This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ... for it. To my eyes, a vertical line to mark the center is unnecessary. If I pay any attention to it at all, I must change eye focus to do so, and this distracts me from my proper business of watching the mark. A triangle of ivory or platinum is worse, because it blurs with the bead of the fore sight. A deep notch is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ... for it. To my eyes, a vertical line to mark the center is unnecessary. If I pay any attention to it at all, I must change eye focus to do so, and this distracts me from my proper business of watching the mark. A triangle of ivory or platinum is worse, because it blurs with the bead of the fore sight. A deep notch is objectionable for hunting, because if I draw down into it (military "half sight") a great deal of the light is cut off. In the forest we need all the light we can get. Drawing half sight has this serious defect, for a hunter, that it is hard to do in quick aiming and may be impossible in dim light. Hence, if the rifle is adjusted for half sight, one is prone to overshoot. I consider it bad practice to draw fine, medium, or coarse bead, according to distance. There is too much guesswork about it. With a high power rifle, you are almost sure to overdo the matter. So, on all accounts, I prefer a plain, level bar, with small nick to mark the center, and I always aim with full bead showing just its plain circle above the bar. When firing beyond the range for which bar or leaf is adjusted, I strive to aim as many inches higher as the drop of bullet requires. For instance, with a rifle using our military cartridge and bar permanently set for a " point-blank " of one hundred and fifty yards, I carry this simple rule in my head: 200 yards = 3 inches drop 225 yards = 5 inches drop 250 yards = 8 inches drop Up to one hundred and seventy-five yards I make no allowance at all, as the variation does not exceed a couple of inches anywhere. It is easier to remember "three, five, eight," and aim accordingly, than to cut off precisely an infinitesimal fraction of an inch at the muzzle while looking keenly at the distant mark. The me...
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Add this copy of Sporting Firearms to cart. $16.27, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
Add this copy of Sporting Firearms to cart. $18.00, very good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1933 by Macmillan.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. Reprint, 1933, hardcover with black stamped green cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 152pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. DJ VG+ with edgewear that includes a small tear to spine head, mild rubbing, front flap price-clipped.
Add this copy of Sporting Firearms to cart. $19.50, good condition, Sold by Rainy Day Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Courtenay, BC, CANADA, published 1938 by Macmillan.
Add this copy of Sporting Firearms to cart. $27.44, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
Add this copy of Sporting Firearms to cart. $40.00, fair condition, Sold by nelsonsbooks rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chazy, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1912 by Outing Publishing Company.
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Fair. No dust jacket. some underling in pencil on a couple pages and some brackets at a couple paragraphs, spine and edges have wear and are rubbed, some pencil notes on the rear end papers. later edition, I think 1923.
