Practical Pointers for Those Who Shoot (Classic Reprint): Stevens Rifles, Pistols, Pocket Rifles - Couverture souple

J. Stevens Arms And Tool Company

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332875173 ISBN 13 : 9781332875177

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master practical shooting basics and club rules in one concise guide you can trust.

This edition of Practical Pointers for Those Who Shoot presents safe target setup, range procedures, and scoring methods used by major clubs. It covers how to place targets, build backing and pits, and how marksmen are expected to conduct themselves during competitions.

The book aligns common positions and rest-based shooting with official rules, helping readers understand what counts as a valid shot, how ties are decided, and how penalties are applied. It also explains how targets are described, what equipment is permitted, and how events are run at the range.

• How to set up a safe shooting range with proper backstops and pits
• Different shooting positions and rest techniques used in competitions
• How targets are described, scored, and interpreted across classes
• Rules for competition management, penalties, and tie-breaking procedures

Ideal for readers of historical firearms manuals and anyone seeking practical, rules-based guidance on rifle and pistol shooting practices.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Practical Pointers for Those Who Shoot Stevens Rifles, Pistols, Pocket Rifles

Angler shooting entangled line from tree Wit/z a Stevens Pistol.

The factory of the J. Stevens Arms and Tool Co. Is at Chicopee Falls, Mass. It is equipped with the finest machinery for manufacturing the celebrated Stevens rifles, pistols and pocket rifles. The highest skill is employed for boring and rifling these arms; and it is admitted by all familiar with the rifles and pistols that nowhere in the world has the art of rifle making been brought to a higher state of perfection than at this factory. Stevens rifles and pistols, from their high reputation, have found their way to every part of the civilized world, and, as a consequence, this company is in receipt of letters from various parts of the world asking for information in relation to rifle and pistol shooting. These questions cover a wide range of subjects. Most of our correspondents wish to know what rifles to select for particular purposes; the proper way to shoot a rifle or pistol; they inquire how to construct a suitable range; they also ask for recognized rules governing rifle and pistol shooting. As such information is difficult to procure, this Com pany has decided to publish in this booklet informa tion which is most frequently sought.

A rifle is a gun, the inside of the barrel being cut with spiral grooves or channels, for the purpose of Spinning the bullets when the exploded powdercreates a gas and propels the bullet from the barrel; this Spinning motion giving range and accuracy to the bullet.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332875173
• ISBN 13: 9781332875177
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 42
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