The Book of the RifleLongmans, Green, and Company, 1901 - 558 páginas |
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... inches at the least , and after driuen downe with the skowr- ing stick , will deliver his bullet at such distance . This of an English Gentleman of good note and for an approoued experiment . ' Sir Hugh does not tell us whether the ...
... inches at the least , and after driuen downe with the skowr- ing stick , will deliver his bullet at such distance . This of an English Gentleman of good note and for an approoued experiment . ' Sir Hugh does not tell us whether the ...
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... inches long , rifled with one - fourth of a turn in its length . Colonel Beaufoy , however , writing in 1808 , puts in a strong plea for a more rapid spiral than this , i.e. , three - fourths of a turn in the length of the barrel . It ...
... inches long , rifled with one - fourth of a turn in its length . Colonel Beaufoy , however , writing in 1808 , puts in a strong plea for a more rapid spiral than this , i.e. , three - fourths of a turn in the length of the barrel . It ...
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... Frits of the Compelite may be judged of by the following - first Masche Theatery grach Notts Chamberland 01 . THE CHALLENGERS of ALL ENGLAND CHOPFALLEN or the Cumberland Triumph 40 Successive Shots 150 Yards distance . Target 18 Inches.
... Frits of the Compelite may be judged of by the following - first Masche Theatery grach Notts Chamberland 01 . THE CHALLENGERS of ALL ENGLAND CHOPFALLEN or the Cumberland Triumph 40 Successive Shots 150 Yards distance . Target 18 Inches.
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... inches long . As this proportion was found most satisfactory by the Americans a hundred years ago , as well as by Continental nations , it must have had much in its favour . One of the great advantages of the two - grooved rifle ...
... inches long . As this proportion was found most satisfactory by the Americans a hundred years ago , as well as by Continental nations , it must have had much in its favour . One of the great advantages of the two - grooved rifle ...
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... inches . The largest cannon that are made have a spiral of very similar pitch , about one turn in thirty calibres ... inches ) , and found that this was not enough to steady in flight a longer bullet than that of the Enfield rifle . But ...
... inches . The largest cannon that are made have a spiral of very similar pitch , about one turn in thirty calibres ... inches ) , and found that this was not enough to steady in flight a longer bullet than that of the Enfield rifle . But ...
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