Reloading Shells
Reloading Shells. In 1866, When The Manufacture Of The Service-cartridge Was Commenced At T'rankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa., Little Or Nothing Was Known As To How A Good Reliable Cartridge Could Be Made. To Explain The Difficulties Which Had To Be Overcome At Every Step, The Machines To Be Invented To ...
Remington Arms
Remington Arms. The Remington Hammerless Gun Is Exceedingly Strong And Durable. L'he Mechanism, Which Is Very Simple, Can Be Readily Seen In Figure 1, A Sectional Drawing Of The Double Barrel Shot Gun, Automatic Ejector Model. The Cocking Mechanism Consists Of Cocking Levers, Triggers, Main And Sear Springs. Opening The ...
Revolver Shooting Record Of
Revolver Shooting Record Of America: For A Long Time A Popular Impression Prevailed That A Revolver Was Not An Accurate Arm. A Revolver With Poor Ammunition Is Certainly, Unreliable, But A First-class Revolver With Superior Ammunition Is An Arm Of Precision Far Beyond What Most Persons Believe. It Is A ...
Rifle
Rifle. This Rifle, Model 1892 With Some Improvements, Is The Present Arm Of The United States Army. It Is Not American, But Was Invented By Captain O. Krag, Director Of The Royal Manufactory, Of Arms At Kongsberg, Norway, And Mr. E. Jorgensen, Kongsberg, Norway, And Is Made By The Government ...
Rifle Telescopes
Rifle Telescopes. While The Application Of The Telescope To The Rifle Is By No Means A New Idea, It Is, However, More Necessary In This Age Of High-power Rifles, Whose Killing Reng,es Are Beyond The Accurate Perception Of The Unaided Vision. It Is, There Fore. Obvious That The Application Of ...
Russell Magazine Gun
Russell Magazine Gun. This Arm Contains Many Features Of Novelty. The Breech-closing, Bolt Operate: By A Handle Preferably At The Side Of The Arm As In Other Bolt Guns, But Instead Oi A Partial Rotation Of The Bolt In Locking And Unlocking, The Force Applied To Tht Handle Is At ...
Russian Berdan Rifle
Russian Berdan Rifle. This Americanized Breech-loading Arm Has A Fixed Chamber Closed By A Mov Able Breech-block, Which Rotates About A Horizontal Axis At Nineh Degrees To The Axis Of The Barrel, Lving Above The Axis Of The Barrel. And In Front. The Piece Is Opened By Drawing Back The ...
Safety
Safety. The Safety On This Rifle Is Very Simple In Its Action And Construction. The Fining Pin, A Cylindrical Piece Of Steel, Is Cut Completely In Two. When The Action Is Closed And Locked, These Two Pieces Are Brought Up By The Locking Bolt Into A Direct Line And Practically ...
Sharps Rifle
Sharps Rifle. This Famous Arm, Which Superseded The Hall Rifle, 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 Slot In Its Tipper Surface For The Purpose Of Load Ing The ...
Shattuck Guns
Shattuck Guns. The Shattuck Single Shotgun Lias Been Before The Public For More Than Twenty Years And Still Retains Its High Standard Of Excellence. It Has The Re-enforced Breech, "pieper's System," The Barrel Passing Through A Sleeve On Which Is The Lug For Locking Barrel With Frame, The Whole Being-, ...
Shotgun
Shotgun. This Repeating Shotgun Is The Joint Production Of Messrs. C. M. Spencer And Sylvester H. Roper. The Distinctive Feature Of The Arm, As Now Manufactured By Mr. Francis Bannerman, Of New York City, Is That The Left Hand Is Available For Something More Than A Support To The Barrel ...
Sighting Rifles
Sighting Rifles. On Most Long,-range Rifles, The Rear Is Made With A Vernier Scale Operated By A Screw, By Which An Alteration Of One-hundreth Of An Inch. And Even Of Half That Amount, Can Be Made In The Elevation, The Result Being Exact, And Recorded In Figures—the Only Way In ...
Smith Guns
Smith Guns. The L. C. Smith Hammerless Gun, Shown In Figure T, Has A New Mechanical Movement For Cocking Tumblers Or Strikers, Which Is Different From Any Device That Has Ever Been Used For The Purpose, And Commends Itself For Simplicity, Relia Bility And Ease Of Manipulation. The Simplicity And ...
Smith And Wesson Arms
Smith And Wesson Arms. These Arms, So Long And Favorably Known, Have Now Reached Perfection. The Automatic Shell Extractor, Figure R, Is The First Attractive Feature. The Exploded Shells Are Ejected From The Cylinder By The Simple Motion Of Opening The Arm, Which Is Then In Position For Loading. All ...
Smoot Gun
Smoot Gun. This Breech-loading Rifle 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. The Piece Is Opened By Cocking, The ...
Solite
Solite Carolina—quail, Partridge, Woodcock, Pheasant, Turkey, November To April I. Dove, August I To March I. Deer, In Ten Counties, August I To February R ; Other Counties, September I To January I. Protected : Mongolian And Ring-necked Pheasants. Non-residents Taxed $25.00. Local Laws. Socrn Dakota—quail, Prairie Chicken, Pinnated, Sharp-tailed ...
Spencer Rifle
Spencer Rifle. This Arm Is Both A Magazine And A Single Breech Loader, Seven Cartridges Being Placed In A Magazine In The Butt Which Are Thrown Forward Into The Chamber As Required. The Breech-block Is A Sector Pivoted Beneath The Level Of The Barrel, And Retreating Backward And Downward, It ...
