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... purposes , breech - loaders , constructed on many different principles , having , to a great extent , superseded the muzzle - loader . Whether there will be a reaction in favour of the latter is a problem which remains to be solved , as ...
... purposes , breech - loaders , constructed on many different principles , having , to a great extent , superseded the muzzle - loader . Whether there will be a reaction in favour of the latter is a problem which remains to be solved , as ...
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... purpose as well as the other , and gives less trouble , and at the same time obviates the risk of the small movable end of the stock being either mislaid or lost - a cir- cumstance which I have known to have occurred with guns of this ...
... purpose as well as the other , and gives less trouble , and at the same time obviates the risk of the small movable end of the stock being either mislaid or lost - a cir- cumstance which I have known to have occurred with guns of this ...
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... purpose : and in each case the barrels , after the insertion of fresh cartridges , can be instantly returned to their original position by an upward movement of the left hand , which ought to remain in the position which it occupied at ...
... purpose : and in each case the barrels , after the insertion of fresh cartridges , can be instantly returned to their original position by an upward movement of the left hand , which ought to remain in the position which it occupied at ...
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... purpose for which they are intended , that it is difficult to foresee in what manner any dis- arrangement can occur , whereas we all know that the best tempered springs will under the influence of change of weather sometimes snap . Mr ...
... purpose for which they are intended , that it is difficult to foresee in what manner any dis- arrangement can occur , whereas we all know that the best tempered springs will under the influence of change of weather sometimes snap . Mr ...
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... purpose admirably , and kills as well as any gun he ever made ; it however contains the same objections which exist in all snap guns , in addition to a very high price . In the slight difference which exists between Purdey's and ...
... purpose admirably , and kills as well as any gun he ever made ; it however contains the same objections which exist in all snap guns , in addition to a very high price . In the slight difference which exists between Purdey's and ...
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