The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-12-28 00:00:00

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THE RIFLMIcS COMPANION.
NEW WORK BY FRANCIS JOHN LOCK,

OV LONDON AND ANNAN°
(Author of " The Volante,'. Frimrd," 14th Thouand,
ml Special Corrospo• ••mit lot ch. LiIU y New).
O,ONT N.:NS 200 Imps, stout raper. Crow"
rev. , I),.winge from Photostrapn• of the Au-
thor in the standing awl Lying P mitionz. Address,—
Editor :Sideman's Compsnom, at Deacon Lead odrill-
street, E.C. ; or may be obtaiiied of soy booluieti
the World.
•t Amongst the subjects (classified and indexed) treated
upon are : husky Shooting—Training—How to Select a
~;
• Ritle—Natural Deviatem—Hoine Practice—Range Prac.
i',„tice--Alniting—Coriching—Wlndage—Burrowing—Lin
Weis:her-1: nuecessary !(asts —Slghts—SightinK—S)
Sacles—Blur—'b mperament —Dress— Stimulants-
-Positions of the Swiss, Belgian, French, Scotch, S ne-
rican, German—Secret of Shoulder Shooting—Light—
Shade—Mirage—Refraction (revised) Reg strattou—
Cross Winds—Eddies—Fouling—Pull of Trigger—Pres-
sure—Eueid Explanation of Use of Screw Sight Eleva-
tor—Wind Tables, corrected from .• The Volunteer's
Friend "—Damp Weather—Misty— Heat Sunshine—
Varied Elevations—Ammunition—How it is tested by
Crack Shots—Defective Sighting—The only way to get
Consecutive Eyes—Confidence—The Balance—The Grip
—Military Breechloaders—Martini Rapid Niring
Lying Positions Numerous Target Outlines Ruled
ditto, intersecting Lines—Steel Barrels, flow to tit them
and where to obtain them for lde 6d—Sore Shoulders
How the " Crooks" master the Wind—Warning to Coma
petitors at All.comers' Matches—Cooking the Scores—
Corps, County Fees—Physical and Moral Effects of Vol-
noteering—Father and Son so Private Practice (with
separate tidies)—Canting the Rifle—Practices of Messrs
Baker, hurt, Cortes, Buniphry,Cameron, dc,—How to
detect Short Cartridges—Bad Bullets—New Barrels—
Peculiarities of different Ranges—Cause of Ricochets
Change of Wind—Density of Atmosphere—The USOS of
the Barometer, IIygrOMMOV. NMI the Anemometer fully
explained—Shooting from 600 to 600 Yards-41.11nm-
Bons for a Really hood Shot, Ss: , Ac.
Target Outlines, with Registers, cloth 12 stamps.
But a few cloth copies "The Volunteer's Friend" (100
pa, crown Soo) remaining, these coo be Sent to young
shots at wholesale—priee-14 stamps, post free, or six
copies for
Officers desirous of advancing the shooting powers of
their companies, and of emulating the example of others
by presenting copies of "The Volunteer's Friend" to
their men, CND have 25 cloth copies for 20s ; 50 for 37s
6d Sixpenny Edition, 36s per hundred.
The Metal Screw Sight Elevator, with Tabulated Scale
(range practice obviated), Is 6d ; postage, 2d.
A best Steel Barrel Snider, chequered stock, as allowed
at Wimblodon, sighted correctly upon a range similar in
every respect to Wimbledon, accuracy guaranteed, price
£6 15s.
Lock's Sight Black (equal to one dozen bottles any
other), 8d per bottle, post free.
A box containing one dozen is bottles of Gould's
or chemically refined oil, sent to any address on receipt
of Post-office Order, Eis 6d. Sin bottles for 40 lid.
"Lock's Treatise on Pitman's Shorthand," 6 stamps
post free. (No Teacher required).
Stamps accepted as payment, but, when convenient,
send Priat-odice Order, payable to Francis John Lock at
the Leadenhall-street Post-oflice, Loudon. Cheques
crossed Birbeck Bank.
All Volunteers' necessaries supplied by the Editor.

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