The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-03-15 00:00:00

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THE RIFLEMAN'S MPANION.
• NEW WORK ET FRANCIS JOHN LOCK,

OF LONDON AND READING

Author of "The Volunteer's Friend,- 14th Thousand,
and Special Correspondent for the Davy News).

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thor in the Standing and Lying Positions. Address,—
Editor Rifleman's Companion, at Deacon Leadenhall-
etreet, E.C. ; or may be obtained of say bookseller in
the World.
Amongst the subjects (classified and indexed) treated
upon are: Lucky Shooting—Training--How to Select a
Rifle—Natural Deviation—Home Practice—Range Frac-
Lice—Aiming—Coaching W mange—Barrow ing—uu I
Weather—Unnecessary Haste— Sights—Sigh tine—Si
Wales—Blur—Temperament—Drees— Stimulants-1
—Positions of the Swim, Belgian, French, Scotch,A ae-
ricau, Unman—Secret of Shoulder Sheoting--Light—
Shade—Mirage--Befraction (revised) Reg stration—
Crone Windin—Eddies—Fouling--Pull of Trigger—Pres-
sure—Lucid Explanation of Use of Screw Sight Eleva-
tor—Wind Tables, corrected from .• The Volunteer's
Friend "—Damp Weather—Misty— Heat Sun.hine—
Varied Elevations—Ammunition—How it is tested by
Crack Shots—Defective Sighting—The only stay to get
Consecutive Eyes—Confidence—The Balance— i he , ,rip
—Military Breeehloaders—Martini Rapid Firing
Lying Positions Numerous Target Outlines Ruled
ditto, intersecting Lines—Steel Barrels, How to fit them
and where to obtain Com for Da 6.l—Sure Shoulders—
How the " Creche" rusater the Wind—Warning to Com-
petitors at All-comers' Matches—Cooking the Scores—
Corps, County lees—Physical and Moral Effects of Vol-
unteering—Father and Son as Private Practice (with
separate Index)—Canting the hifle—Practicesof Messrs
Baker, Burt, Cortes, Humphry,Camerou, A:c.—How to
detect Short Cartridges—Bad Bullets—New Bareols—
Peculiarities of different Ranges—Cause of Picochets—
Change of Wind—Density of Atmosphere—The Uses of
the barometer, Hygrometer, and the A.nemouleter fully
explained—Shooting from 600 to 800 lards—Qualifies-
non, for a iteithy Oood Shot, d.c , ,Vc.
Tturget Outlines, with Registers, Cloth 12 starlit.,
But • few moth copies" Abe Volunteer's Friend" (100
pages, crown 8vo) remaining, these can be sent to young
shot, at wholesale-I,rice-14 stamps, post free, or six
copies fur lis.
Officers desirous of advancing the shooting powers of
their companies, and of emulatiog the example of others
by presenting copies .if " Ihe Volunteer's knend " to
their men, can have 25 coati copies for 20.; 50 for 37s
Id. sixpenny i.CiLlroll, 56. per hundred.
pit: Metal Sciew signi rMerator, wain Tabtilged Scale
irilirge practice obviated), 7. 6d ; posfse.. 24. .

A Leta bite, barrel bulgier, urb,giuruu stuck, is mluvred
Wllllllii#Ckoli, elghted currecay upon a range Fryndor
every respect to Wimbledon, GCOU/VlCht gtearanteee, irc
£6 tbs.
Lock's Sista Black (equal to one dosun buttiso any
other), td per bottle, post free.
A box costsining owl slogan Is bottles if (iould's Fluid,
or chersisally refined oil, sent to an) riiiiress on receipt
of Post•alce Order, da 6d. Six bottles for es 6d.

Cock's Treatise .on Pitman's Sh...ithand," 6 stamps
post tree. (No Teacher required).
Stamps accepted as payment, but, shen convenient,
send Pest-office Order, payable to ktancz. John Lock at
the Leadenhall-street Poet-office, Loadoe. Cheque.
Cr0•4111d Birbeck Bank.

Al! Volunteers necessaries ruppbod by the Editor.