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The Gun and Its Development

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

GREENER, W. W.

Antiques & Collectibles

Arms & Armour

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...range, which it does very considerably. It strikes with a greater force, and the bullet expands very much, making a formidable wound. The point-blank range with 4J drams of powder is about 130 yards. It cannot be relied on for extreme accuracy over 200 yards; but at 140 to 160 it is very accurate. THE EXPRESS RIFLE, 450-BORE. This is a small-bore rifle, about 5 2-gauge, taking a large charge of powder, and having a very flat trajectory. It has been causing some stir among sportsmen for deer shooting at long ranges. The actual point-blank range of this kind of rifle, with four drams of powder, is 130 to 140 yards. The bullet is a short cone, with a hollow point. The hollow in the bullet causes it to expand on striking, thereby inflicting a most fearful wound. The bullet gets flattened to about ten times its original size. Another advantage obtained by the hollow is that the bullet can be made lighter, and yet retain the desired length, to take the rifling properly. The larger charge of powder with this light bullet gives a very high velocity, and long point-blank range. Many letters have recently appeared in the Field newspaper, from Indian sportsmen who have used these rifles at long distances at antelope and small deer, with great success. One sight is only necessary for sporting distances; and over 200 yards a full fore-sight must be taken, as the bullet begins to drop at over 150 yards. This is undoubtedly the best kind of rifle for hill-shooting, where it is difficult to judge distances. Animals shot at ranges varying from 50 to 140 yards must be struck if the aim is correctly taken. But for large and dangerous game shooting a much more powerful rifle is necessary. For such purposes we should recommend spherical ball or explosive shells. The 450 Express...

Modern breech-loaders, sporting & military,

Normount Technical Publications

IN placing this volume in the hands of the reader, the Author feels it a duty he owes to the sporting and scientific world, to tender an apology for the disappointment occasioned by the non-appearance of" Gunnery in 1868," which was promised by his late father, W. Greener, C.E., whose death took place before the intended work was completed. The numerous inquiries made by subscribers to that work, and others wishing to possess it, cause the Author to feel it incumbent on him, as his father's successor, to publish this treatise on Modem Breech-loaders. The important and numerous improvements which have recently been made in the construction of the breech-loader, sporting and military (especially the latter), have led to a great demand for information on the subject. This required information the Author has endeavoured to supply in the following work, in the production of which he has striven to condense within the smallest possible limits a full consideration of the various principles of breech-loading mechanism which he has found it necessary to introduce for description, and hopes, by the aid of numerous engravings and diagrams, to make himself clearly understood by the reader. In all that appertains to the shooting and construction of the breech-loader, the Author has confined himself strictly to matters practical, and abstained from propounding any novel or startling theories. The remarks on "Black Gunpowder" introduced in this work, are reprinted from "Gunnery in 1858," as no important improvement in the manufacture of that substance has been made since that date, with the exception of the introduction of the so-called "Pebble Gunpowder," a full description of which compound has been given by                                          W.W. Greener

Modern breech-loaders, 1871

Greenhill Books

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The gun and its development

History

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Nabu Press

The Breech-loader: And How to Use It With Notes on Rifles

This edition was originally published in 1898. The well illustrated contents include detailed chapters on:- The Shotgun - Choice and Fit - Handling the Gun - Chokes - Loads and Loading - Shooting Positions - Game Shooting - Pigeons and Trap Shooting - Rifles of Past and Present - The Sporting Rifle and All About It - Rifle Shooting - Long Shots - Bores etc. Many of the earliest shooting books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork

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Read Books

<p>This edition was originally published in 1898. The well illustrated contents include detailed chapters on:- The Shotgun - Choice and Fit - Handling the Gun - Chokes - Loads and Loading - Shooting Positions - Game Shooting - Pigeons and Trap Shooting - Rifles of Past and Present - The Sporting Rifle and All About It - Rifle Shooting - Long Shots - Bores etc. Many of the earliest shooting books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork</p>

Gun and Its Development

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First published in Great Britain in 1881 and subsequently revised nine times between then and 1910, The Gun and Its Development traces the fascinating history of weaponry: the obscure, ancient origins of the slingshot and the bow, the invention of the crossbow, possibly around 1000 AD; the introduction of gunpowder into Europe in the fourteenth century; the development of sporting and military guns over the centuries thereafter; and the rise of modern, mass-produced firearms in the early twentieth century.Chapters cover early to modern handguns; gunpowder ignition methods from fuses and flintlocks to percussion fulminates; shotguns; hammerless guns; ejector guns; the history of the firearms industry; manufacturing methods and their development in Britain, America, and elsewhere; how to use and handle different types of guns; ballistics; the development of rifling and smokeless powder; and much more. Copiously illustrated with photographs and marvelous engravings, The Gun and Its Development is the classic, authoritative reference work on the subject, certain to be of great interest to marksmen, hunters, gun collectors, and anyone interested in military or industrial history.

Self-Help

Skyhorse

<p>This classic book explores the first expanding bullet, service rifles, shooting positions, Greener's bullet catcher, trajectories, recoil, mirage, external ballistics and much more!</p>

Sharpshooting for Sport & War

Wolfe Pub. Co

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The Gun and Its Development

Modern breech-loaders, sporting & military,

Modern breech-loaders, 1871

The gun and its development

The Breech-loader: And How to Use It With Notes on Rifles

The Breech-loader: And How to Use It With Notes on Rifles

Gun and Its Development

The Gun and Its Development

Gun and Its Development

Sharpshooting for Sport & War