. The breech-loader and how to use it . ty-seventh, and sixtieth 288 The Breech-Loader, were birds that on a regulation boundary would have beenlost birds. The bounds for this match, although not quite what oneman remarked, were all out of doors. I think in somedirections the distance must have been over loo yards. Extractfrojn Letter received February i^th, 1889. In J 870 my father bought two lo-bore W. W. Greenerguns, one of them has been in use continually ever since inthe hands of my uncle in Dakota, and he writes me thatthe gun is as sound as when purchased nineteen years ago,the only bre
. The breech-loader and how to use it . ty-seventh, and sixtieth 288 The Breech-Loader, were birds that on a regulation boundary would have beenlost birds. The bounds for this match, although not quite what oneman remarked, were all out of doors. I think in somedirections the distance must have been over loo yards. Extractfrojn Letter received February i^th, 1889. In J 870 my father bought two lo-bore W. W. Greenerguns, one of them has been in use continually ever since inthe hands of my uncle in Dakota, and he writes me thatthe gun is as sound as when purchased nineteen years ago,the only breakage that ever occurred being the lever has killed upwards of 200 deer, and, to use his own ex-pression, over a steamboat load of wild fowl, with it. Thegun has been re-stocked, and is apparently good for fifteenyears to come. Your bolted extension rib, however, is in-comparable, and I would purchase your gun for this featurealone. H. M. D. The Standard Work upon Firearms. The Gdn and its Development. With Notes on Fifth Edition. Revised and Brought Down to Date,•with many Additions, containingsome 550 ninstrations, 750 Pages. Price lOje. THE GUN AND ITS DEVELOPMENT contains a fullhistory of Early Firearms, and traces the evolution ofthe Modern Military Rifle and Sporting Shot Gun. No pointof interest is left unnoticed, and the work has been thoroughlyrevised, added to, and brought down to date by variedadditions. A few Opinions of the Press. Written with creditable fairness.—-The Times. We can cordially recommend the book to om- readers.—Tlie Field. An elaboi-ate and comprehensive treatise. — Tirf, Field, andFarm {New York). Artistic in character, and full of entertainment.—IlhistratedLondonNezos. A comprehensive encyclopsedia. . An invaluable book ofreferences, which will take its place unchallenged at the head of the litera-ture of firearms.—Forest and Stream {New York). The handsome volume is a perfect storehouse of knowledge inreference to
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