Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and ShootingLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844 - 623 páginas |
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... pounds for a double , or eight for a single gun . I allude to those who , on being shown a superior one , would view it like a fossil or a picture ; and , on being requested to " feel how fine the lock is , " thrust their forefingers as ...
... pounds for a double , or eight for a single gun . I allude to those who , on being shown a superior one , would view it like a fossil or a picture ; and , on being requested to " feel how fine the lock is , " thrust their forefingers as ...
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... pounds , - I shall treat exclusively on " detonaters . " SPRINGS . - If the mainspring be too strong , in proportion to that of the hammer , the cock is often broken for want of resistance ; and , if the hammer or feather - spring be ...
... pounds , - I shall treat exclusively on " detonaters . " SPRINGS . - If the mainspring be too strong , in proportion to that of the hammer , the cock is often broken for want of resistance ; and , if the hammer or feather - spring be ...
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... pounds is about the average pull for Lancaster's and Long's best double guns ? The right - hand trigger , being farther off , should pull rather under four pounds , and the left trigger , being nearer at hand , should pull a little over ...
... pounds is about the average pull for Lancaster's and Long's best double guns ? The right - hand trigger , being farther off , should pull rather under four pounds , and the left trigger , being nearer at hand , should pull a little over ...
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... , the price of it is 2s . 2d . per lb. , and 3d . more for each pound if you have it in canisters . There are other powder - merchants who supply sportsmen in like manner . whereby we can always be certain of finding out the 106 POWDER .
... , the price of it is 2s . 2d . per lb. , and 3d . more for each pound if you have it in canisters . There are other powder - merchants who supply sportsmen in like manner . whereby we can always be certain of finding out the 106 POWDER .
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... pounds ' weight , take a steel charger which holds precisely an ounce and a half of shot ; fill it brim full of powder , from which first prime , and then put the remainder into the barrel to this add the same measure bumper full of ...
... pounds ' weight , take a steel charger which holds precisely an ounce and a half of shot ; fill it brim full of powder , from which first prime , and then put the remainder into the barrel to this add the same measure bumper full 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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