Acth N
Acth >n. The Entire Breech Mechanism Consists Of But Three Pieces, Viz.,—the Breech Bolt. Locking Bolt And Finger Lever. The Breech Bolt Is A Straight Bolt Which Slides Horizontally Backward And Forward, The Sides And Top Of Receiver Form Ing A Path For The Same, Insuring Correct Motion. The Breech ...
American Small Arms
American Small Arms. It Is Doubtful At What Time Guns Were First Used As Sporting Arms; But Early French And Italian Works Seem To Indicate The Close Of The 14th Cen Tury. We Find A Curious Illustration In An Old Manuscript, Entitled, "ye Gonne And How To Use It," Dated ...
Baker Guns
Baker Guns. The Baker Hammerless Guns Have Two Distinct Safeties Operating Independently Of Each Other. They Are The Safest Hammerless Y-et Made. They Cannot Be Dis Charged In Any Other Way Than By, Pulling The Triggers. They, Cannot Jar Off. If The Notch Or Sear Breaks, Letting The Hanuners Down, ...
Baltimore Hammerless Gun
Baltimore Hammerless Gun. This Gun Appeals Particularly To Trap Shooters, For The Reason That It Does Not Shoot Loose. It Is So Constructed, With A Strong, Positive, Circular Bolt (which Is The Strongest Form Of Construction), Having A Hearing Over Its Entire Surface, That The Locking Remains A Good Fit. ...
Batavia Gun
Batavia Gun. This Well-known Hammerless Gun, Made By The Baker Gun And Forging Com Pany, Differs Materially From Baker Hammerless Guns. It Is Made Without Lock Plates. The Lock Work Is Simple, And The Stock Is Cut Out But Very Little, Leaving It Extra Strong,. All The Metal Parts, Including ...
Blake Rifle
Blake Rifle: The Blake Rifle Has Attracted Considerable Attention On Account Of Its Packet. It Is A Magazine Rifle That By The Use Of The "cut Off" Can Be Used As A Rapid Single Loader, With Mag,azines Holding Seven Cartridges In Reserve, Available As A Repeater Whenever The Cut Off ...
Boch Magazine Gun
Boch Magazine Gun. This Gun Is The Exponent Of That System In Which A Fixed Chamber Is Closed Bv Bolt By Direct Action, And In Which The Lock Is Concealed. The Stock Is In A Single Piece, Extending Nearly To The End Of The Barrel, And Secured To It By ...
Buffington Magazine Gun
Buffington Magazine Gun. This Gun Belongs To The System In Which A Fixed Chamber Is Closed By A Mov Able Breech-block, Sliding And Rotating, And Operated By A Lever From Below. The Receiver, To Which The Barrel Is Attached In The Usual Way, Has A Vertical Slot En Tirely Through ...
Bullets
Bullets. Since The Advent Of Powder And Ball, There Have Been Thousands Of Varieties Of All Sizes And Imaginable Shapes, Round And Long, With Points Of Every Con Ceivable Curve That Can Be Geometrically Figured, Some With A Flat Base, Others With Depressions Of All Depths And Shapes, Some To ...
Burgess Magazine Gun
Burgess Magazine Gun. This Gun Belongs To That System In Which A Fixed Chamber Is Closed By A Bolt, Sliding In Front Along The Axis Of The Barrel, And Operated By A Lever From Below. The Bolt Is A Single Piece, The Rear Of Which Serves As A Guide To ...
Burgess Repeating Shotgun
Burgess Repeating Shotgun. This Gun Is Semi-automatic And Extremely Easy To Manipulate. The Left Hand Has Nothing To Do But Support The Gun And Assure The Aim. The Handle Locks In Dependent Of The Breech Bolt, And Has "lost Motion.' By Which It Unlocks The Bolt. The Handle Unlocks By ...
Cartridge Belts
Cartridge Belts. Numerous Belts And Devices For The Safe And Convenient Carriage Of Car Tridges Have Been Invented. The Pooler-jones Belt Has Cartridge Holders At Tached To It, Suitable For Either Paper Or Brass Shells. These Holders Can Be Easily Attached To Any Hunting Vest, Coat Front, Or Belt. An ...
