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GUNS AMMUNITION & TACKLE Horace 1862-1931 Kephart,Albert W. (Albert William) B. 18 Money,W. E. Carlin No preview available - 2016 |
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45 Colt A. B. FROST accuracy accurate aiming ammunition angle angler axis barrel bass birds black powder body bore bull's-eye bullet caliber cartridges cast centre of form cleaning Colt cylinder diameter DIFF difference distance drift exact cal feathers feet firing fish flies fly-tier front sight ft.-sec gallery charge game shooting give gravity grouse hackle hand hook hunting inches killing Laflin & Rand less light loaded lubricant match military mould muzzle velocity never nitro powder pattern penetration pheasant pigeon shooting pistol and revolver position practice primer projectile pull-off range rear sight recoil red ibis reloading remaining velocity resistance revolver shooting rifle rotation ruffed grouse salmon fly score shell shooter shot Smith & Wesson smokeless powders tabular number target-shooting Thomas Anderton tion trajectory trap-shooting traps tridges trigger pull trout varies weapon weight wings yards
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Page 33 - They are, under the point of view of religion and philosophy, wholly rotten, and from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head there is no soundness in them.
Page 360 - Trout take artificial flies only because they in some sort resemble the natural flies which they are in the habit of seeing : if this be not so, and if colour is the only point of importance, why does not the " colourist " fish with a bunch of feathers tied on the hook " promiscuously " ? why adhere to the form of the natural fly at all ? Evidently because it is found, as a matter of fact, that such a bunch of feathers will not kill : in other words, because the fish do take the artificial for the...
Page 360 - ... take the artificial for the natural insect. If this be so, it follows that the more minutely the artificial imitates the natural fly, the better it will kill ; and also, by a legitimate deduction, that the imitation of the fly on the water at any given time is that which the fish will take best.
Page 327 - It is impossible to hold the arm perfectly still, but each time the line of sight is directed on the point of aim a slight additional pressure is applied to the trigger until the piece is finally discharged at one of the moments when the sights are correctly aligned upon the mark. When the soldier has become proficient in taking the proper position, the trigger squeeze should be executed at will. The instructor prefaces the preparatory command by "At will...
Page 389 - Close to the bottom, in the midst of the water, I fished for a salmon, and there I caught her. My plummet twelve inches, from the large hook Two lob-worms hanged equal, which she never forsook. Nor yet the great hook with the six-winged flye.
Page 317 - Mannlicher, Mauser, Mors. 6. Sights. — In open sights, the notch of the rear sight must be as wide on top as at any part. Aperture or peep sights or any covered or shaded sights will not be allowed. The use of a notch for the front sight will not be permitted. Sights may be smoked or blackened if desired. Sights on military arms, if modified to suit individuals, must remain strictly open, strong and substantial, and suitable for military use. 7.
Page 235 - By turning the latter round to the right or to the left, as the case may be...