The Book of the RifleLongmans, Green, and Company, 1901 - 558 páginas |
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... methods of marking with them -- The ringing bull's - eye 369 CHAPTER XV Penetrable targets now used - Their endurance - Windmill and Jeffries targets - Method of marking - Foreign range equipments described - Primitive Swiss ranges ...
... methods of marking with them -- The ringing bull's - eye 369 CHAPTER XV Penetrable targets now used - Their endurance - Windmill and Jeffries targets - Method of marking - Foreign range equipments described - Primitive Swiss ranges ...
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... methods alike depend upon the developement of missile weapons , and upon the destructive power which can be con- centrated in a form small enough to be easily conveyed to the place where it may be made effective . Hence the im- portance ...
... methods alike depend upon the developement of missile weapons , and upon the destructive power which can be con- centrated in a form small enough to be easily conveyed to the place where it may be made effective . Hence the im- portance ...
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... methods and improved workmanship overcame the trouble , and the bullet itself was made effectually to clean the bore at each ... method , since the length of the barrel varied , and so did the calibre . The simplest way to express the ...
... methods and improved workmanship overcame the trouble , and the bullet itself was made effectually to clean the bore at each ... method , since the length of the barrel varied , and so did the calibre . The simplest way to express the ...
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... method of giving rotation to the bullet , quite precluded its general adoption . Endless attempts have been made to ... methods which have been devised for effecting the same end , such as the proposal that the projectile should be made ...
... method of giving rotation to the bullet , quite precluded its general adoption . Endless attempts have been made to ... methods which have been devised for effecting the same end , such as the proposal that the projectile should be made ...
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... method , in short , has been invented than what , so far as we know , is the earliest means of all , as it is cer- tainly the simplest , the spiral grooving of the barrel , whereby the spin is given to the projectile in the course of ...
... method , in short , has been invented than what , so far as we know , is the earliest means of all , as it is cer- tainly the simplest , the spiral grooving of the barrel , whereby the spin is given to the projectile in the course of ...
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