The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-01-25 00:00:00

Now Reedy, Part Ist, (post fres), One Shilling,

THE RIFLEMAN'S COMPANION.
A NEW WORK BY FRANCIS JOHN LOCK,
OF LONDON AND EXADINO

Author of "The Vuluuteer's Friend," 14th Thousand,
and Special Correspoudent for the Da Cy Neico).

CONTAINS 200 pages, stout paper, Crown
wuh DritwuAgs twin Photogravue of the Au-
thor in Cue Stauding stud Lytug Poeinoue. Addreee,—
}. litor ntlicturu'e CUllllilllloo, at Deacou Leadenhall-
atr, a.C.; or may be obtaiued of ay boolfeeller to
the World. . . .

Amongst the subjects (classified and indexed) treated
upon are : Lucky shooting-1 rainuig—Mow to Select •
Rille—Naturai Deviation—H: 4u, Practice—Range hae-
tice—Aiming—C,,achicg— 0 Ina ;4(e—burrowing—Go
Weather— L nnecessary Haste— sights—Sighting-8}
tacles—Blar—Temperament—Dress— Stimulants-
-Positions of the Swiss, Belgian, French, Scotch, A ac.
rican, German—Secret of Shoulder Shooting—Light—
Shade—Mirage—ltcfraction (revised) Reg stratum—
Cron Winds—Eddies—koulil3g—Pall of Irigger—pcos.
sune—Lucid Explanation of Use of Screw bigot Eleva.
tor—Wind Tabies, corrected from The Volunteer's
Friend "—Damp Weather—Milt,— Heat Sunshine—
Vaned Elevations—Ammunition—How it is tested by
Crack Shots—Defective Sighing—The only way to get
Consecutive Eyes—Conlidence—The Balahce—The Grip
Military Breechloaders—Martini Rapid Firing
Lying Positions Numerous Target Outlines Baled
ditto, Intersecting Lines—Steel Barrels, How to At them
and where to obtain them for ids 64—Sore Shoulders—
How the Cracks" mauler the Wind—Warning to Com-
petitors at Ail-comers' Matches—Cooking the Scores—
Corps, County Fees—Physical and Moral Effects of Vol-
unteering—Father and Son an Private Practice (with
separate ludex)—Canting the kilfle—Practicea of M
Baker, hurt, Luxus, Humphry,Csaieron, dre.—How to
detect Short Cartridges—Bad 13ffilets—ffew Barrels—
Peculiarities of different Ranges—Cause of Ricochets--
Change of Wind—Density of Atmosphere—The Uses of
the Barometer, Hygrometer, and the Anemometer fully
explained—Shooting from 600 to 600 Yards—Qualifica-
tions for a lieaily Good Shot, ffic , ‘te,
Target Outlines, with Registers, cloth 12 stamps.
But a few cloth copies ihe Volunteer's Friend " (100
pages, crown Oto) remaining, these can be sent to young
shots at wholesale—prior-14 stamps, post free, or six
copies for fie.
Officers cloairous of advancing the shooting powers of
their companies, and of emulating the example of others
by presenting copies of The Voltuateer'a Friend "to
their men, Can have 25 cloth copies for 2thi ; 50 for his
hixpeopy Edition, 366 per hundred.
The Metal Screw Sight Elevator, with Tabulated Scale
(range practice obviated), is 6d ; postage, 2d.
A beat Steel Barrel Snider, chequered stock, as allowed
at Wimbledon, 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), ed per bottle, poet free.
A boa containing one dozen la bottles of Clonld's Fluid,
or chemically refined oil, sent to any address on receipt
of Post-oillce Order, ea bottles for 4. 6d.
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.• Loch's 'treaties' on Pitman's bhorthaud,"Tstamps
poet free. (No leaeher required).
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Stamps accepted 143 payment, but, when convenient,
fiend .1•0,1-oitice °titer, payalile to kfallele, John Lock at
the Leaciencali,treet Pobt-oltice, London. Cheque
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