooter , of how to manœuvre wild coveys , & c . , and to know how to cope with a crafty old sportsman ) Partridge Shooting . Grouse Shooting • • 153 ...
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... shooter's fancy . Who is now to be called the leading gunmaker I hardly know ; and there are so many competitors for the title , that it would be an unthankful office to name any one in particular . Mr. John Manton died in 1834 ; but ...
... shooter's fancy . Who is now to be called the leading gunmaker I hardly know ; and there are so many competitors for the title , that it would be an unthankful office to name any one in particular . Mr. John Manton died in 1834 ; but ...
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... shooter . With longer and heavier guns we may take still further advantage , and have a little opening behind . All this relief must be given in a very trifling degree ; because , should the barrel be too much opened in any part , it ...
... shooter . With longer and heavier guns we may take still further advantage , and have a little opening behind . All this relief must be given in a very trifling degree ; because , should the barrel be too much opened in any part , it ...
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... shooter , who should have his mea- sure for them as carefully entered on a gunmaker's books , as that for a suit of clothes on those of his tailor . He has then only to direct , that his guns may be well balanced ; to do which , the ...
... shooter , who should have his mea- sure for them as carefully entered on a gunmaker's books , as that for a suit of clothes on those of his tailor . He has then only to direct , that his guns may be well balanced ; to do which , the ...
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... shooters plagued for half an hour with their guns , which have gone off immediately on being held in this manner . The proper , safest , and most certain way of ascertaining that your gun is perfectly clean , is to hold it to the light ...
... shooters plagued for half an hour with their guns , which have gone off immediately on being held in this manner . The proper , safest , and most certain way of ascertaining that your gun is perfectly clean , is to hold it to the light ...
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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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