By Charles Askins
Originally published in 1936
Reprinted here in its entirety by Sportsman’s Vintage Press, edited and optimized for web viewing.
CONTENTS
Foreword
I. Development of the American Breech-Loading Rifle
II. The Single Shot Rifle
III. The Lever Action Repeater
IV. The Pump-Action Repeater and the Military Bolt-Action
V. Double Rifle—Rifle and Shot-Gun
VI. Self Loading Rifle
VII. Rifle Cartridges
VIII. Miniature and Gallery—Small Game
IX. Match-Rifle Cartridges and Their Manipulation
X. High Power, Small Bore Hunting Cartridges
XI. Big Bore, High Power Cartridges
XII. Trajectory, Accuracy, and Power of Hunting Cartridges
XIII. Weight of Rifle and Recoil
XIV. Stocks and Triggers
XV. Rifle Sights
XVI. Positions for Rifle Shooting
XVII. Outdoor Target Shooting
XVIII. Quick Firing and Running Shots
XIX. Fancy Snap and Wingshooting
XX. Schuetzen—Two-Hundred Yard Sharpshooting
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