The American Shotgun
by Charles Askins
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About this eBook
- Author
- Askins, Charles, 1861-1947
- Title
- The American shotgun
- Original Publication
- New York: Outing Publishing Company, 1910.
- Credits
- deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- SK: Agriculture: Hunting sports
- Subject
- Shotguns -- United States
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 79480
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79480
- Release Date
- August 31, 2026
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The American Shotgun
- 2.Untitled
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 5.PREFACE
- 6.CHAPTER I GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON ARMS PAST AND PRESENT
- 7.CHAPTER II CONSTRUCTION OF SHOTGUNS — Barrels — Compressed Steel — Finishing Barrels — Gun Boring and Polishing — Barrel Fitting — Cost of Barrels—Rough and Finished
- 8.CHAPTER III THE FRAME — Locking Bolts and Fastenings — Extended Rib — The Rotary Bolt — The Box-Lock and Sideplate Lock — Cocking Devices — The Cocking Hook — Safety Bolts—Tumbler Bolts
- 9.CHAPTER IV GUN STOCKS — Fore-end — The Self-Ejector
- 10.CHAPTER V TRIGGERS AND TRIGGER PULL AND THE SINGLE TRIGGER — The Single Trigger
- 11.CHAPTER VI THE MATTER OF ENGRAVING — American and Foreign Shotguns Compared
- 12.CHAPTER VII GRADES AND PRICES — The Cheapest Grade — The Twenty Dollar Field Grade — The American Knockabout — Field and Trap Gun — The Higher Grade — The Highest Grade.
- 13.CHAPTER VIII REPEATING AND AUTOMATIC SHOTGUNS
- 14.CHAPTER IX FITTING THE GUN TO THE MAN. — Measuring a Gun Stock — The Comb — The Monte Carlo Comb — Cast-Off — The Grip — The Butt Plate — Gun Balance — Try-Guns and Shooting Schools
- 15.CHAPTER X GAUGES AND CHARGES — The Eight Gauge — The Ten Gauge — The Twelve Gauge — The Sixteen Gauge — The Twenty Gauge — The Twenty-eight Gauge — Gunmakers’ Table of Weights in Proportion to Gauge and Load
- 16.CHAPTER XI CHOKES, PATTERNS, AND VELOCITIES — Evenness of Pattern — Shot Velocities
- 17.CHAPTER XII THE CARE OF THE GUN
- 18.PART II SCIENCE OF WING-SHOOTING
- 19.CHAPTER I WING-SHOOTING PROBLEMS
- 20.CHAPTER II AIMING — One Eye Sighting — Binocular Shooting—Two-Eye Aiming — Carver Method of Gun Pointing
- 21.CHAPTER III SNAP SHOOTING—DELIBERATE SWING—RAPID SWING
- 22.CHAPTER IV PRIMARY LESSONS
- 23.CHAPTER V SOME SHOOTING PSYCHOLOGY — The Effect of Recoil — Flinching — Concentration — Self-Confidence
- 24.CHAPTER VI SPEED OF FLIGHT—WHERE TO HOLD—JUDGING DISTANCES — Mathematical Lead — Judging Distances
- 25.CHAPTER VII HINTS ON SHOOTING DIFFERENT GAME BIRDS — The Bob White Quail — Prairie Chicken Shooting — The Ruffed Grouse — Snipe Shooting — Wildfowl Shooting
- 26.CHAPTER VIII FIELD ETIQUETTE — Shooting in Company
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