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Identifier: breechloaderhowt1892gree (find matches)
Title: The breech-loader and how to use it
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Greener, W. W. (William Wellington)
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Publisher: London, (etc.) Cassell & co.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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UN. The sight-aligner and adjustable gun, inventedin 1882 by Mr. E. Oliver (Mr. W. W. GreenersLondon House manager), is so contrived that anexpert stands behind the sight disc, and while theaim is being taken he can discover whether botheyes of the shooter are open, and if the aim is acorrect one. It is possible for him to see rightdown the barrels, providing there is a good light.This was used with the first try gun made, andwas adopted by many gun-makers to get theircustomers properly fitted with guns. It is sometimes said that a sportsman cannotshoot with a gun that suits him if he varies hisclothing; possibly some men cannot, but they arenot good shots, nor should they pose as such, for, asbefore stated, the good shot, the man who knowshow to handle a gun and how to aim, will shoot wellwith any gun. Dr. Carver has in a single exhibi-tion shoot of less than an hours duration shot andperformed equally well with a Winchester repeat-ing rifle of the military model, a double shot-gun H
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Breech-Loader, and How to Use It. 99 of 2f in. bend, and a double shot-gun of 2in. bend.The man who really means to shoot well does soirrespective of any trifling wrong dimension in theweapon he has to use, and the acquisition of theart of shooting enables one to do what the hyper-critical Piccadilly sportsman would not attemptunder the most favourable conditions. SHOOTING POSITIONS. Of the many shapes of gun-stocks, the sports-man will have to determine which is the one bestadapted to his style of shooting. A manufacturer has a collection of photographsof the members of a first-rate gun-club, taken asthey face the trap and have given the word pull.Of these crack shots there are not two who holdthe gun exactly alike ; each shooter, in some mea-sure, adapts himself to the gun which he prefers. In the illustration of the Continental style ofshooting, it will be noticed the gun is nearly atright angles with the chest of the shooter, and theleft hand grasps the gun immediately in front of

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  • bookcentury:1800
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  • bookcontributor:Boston_Public_Library
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