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... range will be noticed a little further on . Wherever in the United Kingdom there is a district frequented by the full snipe , there also will the jack be found . The average weight of the jack snipe is a trifle over 2 OZ . The bird ...
... range will be noticed a little further on . Wherever in the United Kingdom there is a district frequented by the full snipe , there also will the jack be found . The average weight of the jack snipe is a trifle over 2 OZ . The bird ...
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... range ) of the cylinder to the 230 or so of the full choke : we can have anything between a barrel that will put upwards of five - sixths of the charge into the 30 - in . circle at 40 yards and a barrel that will put less than half the ...
... range ) of the cylinder to the 230 or so of the full choke : we can have anything between a barrel that will put upwards of five - sixths of the charge into the 30 - in . circle at 40 yards and a barrel that will put less than half the ...
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... range can be had unless the gunner knows his ground well and flushes the birds while yet some distance away . I call many such spots to mind , spots where a snipe may always be found when there are any birds at all in the district . One ...
... range can be had unless the gunner knows his ground well and flushes the birds while yet some distance away . I call many such spots to mind , spots where a snipe may always be found when there are any birds at all in the district . One ...
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... range of twenty - five yards or less and then have ample time to deal comfortably with the second bird at a range of from thirty yards to forty yards . The snipe is not a loiterer on the wing : it is a rare thing , according to my own ...
... range of twenty - five yards or less and then have ample time to deal comfortably with the second bird at a range of from thirty yards to forty yards . The snipe is not a loiterer on the wing : it is a rare thing , according to my own ...
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... range than thirty yards or a little over , and then , with all the uncertainties of the flight of the bird and the speed at which it travels , we stand an excellent chance of failing to put in the second shot till bird number two has ...
... range than thirty yards or a little over , and then , with all the uncertainties of the flight of the bird and the speed at which it travels , we stand an excellent chance of failing to put in the second shot till bird number two has ...
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