Springfield Rifle
Springfield Rifle. This Arm Operates In A Similar Manner To The Old English Snider. The Breech Block Is Pivoted To The Barrel, And Moves Upward And Forward, Leaving An Opening Sufficiently Large To Enable The Cartridge To Be Inserted In The Barrel With Facility. The Breech-block May Then Be Returned ...
Stevens Arms
Stevens Arms. For Forty- Years The Stevens Rifles Have Been Celebrated For Their Accuracy And Durability. In All The Recent Leading- Events They Have Been In The Foreground, Both For Indoor Shooting At Gallery Ranges And For Outdoor Shooting At The Longer Rang-es. They Are Regularly Made For The Following ...
Syracuse Hammerless Guns
Syracuse Hammerless Guns. These Guns Are Very High Grade And Are Made Especially To Shoot Nitro Powder. The 12 Gauge Weighs From 634' To 8 Pounds, While The To Gauge Weighs Front 7 To To Pounds. They Are Well Balanced And Have A Very Simple Mechanism. There Is Not Screw ...
Target Practice
Target Practice. In The United States, As In The Armies Of Other Countries, No Instruction Of Any Importance Was Given The Soldier In The Use Of His Arms, Before The Introduc Tion Of The Rifle-musket. The Old Smooth-bore In Fact, In Its Method Of Sighting, Actually Stood As The Exponent ...
The Ideal System Of
The Ideal System Of Numbering Bullets. This System Is Much Appreciated By Sportsmen When Once Familiarized. There Is Very Much Of A Mix Up In The So-called Calibers, Causing Many Mistakes, Some Bullets Being Called .32 Caliber That Arc Smaller Than The .30 Calibers, While Some .38 Calibers Are As ...
Tiesing Magazine Gun
Tiesing Magazine Gun. This Gun Belongs To That System In Which A Fixed Chamber Is Closed By A Bolt Sliding In Line With The Axis Of The Barrel And Operated By A Lever From Below. The Breech-bolt Is A Sing,le Piece, To Which Links Are Hinged At Either Side. These ...
To Assemble The Rifle
To Assemble The Rifle. Replace The Parts In The Reverse Order Froin That Given For Dismounting, Keep Ing In Mind The Following Points;—replace The Automatic Cut-off And The Spring. Replace The Magazine Carrier, The Magazine Spindle, And The Maga Zine Spring Together, And Give Tension To The Magazine Carrier By ...
To Dismount The Arm
To Dismount The Arm. 'fake Out The Tang Screw And Removethe Butt Stock. Swing The Main Spring To One Side, Thus Removing All Pressure From The Hammer Screw ; Take Out The Hammer Screw And Remove The Hammer. Remove The Lever Screw And Lever, The Breech Bolt Can Then Be ...
To Fill The Magazine
To Fill The Magazine. Take Hold Of The End Of The Magazine Tube And Draw The Outer Tube Straight Out Until The Loading Hole Is Open. Drop In The Cartridges; Close Down The Tube. The Especially Valuable Feature Here Is That The Cartridges In The Rifle Are Loaded Directly Into ...
Trabue Magazine Gun
Trabue Magazine Gun. The Receiver Of This Gun Is Bored Through Longitudinally For The Breech-bolt In Line With The Barrel, And Also Below The Barrel, In Line With The Magazine, Which Is In The Tip-stock. It Is Also Cut Away At The Side, Forming- At The Rear A Shoulder For ...
Ward Burton Rifle
Ward-burton Rifle. This Breech-loading Small Arm Ltas A Fixed Chamber Closed By A Movable Breech Block Which Slides In The Line Of The Barrel By Direct Action. As A Single Loader The Piece Is Opened By Turning Up The Handle Of The Breech-bolt So As To Disengage The Threads Of ...
Winchester Arms
Winchester Arms. The Repeating And Single Shot Rifles, Repeating Shotguns, And Ammunition Of All Kinds Manufactured By The Winchester Repeating Arms Co. Are Justly Celebrated For Their Superiority And Absolute Reliability'. Over A Million Winchester Guns Have Been Sold During The Thirty Years They Have Been Upon The Market, And ...
Wurfflein Arms
Wurfflein Arms. The Rifles And Pistols Made By William Wurfflein, Of Philadelphia, Are Noted For Accuracy Of Construction And Excellent Shooting Qualities. The Rifle, Which Is Sin Gle Shot Breech-loading, Is Constructed On The Tip-up Barrel System, Figure 1, Which Is The Quickest And Handiest System In Use. For Safety ...
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Park—prohibited At All Times: Ifunting,,, Killing, Wounding Or Capturing Of Any Bird Or Wild Animal, Except Dangerous Animals. And Then Only In Self-defense. Barrisu Columnin—crouse, All Kinds. Prairie Chicken, Hare, Caribou, Moose, Elk, September To December 31. Duck, Heron, Plover, Meadow Lark, Bittern, September To February 28. Deer, Mountain ...
Young Repeating Shot Gun
Young Repeating Shot Gun. This Arin, The Invention Of Charles A. Young, The Well-known And Popu Lar Trap Shooter, Is A Single Barrel, Two Shot Gun Without A Magazine, Designed For Target And Live Bird Shooting. And Made To Shoot Nitro Powders. It Is Hammer Less, And Made With A ...