10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUZZLE-LOADER»
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muzzle-loader in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
muzzle-loader and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Shot-gun and Sporting Rifle: And the Dogs, Ponies, ...
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As I sat up, cocking the hammers of my 12-gauge muzzle-loader, the bird flared
at 35 yards and reached skyward for safety. I pulled ahead of him and squeezed
the trigger, only to be greeted with the sharp snap of the percussion cap, but no ...
3
Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
With regard to muzzle-loading and breech-loading guns, do I understand you
rightly to say that if you can get range and accuracy you would prefer a muzzle-
loader to a breech-loader, except in certain positions, such as firing in casemates
?
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1866
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
With regard to muzzle-loading and breech-loading guns, do I understand you
rightly to say 'that if you can get range and accuracy you would prefer a muzzle-
loader to a breech-loader, except in certain positions, such as firing in casemates
?
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1866
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Reports from Committees
It has many advantages ; but if you could get a food safe muzzle-loader, the
projectile going ome with ease after a continuous fire, and if it was a safe gun, I
think, possibly, I should prefer the muzzle-loader. 3319. Have you tried Sir
William ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1863
7
The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War
This Revolutionary War-style gun was a .69-caliber smoothbore muzzle-loader
that employed a paper cartridge and required a powder flask to fill the pan before
firing. Its effective range was limited to about 100 yards, and it often misfired.
8
Field Artillery and Firepower
Thus both sides in the American Civil War (1861-65) generally based their
artillery on the old technology of the bronze smoothbore muzzle- loader, the light
12-pdr Model 1857 bronze "Napoleon,"206 although by the war's end half the
Union ...
Jonathan B. A. Bailey, 2004
9
Breech-loaders versus
muzzle-loaders
If there is, just change places with him— -give him the breech-loader and you
take the muzzle-loader, and then see who is excited ! Or, take another illustration
: Suppose yourself confronted by a grizzly bear, from whom escape is impossible,
...
10
The History of Sport in Britain, 1880-1914: Sport, ...
English riflemen, too, had been in a complacent and somewhat unintelligent
fashion plodding on with the muzzle- loader as a target weapon, regardless of
the fact that it was already regarded as obsolete for military purposes. The
conviction ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUZZLE-LOADER»
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muzzle-loader is used in the context of the following news items.
2013 murder: Decatur Co. family hopes for justice
9 was the first day of muzzle-loader season, and Wesley Conway had driven his truck to the barn of his parents' house to get ready, Brandy ... «Jackson Sun, Jul 15»
Law log, 7-18
... a 30/30 Winchester rifle valued at $500, a savage muzzle-loader valued at $650, an American rifle valued at $300, a Winchester rifle valued ... «Asheboro Courier Tribune, Jul 15»
Rule Brittany
Muzzle-loader enthusiasts like Brittanys as they will wait on point while the gun is loaded and primed, invariably a slow business. Black roan ... «ShootingUK, Jun 15»
As numbers rise, black bears extend east across state
Those hunting bear during deer season, Nov. 30 through Dec. 12, must hold a bear permit and are limited to shotgun, muzzle-loader or bow. «Worcester Telegram, Jun 15»
Troy's YHEC team sending 17 to International competition
... there are six events, two testing (Wildlife I.D. and Hunter Safety and Responsibility) and four shooting (Sporting Clay Shotgun, muzzle-loader, ... «Towanda Daily Review, Jun 15»
Emerson border officers seize more than $30000 from two travellers
The man was referred for a secondary examination, where officers located two muzzle-loader rifles, a shotgun and a revolver in the traveller's ... «MyToba, Jun 15»
No clear reason for open season on Florida black bear
Scott Williamson, a Panhandle real estate agent, has hunted every way you can hunt in Florida — with a rifle, a muzzle-loader, a shotgun and a ... «Tampabay.com, Jun 15»
Gun owner to stand trial in Montoursville toddler shooting case
Hagemeyer testified when he met Asher at the front door of the Broad Street house and observed a muzzle-loader on another sofa and gun ... «PennLive.com, Jun 15»
The Shooting Range
Bagging a big buck is the stuff of many Wisconsin hunters' dreams, and the annual fall deer hunt (and its muzzle-loader, antlerless, archery, ... «Volume One, Jun 15»
Abandoned Arsenal: Kids Find 60 Guns in Vacant Home
LAUREL MOUNTAIN, Pa. (AP) -- Police say they've taken possession of dozens of firearms, including a flintlock muzzle-loader, an AK-47 and a ... «WHSV, May 15»
