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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... Chamber 36. Bastin's Breech - Loader . 37. Bastin's Gun , open · PAGE 237 238 • 238 238 239 239 256 257 258 263 264 38. Lever and Slide to Bastin's Gun 39. Needham's Needle Gun , closed 265 267 41. Breech Plug and Lock - cylinder 40 ...
... Chamber 36. Bastin's Breech - Loader . 37. Bastin's Gun , open · PAGE 237 238 • 238 238 239 239 256 257 258 263 264 38. Lever and Slide to Bastin's Gun 39. Needham's Needle Gun , closed 265 267 41. Breech Plug and Lock - cylinder 40 ...
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... - circular marks down the sides of her neck , nor the black patch in front ; and the feathers on her breast are strongly marked with a small D 2 BIRDS FOUND ON OUR SOUTHERN MANORS . 35 Section of Loaded Cartridge and Chamber.
... - circular marks down the sides of her neck , nor the black patch in front ; and the feathers on her breast are strongly marked with a small D 2 BIRDS FOUND ON OUR SOUTHERN MANORS . 35 Section of Loaded Cartridge and Chamber.
Page 169
... chamber open in one direction only , and made to expand by ignition , its elastic power is so great as to give a far greater impulse to any body impeding its expansion , than either the bow or compressed air . In the present century ...
... chamber open in one direction only , and made to expand by ignition , its elastic power is so great as to give a far greater impulse to any body impeding its expansion , than either the bow or compressed air . In the present century ...
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... chamber of the piece . Those who will attend to this circum- stance , and to the easy passage of the flame through the intervals of the grains , may soon satisfy themselves that no one grain contained in that chamber can continue for ...
... chamber of the piece . Those who will attend to this circum- stance , and to the easy passage of the flame through the intervals of the grains , may soon satisfy themselves that no one grain contained in that chamber can continue for ...
Page 224
... chamber . Breech - loading guns , not being revolvers , are tried provisionally as well as after they are completed . The penalties for forging proof - marks and for selling guns without them , are so heavy , that the offence , I ...
... chamber . Breech - loading guns , not being revolvers , are tried provisionally as well as after they are completed . The penalties for forging proof - marks and for selling guns without them , are so heavy , that the offence , I ...
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adopted animal ball barrel beak better birds black grouse bore breech breech-loader breed bullet carrion crow cartridge centre chamber charge of powder cock colour common snipe dark brown deer described drachms eggs explosion fawn colour feathers female fired friction grey greyish grooves ground grouse half head HEN HARRIER inches iron keeper killed kind latter Lefaucheaux legs and toes length lever loader loading lock male mode mould muzzle muzzle-loader neck needle NEEDLE GUN nest nipple ordinary ounces pale patch percussion pheasants piece plug plumage poacher pointer rabbits ramrod recoil red deer red grouse reddish brown retriever rifle scear Scotland screw season shooter shooting shot shot-gun side snipe spaniels sportsman stoat streak surface tail coverts terrier Toho trap tridge upper velocity vermin weight wing woodcock yards young birds
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