10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEA RIFLE»
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pea rifle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Changing Military Patterns of the Great Plains Indians (17th ...
... more from the barrel; this, in turn, usually called for a half- stock "Pea rifle"
calibers were definitely of the past, for the Plains rifles were all of calibers
corresponding to the larger long rifle bores — .38 to .55. The barrels averaged 34
inches in ...
Frank Raymond Secoy, 1992
•22 Pea rifle t) 31 31 11 E. G-. Henderson Nairobi •400 Westley Richards rifle 33
33 >3 do. 275 Mauser rifle 3) 3 ) 33 33 do. •303 Lee Enfield rifle 33 33 31 33 do.
□455 Webley revolver 33 33 33 33 do. 12 bore shot gun 33 33 )3 33 R. G-.
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Shot in the Dark: Unsolved New Zealand Murders from the ...
Dr Brown, an Auckland gun expert, tested Lakey's pea rifle. All pea rifles make
distinctive marking on cartridges when they're fired. The test cartridges fired from
Lakey's pea rifle left distinctive ring markings identical to the markings found on ...
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The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary:
11*3 i Green pea— i^ji^'15 i Pea-fowl — i^s ^1 i^ft Peanut — fwi ^Iftci? it?, fwtilfti,
^sff i Pea-rifle — 4*«?*t3 *— Tt5i i Pea-shooter— cq or time of peace ; as,
peaceful occupation ; ItfelT^ftf, "ttf%- ^tai^l* i Peace'-fixl-ly, adv. In a peaceful
manner ...
5
Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter
These men carried but one weapon: the long-barrelled, small-bored pea-rifle,
whose bullets ran seventy to the pound, the amount of powder and lead being a
little less than that contained in the cartridge of a thirty-two calibre Winchester.
Emily thought me brother Thomas - then I was not tall enough - ergo I must be
myself- Horace - and so I was! Before I left there on one occasion young George
Johnson58 and I took a small pea rifle and crossed Georges River in his boat ...
7
The Dog Crusoe and His Master
He used the long, heavy, Kentucky rifle, which, from the ball being little larger
than a pea, was called a pea-rifle. Jim was no favourite, and had been named
Scraggs by his companions on account of his appearance. In a few minutes the
lots ...
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Edward Shelley's Journal, 1856-61: A Victorian Remittance Man
Left the Ventu Salado at 3 'A p.m. and arrived at San Antonio at 6 p.m. Found
some difficulty in getting anybody to attend to our wants, but owing to my firing at
a small boy's bottom with a pea rifle, which made the young savage start, they ...
9
Nga Morehu: The Survivors: The Life Histories of Eight Maori ...
Brought up in the same place. And we're really thieves! Our father has good
watermelons – few patches of great, big watermelons – and nobody goes there.
Nobody! Just one day we went up with Henare's pea rifle. You know what we did
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Judith Binney, Gillian Chaplin, 2011
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33 Londiam 9 m/m Caibme 78485 do )3 22nd 33 33 D B shot gun 12 bore 78486
A S Evans Mar 22nd 33 Ravine D B shot gun 78487 do 22nd Pea rifle 78488 do
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7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEA RIFLE»
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pea rifle is used in the context of the following news items.
NZ parliament stonewalls bill
On Thursday night two of the windows in the New Zealand Express Company's building were broken by bullets fired from a .22 pea rifle. «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
Andrew Rule: Inside the secret, nocturnal world of possum control
Up on the farm, he says, he used his “pea rifle” on them but that's considered anti-social in the suburbs. Another newspaper executive who ... «Herald Sun, Jan 15»
Australia's deadliest sniper, Ian Robertson, 'never did the arithmetic'
Rabbit traps, ferrets and a .22 "pea rifle" meant survival as well as sport. Robertson's father was a crack shot - he had been a sniper at Gallipoli ... «The Age, Jan 15»
Trials of the Century: Feared gangster probed over violent deaths
Upon entering the kitchen, Morris claimed he was jumped by Sheargold, and in self-defence had picked up a nearby pea rifle and pinged his ... «Herald Sun, Dec 14»
Last stand ... outcrop where “lone wolf” killers Gool and Abdullah …
“Among the army of armed men who were fighting the murderous Turk and his companion yesterday was a boy with a pea rifle as his weapon. «NEWS.com.au, Oct 14»
Owaka A. and P. show the place to be
Next I get my pea rifle and bowl over as many cats as are about; put them in the trench, cover them with a thick layer of earth, plant the vines ... «Otago Daily Times, Dec 12»
Feared gangster Horatio Morris is investigated over gruesome …
Upon entering the kitchen, Morris claimed he was jumped by Sheargold, and in self-defence had picked up a nearby pea rifle and pinged his ... «Herald Sun, Aug 12»