Cartridges
Cartridges. Paper Cartridges Are But Little Used At The Present Time. There Are Two Kinds In The United States Service—the Ball Cartridge, Made With A Single Elongated Ball, And The Blank Cartridge. The Paper Is First Cut Into Strips Of A Width Equal To The Length Of A Trapezoid, Using, ...
Chaffee Magazine Gun
Chaffee Magazine Gun. This Gun Belongs To That System In Which A Fixed Chamber Is Closed By A Movable Breech-block, Sliding And Rotating, And Operated By A Lever From Below. On The Inner Surface Of The Receiver Are Two Circular Guides Which Enter Grooves In The Breech-block And Over Which ...
Charles Daly Guns
Charles Daly Guns These Guns Are Made By Mr. Charles Daly, Of New York, In His Factory In Prussia. They Are Made Entirely By Hand, And Are Considered By Many Sportsmen The Finest Hand-made Guns In The Market. They Have A Number Of Special Features That Are Peculiar To Them, ...
Clemmons Magazine Gun
Clemmons Magazine Gun. This Gun Is An Adaptation Of A Magazine To The Springfield Rifle. The Altera Tions Are As Follows: The Left Side Of The Receiver Is Cut Away Nearly To The Bot Tom Of The Well. The Portion Removed Is Replaced By A Piece The Interior Of Which ...
Colt Arms
Colt Arms. The Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company's Product Is Too Well Known To Require A Lengthy Or Detailed Description. After A Careful Description Of The Latest Achievement—the Automatic Colt Pistol, A Brief Mention And Illustration Df The Models, At This Time Manufactured, Will Follow. The New Automatic Pistol ...
Davenport Arms
Davenport Arms. All Davenport Single Guns And Rifles, Thoroughly High Grade In Material, Work Manship And Construction, Combine In A Marked Degree The Elements Of Safety Durability, Utility And Convenience. In 1894 The Makers Introduced The First Auto Matic Shell Ejecting Device Ever Used On Single Breech Loading Shot Guns. ...
District Or
District Or Colunibia—quail, November To March 15. Woodcock, July To January 1. Prairie Chicken, September To March 15. Turkey, Ruffed Grouse, Pheasant, November To December 26. Squirrel, Rabbit, November To February Duck, Goose, Brant, Snipe, Plover, September To April 1. Rail, Ortolan, Reed Bird, Marsh Blackbird, September To February 1. ...
Elliot
Elliot This Gun Has A Fixed Chamber Closed By A Movable Breech-block, Which Rotates About A Horizontal Axis At 90 Degrees To The Axis Of The Barrel, Lying Above The Axis Of The Barrel And In Rear, Being Moved From Above. By Cocking The Hammer It Operates As A Lever ...
Elliot Magazine Gun
Elliot Magazine Gun. This Ann Is Provided With A Reciprocating And Rotating Bolt For Closing And Lock Ing The Cartridge-chamber By Means Of A Handle In The Usual Way. It Is Also Pro Vided With A Tubular Magazine, Located In The Butt-stock, The Tubular Chambers ' Being Arranged One Over ...
Evans Magazine Gun
Evans Magazine Gun. This Novel Rifle, No Longer Manufactured, Differed From Most Magazine Guns In Having No Spiral Spring For The Purpose Of Feeding The Cartridges Through And Front The Magazine To The Breech-mechanism, And In Having Its Magazine Located In The Stock Of The Arm. The Magazine Consisted Of ...
Express Rifle
Express Rifle. This Modern Sporting-rifle Of Great Killing- Power Takes A Large Charge Of Powder And A Light Bullet, Which Gives A Very High Initial Velocity And A Trajectory Prac Tically A Right Line Up To 15o Yards, Hence The Term Express. To Increase The Killing Power Of The Bullet, ...
Farrow Arms
Farrow Arms. During An Extensive Period Of Active Service In The Northwest, While An Officer In The United States Arniv, Commanding Indian Scouts, And While Tactical In Structor At The United States Military Academy At West L'cint, The Author Made A Searching Study Of Fire-arms Hoping He Nii.c,dit Discover Or ...
