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 ...
... 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 ...
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... shoot Gamekeepers , and Deputations Exclusive privilege for Wales Register of Gamekeepers Liberty to sell Game • Persons admissible as Game - dealers Restrictions on , and directions to , Game - dealers Additional Penalty for shooting ...
... shoot Gamekeepers , and Deputations Exclusive privilege for Wales Register of Gamekeepers Liberty to sell Game • Persons admissible as Game - dealers Restrictions on , and directions to , Game - dealers Additional Penalty for shooting ...
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... shoot as quick as can be wished ; insomuch that all scientific calculations in shooting , at moderate distances , are now so simplified , that we , every day , meet with jackanapes - apprentice boys who can shoot - flying , and knock ...
... shoot as quick as can be wished ; insomuch that all scientific calculations in shooting , at moderate distances , are now so simplified , that we , every day , meet with jackanapes - apprentice boys who can shoot - flying , and knock ...
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... shooting ( at all events for the use of one barrel ) nerve alone is sufficient . Formerly , a first - rate gun was a ... shoot- ing ; 3. the elevation being mathematically true , and raised strictly in proportion to the length of barrel ...
... shooting ( at all events for the use of one barrel ) nerve alone is sufficient . Formerly , a first - rate gun was a ... shoot- ing ; 3. the elevation being mathematically true , and raised strictly in proportion to the length of barrel ...
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... shooting , in consequence of their being bored differently from flint - guns . They now detain the shot longer in ... shoot quite so strong and regular as a flint - gun of equal weight . Though , like the rest of the sporting world , I ...
... shooting , in consequence of their being bored differently from flint - guns . They now detain the shot longer in ... shoot quite so strong and regular as a flint - gun of equal weight . Though , like the rest of the sporting world , I ...
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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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