The Shot-gun and Sporting Rifle: and the Dogs, Ponies, Ferrets (etc.) Used with Them in the Various Kinds of Shooting and Trapping. By Stonehenge (pseud.)Routlodge, Warne, 1859 - 448 pages |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... Bullet 325 77. Crenulated and Plain Cylindro - Conoidal Balls 326 78. Pritchett's Bullets · 79. Prince's Rifle , closed 327 329 80. Prince's Rifle , open . • 81. Under side of Prince's Rifle 330 331 82. View of Terry and Calisher's ...
... Bullet 325 77. Crenulated and Plain Cylindro - Conoidal Balls 326 78. Pritchett's Bullets · 79. Prince's Rifle , closed 327 329 80. Prince's Rifle , open . • 81. Under side of Prince's Rifle 330 331 82. View of Terry and Calisher's ...
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... bullet ; but in many cases the rifle is preferred . The FALLOW DEER ( Dama vulgaris ) is only known in Great Britain as a denizen of our parks , where the individuals in- tended for the table are killed by the keeper with his rifle ...
... bullet ; but in many cases the rifle is preferred . The FALLOW DEER ( Dama vulgaris ) is only known in Great Britain as a denizen of our parks , where the individuals in- tended for the table are killed by the keeper with his rifle ...
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... bullet makes very little im- pression upon them , and beyond the explosion below they find nothing to alarm them . RABBIT SHOOTING . The quickness with which these little animals evade the eye of the shooter when they are alarmed ...
... bullet makes very little im- pression upon them , and beyond the explosion below they find nothing to alarm them . RABBIT SHOOTING . The quickness with which these little animals evade the eye of the shooter when they are alarmed ...
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... bullet ( or charge of shot ) is sensibly moved from its place . This proposition he attempts to demonstrate as ... bullet a velocity of 1700 feet in 1 " , the same charge would communicate to two bullets a velocity from 1250 to 1300 feet ...
... bullet ( or charge of shot ) is sensibly moved from its place . This proposition he attempts to demonstrate as ... bullet a velocity of 1700 feet in 1 " , the same charge would communicate to two bullets a velocity from 1250 to 1300 feet ...
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