Ferguson Rifle
Ferguson Rifle. This Curious Breech-loader, Although Not Strictly Of American Invention, Has Be Come American From The Fact That It Made Its First Appearance As A Weapon Of War On The Battlefields Of America, And Is The First Instance Of A Breech-loading Rifle Ever Having Been Used On This Continent. ...
Forehand Arms
Forehand Arms. The Guns And Revolvers Manufactured By The Forehand Arms Company, Prior To The Absorption Of That Company By The Hopkins And Allen Arms Company, Have Been Highly Commended For Having A Mechanical Construction Whereby Strength And Simplicty Are Combined. Figures And 2 Silow The Hammerless Gun And Its ...
Fouling
Fouling. Every Sportsman Knows The Value Of Keeping His Gun Carefully Cleaned And In Smooth Working Order. No Gun Will Do Good Work With The Inside Of The Barrel Fouled With The Residuum From Burned Powder, And Rust-pitted From Neglect And Failure Use The Proper Cleaning Implements. It Is True ...
Franklin Magazine Gun
Franklin Magazine Gun. This Gun Belongs To That System In Which A Fixed Chamber Is Closed By A Bolt By Direct Action, And In Which The Lock Is Concealed. The Receiver Has A Vertical Slot Cut Entirely Through It For The Purpose Of Receiving Cartridges From Above And Af Fording ...
Freeman Gun
Freeman Gun. This Breech-loading Rifle Has A Fixed Chamber Closed By A Movable Bleech-block, Rotating About A Vertical Axis At 90 Degrees To The Axis Of The Barrel. And Lying, Ill The Plant. (,f The Axis Of The Barrel. It Is Opened By Cocking The Piece And Pulling Back The ...
Gallery Or Armory Practice
Short Range, Gallery Or Armory Practice. Many Shooters Derive As Much Pleasure And Enjoyment From The Use Of Their Arms At Short Range Practice, And Shooting Small Game, As They Do At The Regular Range, Or When On Their Hunt For Larger Game. This They Can Participate In At A ...
Gardiner Magazine Gun
Gardiner Magazine Gun. In This Arm The Barrel And Tip-stock Slide Forward And Backward On Ways Nected With The Butt-stock. They Are Released To Move Forward, And Secured When Back By A Hook Into Which The Forward End Of A Trigger-guard Is Formed. This Guard Revolves, To A Sufficient Extent ...
Gun Safeties
Gun Safeties. Among The Wonders Which Have Been Accomplished In All Lines Of Invention And Manufacturing During He Last 3o Years, Although Some May Have Been More Re Markable, Certainly None Have Been More Interesting To The Enthusiastic Sports Man Than The Evolution Of The Modern Shotgun. All Of The ...
Harrington And Richardson Arms
Harrington And Richardson Arms. These Excellent Revolvers And Sims :111. 110i 141 101'city Of Const Ruction, Qualities Of Safety And Good Shooting.. The Automatic Double Action Revolver, Shown In Pigures 1 And 2, Is Made In All Desired Calibers. These Are The Stand Ard-32 Caliber 6 Shot, 3% Inch Barrel, ...
Hopkins And Allen Arivis
Hopkins And Allen Arivis. The Rifles, Single Shot Guns And Revolvers Of This Make Are Carefully Tested For Th Use Of Sinokeless And Nitro Powders And With Streng,th Combine Many Desirable Features I The Systetn Of Detaching The Barrels Is Very Simple And Effective, Figure 1. By Simpl Loosening The ...
Hotchkiss Magazine Gun
Hotchkiss Magazine Gun. This Gun Was First Exhibited In The Spring Of 1876 At The Centennial, At Philadel Phia. It Has Since Been Much Improved. Its Operation Is Simple. T. To Open The Breech-bolt: Hold The Stock Firmly With The Left Hand A Little In Front Of The Re Ceiver; ...
