The Book of the RifleLongmans, Green, and Company, 1901 - 558 páginas |
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... experience , who in 1590 published Certain Discourses concerning the formes and effects of diuers sorts of weapons , and chiefly , of the Mosquet , the Caliuer , and the Long - bow ; as also of the great sufficiencie , excellencie , and ...
... experience , who in 1590 published Certain Discourses concerning the formes and effects of diuers sorts of weapons , and chiefly , of the Mosquet , the Caliuer , and the Long - bow ; as also of the great sufficiencie , excellencie , and ...
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... experience . There were many Englishmen who had seen service in America and learnt what a formidable weapon in the hands of a skilled shot a rifle could be . Colonel Hanger , who was one of them , relates an instance bearing on the ...
... experience . There were many Englishmen who had seen service in America and learnt what a formidable weapon in the hands of a skilled shot a rifle could be . Colonel Hanger , who was one of them , relates an instance bearing on the ...
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... experience , having a heavy barrel of small calibre , to enable a bullet to be fired with specially high velocity . " In 1836 the improvements in rifies were thought to justify a change in the arm of the Rifle Brigade , and a Board was ...
... experience , having a heavy barrel of small calibre , to enable a bullet to be fired with specially high velocity . " In 1836 the improvements in rifies were thought to justify a change in the arm of the Rifle Brigade , and a Board was ...
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... experience common enough with those who have contributed to the advancement of firearms . The Enfield rifle held its ground for many years , and AAH FIG . 19 FIG . 20 FIG . 21 various alterations were made at different times in the ...
... experience common enough with those who have contributed to the advancement of firearms . The Enfield rifle held its ground for many years , and AAH FIG . 19 FIG . 20 FIG . 21 various alterations were made at different times in the ...
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... experience of small arms when he was asked by Lord Hardinge , who was then Commander - in - Chief of the Army , to consider the subject of rifling . After carrying out very extensive experiments at the public expense he recommended a ...
... experience of small arms when he was asked by Lord Hardinge , who was then Commander - in - Chief of the Army , to consider the subject of rifling . After carrying out very extensive experiments at the public expense he recommended a ...
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