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... different Weather ....... BEST MEANS OF CONVEYING PUNTS , & c . OVER LAND ........ 516 ........ 517 My new Four - Wheel Truck , for large Punts ......... 519 Page 521 SHOOTING WITH A SMALL GUN ON A RIVER xxiv CONTENTS .
... different Weather ....... BEST MEANS OF CONVEYING PUNTS , & c . OVER LAND ........ 516 ........ 517 My new Four - Wheel Truck , for large Punts ......... 519 Page 521 SHOOTING WITH A SMALL GUN ON A RIVER xxiv CONTENTS .
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... give more force to the powder , which will enable you , with propriety , to extend the relief forward , and , by that means , get close shooting combined with strength . This is the reason why long barrels may be made BARRELS . 11.
... give more force to the powder , which will enable you , with propriety , to extend the relief forward , and , by that means , get close shooting combined with strength . This is the reason why long barrels may be made BARRELS . 11.
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... means of giving due time to burn the powder ) , and yet with as much ease , as any caliber that can be made to answer that purpose . In answer to many absurd arguments in favour of short guns , and observations about " lateral pressure ...
... means of giving due time to burn the powder ) , and yet with as much ease , as any caliber that can be made to answer that purpose . In answer to many absurd arguments in favour of short guns , and observations about " lateral pressure ...
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... means of unavoidably being obliged to reduce the metal after joining it , the barrel , when sent home , was scarcely 3lbs . heavier than before . I then shot the gun about twenty rounds , and the average was , 1st sheet . 46 12th sheet ...
... means of unavoidably being obliged to reduce the metal after joining it , the barrel , when sent home , was scarcely 3lbs . heavier than before . I then shot the gun about twenty rounds , and the average was , 1st sheet . 46 12th sheet ...
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... with large coast - guns , which , as I before observed , like large telescopes , bring things to light ; and , by means of being fired , sometimes on water as smooth as a looking - glass , give a decided evidence of all ELEVATION . 29.
... with large coast - guns , which , as I before observed , like large telescopes , bring things to light ; and , by means of being fired , sometimes on water as smooth as a looking - glass , give a decided evidence of all ELEVATION . 29.
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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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