How To Conduct A
How To Conduct A Live Bird Tournament. Much That Has Been Said In Relation To The Target Tournament Will Also Apply In This Case. Nor Is It Necessary To Repeat The General Rules Observed By The Ameri Can Association In Live Bird Shooting. A Few Words Only Of Special Advice ...
How To Conduct A
How To Conduct A Target Tournament. 1. The Grounds Should Be As Level As Possible, With Unobstructed Sky As A Background. The Cashier's Office Or Tent Should Be Central And 3o Yards Or More From The Shooting Scores. Shelter For Shooters When In Action Or Resting, Tables Or Racks For ...
How To Organize A
How To Organize A Gun Club. When A Party Of Sportsmen Desire To Organize A Gun Club, A Few Of The Lead Ing Spirits Should Appoint A Time And Place For A Meeting, And Invite All Interested To Be Present. A Gun Or Sporting Goods Store Is An Excellent Place ...
How To Select A
How To Select A Range. This Important Work Is Generally Left To A Committee Appointed By The Presi Dent. In Selecting, A Range, Endeavor To Find:a Level Tract Of Land For The Purpose. Avoid Places Where There Are Ravines Or Gullies, As They Create Strong Currents Of Air. A Space ...
Hunt Magazine Gun
Hunt Magazine Gun. This Gun Belongs To That System In Which A Fixed Chamber Is Closed By A Bolt, By Direct Action. The Receiver Has A Slot In Its Upper Surface For The Purpose Of Load Ing The Chamber Direct When The Piece Is Used As A Single Loader ; ...
Impact
Impact. In Order To Arrive At A Clear Understanding Of What Takes Place When The Mo Tion Of A Projectile Is Arrested By Any Resisting Medium, It Is Necessary To Recall Some Of The Elementary' Principles Upon Which These Phenomena Depend. The Manner In Which A Projectile Acquires Its Velocity, ...
In The United States
In The United States. Reference Can Only Be Had In This Brief Space To General Laws. In Certain States Indicated, There Are Local Laws Embracing One Or More Counties. Sportsmen Contemplating An Extended Shoot In Those States Should Consult Local Authorities And Make Sure Of Avoiding Trouble. Alabasia—ouail, Partridge, Grouse, ...
Indian
Indian Turtarroay—all Game Protected, Except For Immediate Subsistence While Passing Through The Country. Iowa—quail, Ruffed Grouse, Pheasant, Turkey, November I To January 1. Prairie Chicken, September To December 1. Woodcock, July To To January 1. Duck, Goose, Brant, Rail, Plover, Sandpiper, Marsh Or Beach Birds, September To April 15. Squirrel, ...
Ithaca Guns
Ithaca Guns These Guns Are Noted For Strength And Great Wearing Qualities, Are Popular For All Nitro Powders And Have Become Famous For Their Shooting Qualities. The Drawing. Figure T With Stock Removed, Shows The Steel Breech Or Frame, Which Is Forged Whole. The Breech Is Exceedingly Strong Through The ...
Iver Johnson Arms
Iver Johnson Arms. The Iver Johnson Safety Hammer And Hammerless Automatic Revolvers Are So Constructed That It Is Impossible To Explode The Shell Unless The Finger Is On The Trigger At The Point Of Firing. The Rebounding Firing Pin Is A Late Improve Ment. It Rebounds Of Itself, And Is ...
Keene Remington Magazine Gun
Keene-remington Magazine Gun. This Gun Has The Magazine Located Under The Barrel And All Of True Motions Are Direct And Positive. The Cartridges Are Held Securely In Position While Passing Front The Magazine Over The Carrier To The Chamber In The Barrel, In Which Respect It Has A Decided Advantage ...
Kennedy Rifle
Kennedy Rifle. This Novel Repeating Ormagazine Rifle, Developed And Introduced By The 'whitney Arms Company, Has The Magazine Placed Under The Barrel, And Is Operated By A Lever, The Backward And Forward Movement Of Which Cocks The Hammer. Opens The Breech, Throws Out The Empty Shell, And Brings A New ...
