The Book of the RifleLongmans, Green, and Company, 1901 - 558 páginas |
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... Prize - Some Wimbledon heroes - Metford's bullet Two thousand yards ' shooting- Metford's system of grooving - His first rifles - His military breechloader - Early breechloaders - Their difficulties - Needle- gun - Snider -Martini ...
... Prize - Some Wimbledon heroes - Metford's bullet Two thousand yards ' shooting- Metford's system of grooving - His first rifles - His military breechloader - Early breechloaders - Their difficulties - Needle- gun - Snider -Martini ...
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... Prize winner - Time allowed for shooting - Sighting shots -Challenges - National Rifle Association's regulations for rifles and ammunition -- Unauthorised assistance - Team shooting- The captain and the team CHAPTER XIX Dr. Carver's ...
... Prize winner - Time allowed for shooting - Sighting shots -Challenges - National Rifle Association's regulations for rifles and ammunition -- Unauthorised assistance - Team shooting- The captain and the team CHAPTER XIX Dr. Carver's ...
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... PRIZE , 1901 . 448 LI . 470 LII . VOLUNTEERS FIRING FROM RESTS , 1861 DIAGRAM OF FIFTEEN SHOTS AT 1,100 YARDS BY MR . JOHN RIGBY ( BISLEY , 1897 ) ; DITTO AT 1,000 YARDS BY LIEUT . - COL . H. MELLISH ( CAMBRIDGE , 1900 ) ; DITTO AT ...
... PRIZE , 1901 . 448 LI . 470 LII . VOLUNTEERS FIRING FROM RESTS , 1861 DIAGRAM OF FIFTEEN SHOTS AT 1,100 YARDS BY MR . JOHN RIGBY ( BISLEY , 1897 ) ; DITTO AT 1,000 YARDS BY LIEUT . - COL . H. MELLISH ( CAMBRIDGE , 1900 ) ; DITTO AT ...
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... removal by this very drastic process was naturally a grave disadvantage , and it was clear that the muzzle - loading rifle had not been put into its final shape . CHAPTER III NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION - THE QUEEN'S PRIZE - E 2.
... removal by this very drastic process was naturally a grave disadvantage , and it was clear that the muzzle - loading rifle had not been put into its final shape . CHAPTER III NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION - THE QUEEN'S PRIZE - E 2.
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... prize meeting of the Association was held on Wimbledon Common on July 2 , 1860 , after several months had been expended in bespeaking public interest , and arrang- ing for the shooting and for the prizes . The scene at the opening of ...
... prize meeting of the Association was held on Wimbledon Common on July 2 , 1860 , after several months had been expended in bespeaking public interest , and arrang- ing for the shooting and for the prizes . The scene at the opening of ...
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