Shooting High Pheasants in Theory and Practice

Nonfiction, Sports, Outdoors, Hunting
Cover of the book Shooting High Pheasants in Theory and Practice by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Read Books Ltd.
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Author: Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey ISBN: 9781444659726
Publisher: Read Books Ltd. Publication: April 16, 2013
Imprint: Home Farm Books Language: English
Author: Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey
ISBN: 9781444659726
Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
Publication: April 16, 2013
Imprint: Home Farm Books
Language: English

Originally published London 1913. Every shooter longs to kill the the really high birds. This book will help him to do so or, at the very least. show him why he doesn't. This book was, and probably still is, the very last word on the subject. Contents Include: Effect of wind on a charge of shot. Patterns and Penetrations at Various distances. Experiments with large shot. The height at which a pheasant can be killed. Perpendicular and Horizontal shooting. Twenty exceptionally high pheasants, and how they were killed. The stringing of shot. Penetration of shot. Differences in apparent sizes of overhead pheasants. Killing behind the shooter. Best Angles. etc. etc.

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Originally published London 1913. Every shooter longs to kill the the really high birds. This book will help him to do so or, at the very least. show him why he doesn't. This book was, and probably still is, the very last word on the subject. Contents Include: Effect of wind on a charge of shot. Patterns and Penetrations at Various distances. Experiments with large shot. The height at which a pheasant can be killed. Perpendicular and Horizontal shooting. Twenty exceptionally high pheasants, and how they were killed. The stringing of shot. Penetration of shot. Differences in apparent sizes of overhead pheasants. Killing behind the shooter. Best Angles. etc. etc.

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