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... Never buy a second - hand gun , except you know how it has been used , and have ascertained that it was really made by the man whose name it bears , as there is much imposition in this respect . You may purchase cheap guns from country ...
... Never buy a second - hand gun , except you know how it has been used , and have ascertained that it was really made by the man whose name it bears , as there is much imposition in this respect . You may purchase cheap guns from country ...
Side 3
... never so well finished ; there are , I believe , one or two provincial makers who are considered exceptions , although I have not met with them . I have seen and used country guns which were deficient and ineffective : arising ...
... never so well finished ; there are , I believe , one or two provincial makers who are considered exceptions , although I have not met with them . I have seen and used country guns which were deficient and ineffective : arising ...
Side 8
... never to be departed from . This will occasion no trouble or loss of time , or be in any way an impediment to sport , but merely demand a little forethought . Of the several causes of accident during load- ing , the most common is that ...
... never to be departed from . This will occasion no trouble or loss of time , or be in any way an impediment to sport , but merely demand a little forethought . Of the several causes of accident during load- ing , the most common is that ...
Side 10
... never allow the point of my own gun to be towards myself , having received and adhered to that instructive lesson from the very commencement of my sporting career , I was of course intact ; but I was somewhat alarmed , and very much ...
... never allow the point of my own gun to be towards myself , having received and adhered to that instructive lesson from the very commencement of my sporting career , I was of course intact ; but I was somewhat alarmed , and very much ...
Side 11
... Never think of warming your gun before load- ing it , by firing off caps , as is sometimes most un- advisedly done , because by this superfluous and unnecessary process the detonating gas will be forced into your barrels , create rust ...
... Never think of warming your gun before load- ing it , by firing off caps , as is sometimes most un- advisedly done , because by this superfluous and unnecessary process the detonating gas will be forced into your barrels , create rust ...
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