The Book of the RifleLongmans, Green, and Company, 1901 - 558 páginas |
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... powders --Accuracy - Various bullets - Bolt actions- Military rifles described - Ammunition supply - Fire control- -Volley - firing CHAPTER V Early sporting rifles - Sir Samuel Baker's rifles - Capt . Forsyth's views - The Express rifle ...
... powders --Accuracy - Various bullets - Bolt actions- Military rifles described - Ammunition supply - Fire control- -Volley - firing CHAPTER V Early sporting rifles - Sir Samuel Baker's rifles - Capt . Forsyth's views - The Express rifle ...
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... 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 eyes could be seen . So late as 1798 ...
... 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 eyes could be seen . So late as 1798 ...
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... powder leaves , and there is no other remedy but to wash the barrel . And that this may not be necessary , and that you may be able to fire as many as a dozen balls , these wads are applied , which drive down the fouling left by the powder ...
... powder leaves , and there is no other remedy but to wash the barrel . And that this may not be necessary , and that you may be able to fire as many as a dozen balls , these wads are applied , which drive down the fouling left by the powder ...
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... powder , obstructing its passage . The use of a greasy or slimy wad , fitting very tight , palliates this trouble . The difficulty caused by the fouling , which made the rifle so much slower to load than the smooth - bore , was , no ...
... powder , obstructing its passage . The use of a greasy or slimy wad , fitting very tight , palliates this trouble . The difficulty caused by the fouling , which made the rifle so much slower to load than the smooth - bore , was , no ...
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... powder- charge to get a greater range he found the bullet strip , i.e. pass over the grooving altogether ; and as the result of experiments , he came to the conclusion that the nearer the grooving approximated to a straight line the ...
... powder- charge to get a greater range he found the bullet strip , i.e. pass over the grooving altogether ; and as the result of experiments , he came to the conclusion that the nearer the grooving approximated to a straight line the ...
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