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... wood for the but , and will thus admit of the stock being made light and elegant . In choosing the size of a caliber , it may be con- sidered , that a fourteen gauge is at all events the best for a bungler , and , on the whole , the ...
... wood for the but , and will thus admit of the stock being made light and elegant . In choosing the size of a caliber , it may be con- sidered , that a fourteen gauge is at all events the best for a bungler , and , on the whole , the ...
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... wood cut across , instead of with , the grain . All this may be easily demonstrated , by putting some acid to eat away the iron . I should not have ventured to pronounce my feeble judgment on a point of this kind , was it not that I am ...
... wood cut across , instead of with , the grain . All this may be easily demonstrated , by putting some acid to eat away the iron . I should not have ventured to pronounce my feeble judgment on a point of this kind , was it not that I am ...
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... wood , or tip the stock with a gingerbread - looking piece of silver ; whereas , if they would only leave a space about the thickness of a shilling between the end of the rib and the horn , the recoil , however great , could have no ...
... wood , or tip the stock with a gingerbread - looking piece of silver ; whereas , if they would only leave a space about the thickness of a shilling between the end of the rib and the horn , the recoil , however great , could have no ...
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... wood , may point so much downwards as to give the line of aim more bend ; or , on the other hand , by not being let in so deep , they would mount straighter than the profile . But if you continue the profile for a foot along the gun ...
... wood , may point so much downwards as to give the line of aim more bend ; or , on the other hand , by not being let in so deep , they would mount straighter than the profile . But if you continue the profile for a foot along the gun ...
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... wood : let it lie on all night , and rub it off clean in the morning . With a few such dressings , you will bring out a superior polish . The new and easy recipe for polishing gun stocks is to varnish them precisely like the pannels of ...
... wood : let it lie on all night , and rub it off clean in the morning . With a few such dressings , you will bring out a superior polish . The new and easy recipe for polishing gun stocks is to varnish them precisely like the pannels of ...
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker Visualização integral - 1844 |
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