 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 446 דפים
...dcfigns to kill. The barrel mould be well polifhed and fraooth within, and the bore of an equal bignels from one end to the other ; which may be proved, by putting in a piece of paltepiracies, that in the reign of Edward III. its mips re- board, cut of the exacl roundnefs of the... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 דפים
...gun for shooting birds. That piece is always reckoned best which has the longest barrel, from 5j to 6 feet, with a moderate bore ; though every fowler should...to the other ; which may be proved by putting in a pices of pasteboard, cut of the exact roundness of the top; for it" this goes down without stops or... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 דפים
...gun for shooting birds. That piece is always reckoned best which has the longest barrel, from 5j to 6 feet, with a moderate bore ; though every - fowler...should have them of different sizes, suitable to the panic he designs to kill. The barrel should be well polished and smooth within, and the bore of an... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 772 דפים
...defigns to kill. The barrel ihould he well polifhed and fmooth within, and the bore of an equal bignefs from one end to the other ; which may be proved, by putting in a piece of pafteboard, cut of the exact roundnef; of the top : for if this goes down without flo;^s or flipping,... | |
 | 1823 - 872 דפים
...for shooting birds. That piece is always reckoned best which has the longest barrel, from 5f to б : c Nw* 'ۀd aaKWV a ?i e zh @ k 0 % мI P3c 3 sires, suitable to the game he designs to kill. The barrel should be well polished and smooth within,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 432 דפים
...designs to kill. The barrel should i>e well polished and smooth within, and the bore of an equal size from one end to the other; which may be proved by putting in a piece of pasteboard cut to the exact roundness of the top, for if this goes down without stops or slipping, you may conclude... | |
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That piece is always reckoned best which has the longest barrel, from 5j to 6 feet, with a moderate bore ; though every fowler should have them of different sizes, suitable to the game he designs to kill. The barrel should be well polished and smooth... 