Lee Straight Pull Rifle
Lee Straight Pull Rifle. The Superiority Of This Rifle Rests On The Fact That The Operation Of Opening And Closing Is By A "staight Pull," Instead Of The Customary "up Turn" And "pull Back." The Facc That This Gun Is A Rapid Fire Repeating; Rifle Should Be Borne In Mind. ...
Lefever Gun
Lefever Gun. The Lefever Automatic Hammerless Gun, Model 1898-99, With Or Without The Automatic Shell Ejector, Figure 1, Has Good Points All Around, Symmetry Of Pro Portion, Finish, Balance, Wear, Penetration And General Shooting Qualities. It Is Built With Compensated Action To Take Up The Wear In Every Direction. Especial ...
Lyman Rifle And Shot
Lyman Rifle And Shot Gun Sights. The Optical Principle Involved In The Lyman Rear Sight Is New In Its Application. When Aiming It Has The Appearance Of A Ring, Which Shows The Front Sight And The Object Aimed At, Without Intercepting Any Part Of The View. Figure I Gives An ...
Magazine Gun
Magazine Gun. In This Arm, The Breech-block Is Supported Against The Pressure Of The Gas, When The Piece Is Fired, By' A Recoil Block, Solid With The Guard, Which Has A Circular Re Cess Concentric With The Rear Of The Breech-block. The Latter Is Slipped In The Re Cess Sideways ...
Marksmanship
Marksmanship. To Become Skilled In Marksmanship, One Must Possess A Thorougfi Knowledge Of The Rifle, The Principles Of Its Construction, Its Capabilities, And The Care Required To Preserve It Alway-s In A Condition Of Greatest Efficiency, The Laws Governing The Flight Of The Bullet, And The Causes Which Tend To ...
Marlin Arms
Marlin Arms. Marlin Rifles Have For Years Been Celebrated For Their Strength, Easy Work Ing And Simplicity Of Action. The Solid Top Receiver And Superior Mechanism Insure Absolute Safety To The User. In All These Arms, The Top Of The Action, Which Is The Portion Coining Between The Cartridge And ...
Martini Henry Rifle
Martini-henry Rifle. This Rifle Combines The Peabody-martini Action And Henry Rifling. This Excel Lent Rifling, Gives Ta Bearing Faces For The Bullet. The G,rooves Are 7 In Number And Are .007 Inch In Depth. The Fabrication Of This Rifle Involves Many Departures From The Usual Processes And Operations. The Barrel ...
Maynard Rifle
Maynard Rifle. This Rifle Was Popular For Some Time In The United States On Account Of Its Great Accuracy Of Fire. The Barrel Is Pivoted To The Stock, The Rear End Being Tilted Up To Receive The Charge. A Novel Feature In This Arm Was That It Employed Pellets Of ...
Merrill Gun
Merrill Gun. This Breech-loading Rifle Has A Fixed Chamber Closed By A Movable Breech-block, Which Slides In The Line Of The Barrel By Direct Action. It Is Opened By Raising The Handle Of The Breech-bolt To A Vertical Position And Drawing It Back To Its Full Extent. In Raising The ...
Merwin Hulbert Revolver
Merwin-hulbert Revolver . This Excellent Arm, Patented By The Messrs. Merwin, Hulbert & Company, And Now Manufactured By The Hopkins & Allen Arms Company, Has Become A Great Favorite, And Makes The Following Claims For Superiority': Compactness, Symmetrical, Easy Outline, And General Neat Appearance: No Salient Points To Pre Vent ...
Milbank Gun
Milbank Gun. This Breech-loading Small-arm, Has A Fixed Chamber Closed By A Movable Breech Block, Which Slides In The Line Of The Barrel By Direct Action. The Piece Is Opened By Raising The Handle Of The Breech-bolt From Its Recoil-bearing In The Receiver, And Then Drawing Back The Bolt. It ...
Miller Magazine Gun
Miller Magazine Gun. This Gun Is An Adaptation Of A Magazine To The United States Service Spring Field Riflc. The Alterations Are As Follows: The Orig,inal Receiver And Breech-pin Are Replaced By A Receiver Alone, The Tang Being Solid With It. The Upper Rear Part Of The Receiver Gives The ...
