. The complete wildfowler. Game and game-birds; Hunting. VARIOUS KINDS OF GUNNING-PUNTS 279 details of importance in a gunning-punt that ordinary boat- builders do not care to undertake the job of building one; and, moreover, they detest being dictated to in an art in which they profess to be practitioners, though, unfortunately, they profess more than they can practise. The drawing of a sea-punt shown on page 275 is with- out a gun aboard. I leave this out, allowing for special selection by the sea-punter himself, after discussing some of the many devices invented for taking up the recoil of
. The complete wildfowler. Game and game-birds; Hunting. VARIOUS KINDS OF GUNNING-PUNTS 279 details of importance in a gunning-punt that ordinary boat- builders do not care to undertake the job of building one; and, moreover, they detest being dictated to in an art in which they profess to be practitioners, though, unfortunately, they profess more than they can practise. The drawing of a sea-punt shown on page 275 is with- out a gun aboard. I leave this out, allowing for special selection by the sea-punter himself, after discussing some of the many devices invented for taking up the recoil of big guns. Although, personally, I am a great advocate of the old-fashioned elevating crutch, stout rope breeching from hole in stem of punt to trunnions on gun, and movable -flHE inc«.—. Sliding Rest for Punt-Gun rest, I quite think that if any of the ingenious contrivances invented for quickly aligning the big gun, and taking up the recoil, can claim to supersede the older style, it would be an admirable plan to test them by taking shots at wary fowl on rough water from a sea-punt. Sea-punts which are clinker-built will "rattle" on rippling water. In a choppy sea of "small lumps," as some fishermen term them, the sea-punt, if head on to such a sea, will "flop" or "spank" the water with her bows meanwhile, making no little noise. Such a position for a shallow punt, especially with a heavy gun aboard, would be very dangerous, as with her sharp and shallow bow she would be likely to plunge, or even dive. The noise made by a sea-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duncan, Stanley; Gull, Cyril Edward Ranger, 1876-1947. London, G. Richards, Ltd
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