Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and ShootingLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844 - 623 páginas |
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... Sheet of Ice 513 SHOOTING WILDFOWL ON VIRGINIA WATER . 514 DRESSING FOR PUNTS AND CANOES ............ 515 New directions for Preserving and Painting them ...... 516 How to give Temporary Changes to their Colour for different Weather ...
... Sheet of Ice 513 SHOOTING WILDFOWL ON VIRGINIA WATER . 514 DRESSING FOR PUNTS AND CANOES ............ 515 New directions for Preserving and Painting them ...... 516 How to give Temporary Changes to their Colour for different Weather ...
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... sheet was going to press , Moore in- formed me , and wished me to announce , that he was about to retire in favour of William Grey , whom I remember as clerk and manager at Joe Manton's . But I have just received a note from him in time ...
... sheet was going to press , Moore in- formed me , and wished me to announce , that he was about to retire in favour of William Grey , whom I remember as clerk and manager at Joe Manton's . But I have just received a note from him in time ...
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... what a gun should be , and begin with the barrels . The usual method of trying a barrel is to fire at a single sheet of paper , and pronounce , at once , that the one which puts in the most shot is the best 8 BARRELS .
... what a gun should be , and begin with the barrels . The usual method of trying a barrel is to fire at a single sheet of paper , and pronounce , at once , that the one which puts in the most shot is the best 8 BARRELS .
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... sheet of paper . Many are apt to suppose , that , if a bird , killed by a long shot , has been struck with four or five pellets , their gun will always be certain of doing execution at the same distance , if properly directed . But so ...
... sheet of paper . Many are apt to suppose , that , if a bird , killed by a long shot , has been struck with four or five pellets , their gun will always be certain of doing execution at the same distance , if properly directed . But so ...
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... sheet . Ditto through Ditto through 12th sheet . 20th sheet . 26 10 8 A Birmingham gun : weight of barrel , 69 lbs .: bore , 14 inch length , 7 feet 9 inches . 1st sheet . 50 12th sheet . 35 20th sheet . 22 I then sent my gun to the ...
... sheet . Ditto through Ditto through 12th sheet . 20th sheet . 26 10 8 A Birmingham gun : weight of barrel , 69 lbs .: bore , 14 inch length , 7 feet 9 inches . 1st sheet . 50 12th sheet . 35 20th sheet . 22 I then sent my gun to the ...
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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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answer appear barrel beat become better birds boat breeching Brent geese called cartridge charge coast cock colour common common pheasant copper caps covert curlews detonater detonating distance ditto double gun dress duck gun edition eggs feet fire fish flint flint-gun flock fowl gamekeeper geese gentleman give godwits grains gunmakers gunners half hand head inches Joseph Manton keep keeper Keyhaven kill kind large gun late liable licensed to deal loaded Lymington means mule birds musket never Newfoundland dog night oakum observed ounces penalty perhaps person piece plover poachers pounds powder primer punt recipe recoil Red-legged partridges round scarcely screw season seldom sheet shooter shooting shot snipes sport sportsman spring swan swivel thing trespass trout wadding weather Westley Richards white pheasants wigeon wild wildfowl wind winter yards
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