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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... yards ) taking the body of a bird , and , at the same time , distribute them in a regular manner , is better than a very close shooting- gun . It was formerly the custom to make barrels , although so small as fourteen , sixteen , or ...
... yards ) taking the body of a bird , and , at the same time , distribute them in a regular manner , is better than a very close shooting- gun . It was formerly the custom to make barrels , although so small as fourteen , sixteen , or ...
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... yards : - shot BB . A best - finished London duck - gun : weight of the barrels , 59 lbs .: bore , 1 inch : length , 5 feet 8 inches . No. of grains in 1st sheet . Ditto through 12th sheet . Ditto through 20th sheet . 26 10 8 A ...
... yards : - shot BB . A best - finished London duck - gun : weight of the barrels , 59 lbs .: bore , 1 inch : length , 5 feet 8 inches . No. of grains in 1st sheet . Ditto through 12th sheet . Ditto through 20th sheet . 26 10 8 A ...
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... yards , and after the shot have gone about two - thirds of the distance , they will begin to open in oblique directions , where the three feet barrel keeps the shot together . For instance : Take a funnel ( or a paper cut triangularly ...
... yards , and after the shot have gone about two - thirds of the distance , they will begin to open in oblique directions , where the three feet barrel keeps the shot together . For instance : Take a funnel ( or a paper cut triangularly ...
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... but I soon discovered what was the matter . A 2 feet 10 gun , with the rib no more elevated than a 2 feet 8 gun , invariably puts the body of the charge under the mark at all distances beyond about 35 yards . I ELEVATION . 31 Elevation.
... but I soon discovered what was the matter . A 2 feet 10 gun , with the rib no more elevated than a 2 feet 8 gun , invariably puts the body of the charge under the mark at all distances beyond about 35 yards . I ELEVATION . 31 Elevation.
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... yards . I therefore had this gun botched up , for mere experiment , with more elevation ; and then there was not a detonater in my pos- session that stood any chance with it . This was merely giving enough elevation , supposing the ...
... yards . I therefore had this gun botched up , for mere experiment , with more elevation ; and then there was not a detonater in my pos- session that stood any chance with it . This was merely giving enough elevation , supposing the ...
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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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