30 MB - Antique & Modern Firearms

Aligning of guns, 50, 52, 130.
Allport's double-grip hammerless gun, 18.
Alterations and repairs, 137, 142.
Ammunition and accessories, 148 et seq.
Analytical section, 31 et seq.
Anson and Deeley hammerless gun, iS.
Anti-recoil pad, 52.
Balance of gun, 45, 92, 131.
Ball guns, 105.
Belgian Damascus barrels, 33, no.
Best gun, 120.
Best records at match shooting, 180, 190.
Birmingham-made guns, 126.
Bore, 56.
Boring gun-barrels, 35.
Breech action, 37, 132.
Breech action working parts, 112.
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Buckshot, 104, 147.
Bullets in shot gun, 105.
Bursting strain of gun-barrels, 64.
Butt plate, 52, 131.
Calibre, 56.
Care of gun, 136.
Carrying gun, 134.
Cartridge cases, 67, 100.
Cartridge cases and wadding, 158 et seq.
Cartridge chamber, 37.
Cartridge loading, 142.
Cartridge magazine, 165.
Carver, Dr., 47, 115, 128.
Cast off, 45, 51, 131.
Central fire cartridge, 4.
Chamber, 37.
Charges, 57, 126, 142.
Cheek pad, 52.
Choice of a gun, 109, 117, 131
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Choke-bore v. cylinder, 37, 127, 128.
Choke-boring, 6, 34, 36.
Cleaning of gun, 137.
" Club " hammerless gun, 16, 18.
Club rules, Hurlingham, 171.
Cocking mechanism, 41.
Combined gun, 133.
Comb lever gun, 28.
Comparative strengths of powder, 65.
Concentrators, 103.
Critical section, 109 et seq.
Criticism, 116.
Cross-bolt, 115.
Cylinder and choke-bore, 37, 127, 128.
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Damascus barrels, 33.
Daw's central fire gun, 4.
Deeley ejector gun, 25.
Descriptive section, 7 et seq.
Doll's head gun, 10.
Double grip gun, 7.
Duck gun, 94 et seq.
Dummy gun, 131.
Early guns, I.
Early hammerless guns,
Ejector guns,
14.
22 et seq.
Elephant rifle, 115.
English twist barrels, 1 10.
Erroneous opinions, how spread,
Essentials of a gun, 91.
116.
Experimental breech action, 1 14.
"Field" trial of explosives, 114.
Finish of guns, 54.
Fit of gun, 130.
Flint-lock gun, I.
Fore-end, 52, 131.
Forsyth, Rev. Dr., 3.
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