Morgenstern Gun
Morgenstern Gun. This Breech-loading Ritle Has A Fixed Chamber Closed By A Movable Breech-block, Which Rotates About A Horizontal At Yo Degrees To The Axis Of The Barrel, Lying Above The Axis Of The Barrel, And In Front. It Is Opened By Drawing Back The Han Dle Of The Firing-bolt ...
New Worcester Gun
New Worcester Gun. This Well-received Hammerless Gun, Shown In The Drawing, Is An American Duction, Made On The American Interchangeable Plan, And Is Provided To Meet The Demand For A Good, Serviceable Hammerless Gun At A Low Cost. It Is Easily Taken Apart And Put Together, For Cleaning Or Oiling ...
North
North Dakota—prairie Chicken, Pinnated, Sharp-tailed And Ruffed Grouse, Woodcock, September T To October 15. Duck, Goose, Crane, Brant, September T To May 1. Deer, November To To December 1. Protected : Quail, English And Chinese Pheasant, Swan, Buffalo, Moose, Elk, Caribou, Mountain Sheep, Antelope, Beaver And Otter. Prohibited: Killing More ...
Nova
Nova Scorta—woodcock, Snipe, Teal, Blue-winged And Wood Duck, S'ep Tember To March I. Partridge, October To November 3o. Rabbit, Hare, October To February Moose, Caribou, September 15 To January I. Beaver, Mink, November To February 28. Protected: Moose, Caribou In Cape Breton, Pheasant, Spruce Partridge, Blackcock, Capercailzie, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Deer ...
Paricer Guns
Paricer Guns. The Parker Shot Gun Has Stood The Test In The Most Satisfactory Manner For Hard And Continuous Service In Competition With The Best Guns Of Both Home And Foreign Ture. This Gun Is Presented To Sportsmen To Meet A Demand That Exists For A " Top-action " Gun ...
Peabody Martini Rifle
Peabody-martini Rifle. This Rifle Is A Combination Of The Peabody And Martini Systems, The Former Covering The Mechanism For Closing- The Breech And Extracting ,the Cartridge Shell, After The Rifle Has Been Fired, And The Latter Covering The Device For Igniting, The Cartridge. This Rifle Was Adopted By The English ...
Peabody Rifle
Peabody Rifle. This Rifle, Invented By Mr. Henry O. Peabody, Of Boston, Mass., Is The Parent Of The Peabody-martini And Martini-henry Rifles. The Original Peabody Was Very Much Like The Martini-henry, Except That The Spiral Spring- For Actuating The Firing-pin Was Placed In The Stock In Rear Of The Block. ...
Penetration
Penetration. The Most Common Substances Encountered By Projectiles Are Arranged In The Following Series, In The Order Of Their Resistance To Penetration : Air. Water, Sand, Wood, Lead, Copper, Sou Steel. Hardened Steel, Etc. All Other Substances May Be Arranged Between Thzse. Or In Continuation Of The Series. Air Opposes ...
Pistol Shooting In America
Pistol Shooting In America. For Many- Years Pistol Shooting In America Was Regarded As A Lost Art. A Great Many Years Ago Some Very Fine Single Shot Muzzle Loading Pistols Of The Duelling- Type Were Manufactured In This Country. These Arms Produced Great Accuracy. With The Introduction Of The Breech ...
Pistols
Pistols. A Pistol Is A Small Rifle, Usually Aimed And Fired With One Hand. A Revol Ver Is A Pistol Having A Revolving Cylinder Or Revolving Barrels. The Term Pistol. Is, However, Applied Indiscriminately By Many To Both Single Shot Pistols And Revolvers. The Earliest Single-shot Pistols Were Of Foreign ...
Powder
Powder. The Incorporation, Or Grinding Together, Of The Three Ingredients That Form Gunpowder Is By Far The Most Important Process In The Whole Manufacture, For Unless The Minute Particles Of The Ingredients Be Thoroughly Blended And Brought Into The Closest Contact With Each Other, All Subsequent Operations— However Well Performed—will ...