The Book of the RifleLongmans, Green, and Company, 1901 - 558 páginas |
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... bore - First shot from clean barrel - Shape of bullet - hole - Spin of bullet - Its stability - Rate of spin - Pictures of bullets in flight - Air waves - Bullets visible in flight - Drift - Influence of earth's rotation - Grouping of ...
... bore - First shot from clean barrel - Shape of bullet - hole - Spin of bullet - Its stability - Rate of spin - Pictures of bullets in flight - Air waves - Bullets visible in flight - Drift - Influence of earth's rotation - Grouping of ...
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... bore , and much of the force of the powder was wasted , so that to produce the greatest effect it was necessary , early in the nineteenth century , just as much as late in the sixteenth , to reserve fire until the whites of the enemy's ...
... bore , and much of the force of the powder was wasted , so that to produce the greatest effect it was necessary , early in the nineteenth century , just as much as late in the sixteenth , to reserve fire until the whites of the enemy's ...
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... bore for target - shooting . It is quite clear that for sporting purposes rifles had come into favour in the latter half of the sixteenth century . From that time onwards . many rifles were made , some ornamented with the richest ...
... bore for target - shooting . It is quite clear that for sporting purposes rifles had come into favour in the latter half of the sixteenth century . From that time onwards . many rifles were made , some ornamented with the richest ...
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... bore , or a bore higher , hauing eight gutters somewhat deepe in the inside of the barrell , and the bullet a thought bigger than the bore , and is rammed in at the first three or foure inches at the least , and after driuen downe with ...
... bore , or a bore higher , hauing eight gutters somewhat deepe in the inside of the barrell , and the bullet a thought bigger than the bore , and is rammed in at the first three or foure inches at the least , and after driuen downe with ...
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... bores consists in this , that the fire has greater resistance in the former kind of barrel , because it forces itself into the twists of the rifling , and because there is an obstruction in the passage through which it has to find its ...
... bores consists in this , that the fire has greater resistance in the former kind of barrel , because it forces itself into the twists of the rifling , and because there is an obstruction in the passage through which it has to find its ...
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