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CONTENTS.
BOOK I.
VARIETIES OF SHOOTING.
PAGE
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
General Remarks- First Lessons in Shooting-Hedge Popping-
Rook Shooting with the Shot-gun and Rifle
1
CHAPTER II.-PIGEON AND SPARROW TRAP-SHOOTING.
Remarks-Laws of Pigeon Shooting-Practical Directions for Pigeon
and Sparrow Trap-shooting .
7
CHAPTER III.-OPEN SHOOTING.
Grouse Shooting-Partridge Shooting-Snipe Shooting .
14
CHAPTER IV.-COVERT SHOOTING.
Pheasant Shooting-Cock Shooting-Rabbit Shooting .
56
CHAPTER V.-WILDFOWL SHOOTING.
Shooting Flappers — Inland Winter Shooting—Marine Wildfowl
Shooting
78
CHAPTER VI.-RIFLE SHOOTING.
Objects for which the Rifle is Used-Target Shooting-Rook
Shooting-Rabbit Shooting-Deer Stalking
93
BOOK II.
THE ANIMALS USED BY THE SHOOTER, AND THEIR
MANAGEMENT IN THE KENNEL AND THE FIELD.
CHAPTER I.
PAGK
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. ..
113
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 .
135
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.
143
CHAPTER IV.-RABBITING--Rabbit Dogs-FERRETS
AND FERRETING—SHOOTING PONIES.
Rabbit TerriersThe 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
150
CHAPTER V.-GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF SHOOTING Dogs.
Kennels and Kennel Management-Feeding-Dressings and Physic
- Preparation for Work—Management after Work
158
BOOK III.
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF GUNNERY AND COMPO-
SITION OF THE PARTS ESSENTIAL TO IT.
CHAPTER 1.-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
168
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
178
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 . . 212
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
233
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
254
CHAPTER IV.-Punt-Guns.
Colonel Hawker's Punt-Guns—Breech-loading Punt-Guns . .
293
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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
295
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 .
305
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 315
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 .
328
CHAPTER IV.-THE ACCESSORIES OF THE RIFLE.
Bullet-moulds — Casting Bullets - Swedging Machine — Patches-
Cartridges - Ramrods — Plain and Telescope Sights — Rifle
Powder-Flasks—Rests
348
CHAPTER V.-CHOICE OF A RIFLE FOR SPORTING
PURPOSES.
Requisites for a Sporting Rifle--Comparison of the Three Principal
Kinds, Final Choice
359
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