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General Remarks-First Lessons in Shooting-Hedge Popping-
Rook Shooting with the Shot-gun and Rifle
CHAPTER II.-PIGEON AND SPARROW TRAP-SHOOTING.
Remarks-Laws of Pigeon Shooting-Practical Directions for Pigeon
and Sparrow Trap-shooting.
CHAPTER III.-OPEN SHOOTING.
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Shooting Flappers-Inland Winter Shooting-Marine Wildfowl
Shooting
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CHAPTER VI.-RIFLE SHOOTING.
Objects for which the Rifle is Used-Target Shooting-Rook
Shooting-Rabbit Shooting-Deer Stalking
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BOOK II.
THE ANIMALS USED BY THE SHOOTER, AND THEIR
MANAGEMENT IN THE KENNEL AND THE FIELD.
CHAPTER I.
Pointers (Spanish and English)-Setters (English, Irish, and
Russian) — Introductory Remarks on Breaking-Preparatory
Education-Breaking at Pairing Time-Autumnal Breaking to
the Gun-Remedies for Faults.
CHAPTER II.-FIELD SPANIELS AND THEIR BREAKING.
General Remarks on Springers and Cockers-The Clumber and
Sussex Spaniels-The Norfolk and other Breeds The Welsh
and Devonshire Cocker-The King Charles and Blenheims-
Hunting Spaniels by Foot-scent-All Taught to Retrieve-Pre-
liminary Education-Entering and Breaking.
CHAPTER III. RETRIEVERS AND RETRIEVING BOTH ON
LAND AND IN THE WATER.
Land Retrievers-The Deer-hound-The Small Newfoundland
Crossed with the Setter-The Cross with the Pointer and
Terrier-The Beagle and Terrier Cross-Water Retrievers-
The Pure St. John's Newfoundland-The Pointer and Terrier
Cross-The Water Spaniel-English and Irish-Teaching to
Retrieve on Land-And on Water.
CHAPTER IV.-RABBITING-RABBIT DOGS-FERRETS
AND FERRETING-SHOOTING PONIES.
Rabbit Terriers-The English Terrier-The Scotch Dog-The
Dandie Dinmont-The Skye Terrier-The Half-bred Dog-
Ferrets used in Aid of the Gun-Description-Rearing and
Feeding-Diseases-Management in Hunting
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CHAPTER V.-GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF SHOOTING Dogs.
Kennels and Kennel Management-Feeding-Dressings and Physic
-Preparation for Work-Management after Work .
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BOOK III.
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF GUNNERY AND COMPO-
SITION OF THE PARTS ESSENTIAL TO IT.
CHAPTER I.-DEFINITION OF GUNNERY AND GUNS AS
APPLIED TO SPORTING PURPOSES.
Gunnery in the Nineteenth Century as Applicable to Sporting
Purposes-Classification of Modern Guns and Rifles-Shot-guns
consist of a Tube more or less Cylindro-conoidal, capable of being
Closed at one End-Barrels-Locks-Modes of Exploding-The
Desiderata in the Shot-gun-The Rifle
CHAPTER II.-ON THE ACTION OF GUNPOWDER AND
OTHER EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS.
General Remarks-Action of the Powder on the Projectile-Mode of
Determining its Velocity-Eprouvettes-Resistance to the
Motion of Projectiles through the Air-Recoil-Composition of
Gunpowder and Gun-cotton, and the Materials used for Firing
them by Percussion
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CHAPTER III.-ON THE VARIETIES OF PROJECTILES AND
THE SUBSTANCES USED IN AID OF THEM.
All Sporting Projectiles made of Lead-Either Cast or Pressed as in
Balls, or Dropped from a Height as in Shot-Shapes of Balls-
Sizes of Shot-Wadding and Patches-Cartridges
BOOK IV.
THE VARIETIES OF SHOT-GUNS AND THE ACCESSORIES
USED WITH THEM.
CHAPTER I.-THE PARTS COMMON TO ALL SHOT-GUNS.
General Remarks-The Barrel-The Breech-Proving-The Lock
-The Stock-The Trigger and Guard-Percussioning-Case-
hardening-Browning-The Cleaning-rod and Ramrod
CHAPTER II.—THE MUZZLE-LOADING PERCUSSION GUN.
The Barrel-Various Kinds of Breech-The Lock-The Stock-
Ramrod-Or Loading-rod-The Entire Percussion Gun and its
Performances-Loading and Cartridges-Cleaning-The Gun-
case and its Contents-Price of Guns
CHAPTER III.-BREECH-LOADING GUNS.
General Principles-The Lefaucheaux Gun-Bastin's Modification
of it-The Needle-Gun of Needham-Lancaster's Combination
of the Two-Count Chateauvillier's Gun-Choice of Breech-
loader-Loading of Cartridges-Cleaning
CHAPTER IV.-PUNT-GUNS.
Colonel Hawker's Punt-Guns-Breech-loading Punt-Guns.
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CHAPTER V.-ON THE CHOICE OF GUNS AND THE MODES
OF TRYING THEM.
Desiderata in the Shot-gun-Weight-Length-Pattern-Penetra-
tion- Absence of Recoil-Safety - Quickness of Loading.
Result of the Field Gun Trial of 1859-Breech-loaders versus
Muzzle-loaders
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BOOK V.
THE SPORTING RIFLE.
CHAPTER I. THE THEORY OF RIFLE SHOOTING, AND
THE MODE OF RIFLING THE BARREL.
Definition of the Rifle-Velocity diminished by Rifling a Smooth
Bore-Greatest at the moment when the Ball leaves the Muzzle
-Varieties in the Form of the Grooves almost Infinite-The
Barrel-Method of Rifling-Technical Terms .
CHAPTER II.—The Muzzle-loading Sporting Rifle.
General Remarks-Purdey's Two-grooved Rifle-The Single and
Double Belted Ball-The Enfield Rifle and Pritchett Ball-
Lancaster's Oval Spiral-General Jacob's Four-grooved Rifle-
The Four and Five-sided Bore, with Rounded Angles of Major
Nuthall and Mr. Boucher-Whitworth's Hexagonal Rifle-Poly-
Grooved Bores-Varieties of Balls-Single and Double Rifles
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CHAPTER III.-BREECH-LOADING RIFLES AND REVOLVERS
APPLICABLE TO SPORTING PURPOSES.
General Remarks-Prince's Rifle-Terry and Calisher's-Restell's
-Leetch's-Westley Richards'-The Lancaster-Needham's—
The Lefaucheaux-Bastin's-Gilbert Smith's (American) -
Sharpe's-Revolving Rifles and Pistols .
CHAPTER IV. THE ACCESSORIES OF THE RIFLE.
Bullet-moulds-Casting Bullets-Swedging Machine - Patches-
Cartridges - Ramrods - Plain and Telescope Sights - Rifle
Powder-Flasks-Rests
CHAPTER V.-CHOICE OF A RIFLE FOR SPORTING
PURPOSES.
Requisites for a Sporting Rifle-Comparison of the Three Principal
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Kinds-Final Choice
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