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Rifles & Rifle Shooting

Charles Askins

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Description:This is a facsimile of the 1936 edition of "Rifles and Rifle Shooting" by Charles Askins. Originally written in 1912 and last printed in 1936, "Rifles and Rifle Shooting" seeks to teach the aspiring riflemen the proper way to shoot a rifle for a variety of purposes. Askins covers the varieties of rifles and ammunition available to the shooters of the early to mid-20th Century. More importantly, Askins instructs the reader in how to shoot the rifle from an assortment of positions. Additionally, stock design, sights, recoil, and trajectory are covered. Finally, Askins introduces the reader to trick and fancy shooting as well as Schuetzen matches. From the Foreword: The sword, the lance, the longbow, and the long rifle were the weapons of romance. The sword has been a practically useless arm all these three hundred years, yet it is carried by military men and others simply because of its tremendous hold upon the imagination. The knight and his war-horse, his lance and his great two-handed sword are alive today, just as they were a thousand years ago, though his immense blade has dwindled in modern hands to a mere toy to be carried on parade—for four hundred years popular imagination has kept it hung to the soldier's waist after its work was done. If we are a nation of riflemen today, it is not because the nation needs us for its defense, not from military ardor, but for the reason that the American boy is trailing in the footsteps of a lean lanky figure, clad in homespun and leather, across his shoulders the long rifle that never missed. This man of the woods, the plains, and the mountains, iron-like, aquiline, aggressive, unafraid, with a weapon as deadly as death, is still trailing the dark woods, and following him are all the youth of America who know American tradition. Hence are we a nation of riflemen who shoot the arm for its own sake and for the beloved tradition connected with it. English history has its longbow, France, its sword, Normandy, its axe, but American romance has only the rifle. It fed the children of the pioneer, conquered his enemies, made life bearable. Deep in his heart, where dwell vanity and pride, the descendant of the backwoodsman believes that the American is the only real rifleman today, and the only one that ever will be. Then let the romancers romance! Long live Cooper and Leather-stocking! Even Wild Bill and the James boys will do more good dead than they ever did harm alive if they lead our youth to shoot a rifle and shoot it straight. Let us raise more English sparrows, and jay birds, and neighbor's cats for the small boy to shoot at, since he needs them in his business of training to become a rifleman.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rifles & Rifle Shooting. To get started finding Rifles & Rifle Shooting, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This is a facsimile of the 1936 edition of "Rifles and Rifle Shooting" by Charles Askins. Originally written in 1912 and last printed in 1936, "Rifles and Rifle Shooting" seeks to teach the aspiring riflemen the proper way to shoot a rifle for a variety of purposes. Askins covers the varieties of rifles and ammunition available to the shooters of the early to mid-20th Century. More importantly, Askins instructs the reader in how to shoot the rifle from an assortment of positions. Additionally, stock design, sights, recoil, and trajectory are covered. Finally, Askins introduces the reader to trick and fancy shooting as well as Schuetzen matches. From the Foreword: The sword, the lance, the longbow, and the long rifle were the weapons of romance. The sword has been a practically useless arm all these three hundred years, yet it is carried by military men and others simply because of its tremendous hold upon the imagination. The knight and his war-horse, his lance and his great two-handed sword are alive today, just as they were a thousand years ago, though his immense blade has dwindled in modern hands to a mere toy to be carried on parade—for four hundred years popular imagination has kept it hung to the soldier's waist after its work was done. If we are a nation of riflemen today, it is not because the nation needs us for its defense, not from military ardor, but for the reason that the American boy is trailing in the footsteps of a lean lanky figure, clad in homespun and leather, across his shoulders the long rifle that never missed. This man of the woods, the plains, and the mountains, iron-like, aquiline, aggressive, unafraid, with a weapon as deadly as death, is still trailing the dark woods, and following him are all the youth of America who know American tradition. Hence are we a nation of riflemen who shoot the arm for its own sake and for the beloved tradition connected with it. English history has its longbow, France, its sword, Normandy, its axe, but American romance has only the rifle. It fed the children of the pioneer, conquered his enemies, made life bearable. Deep in his heart, where dwell vanity and pride, the descendant of the backwoodsman believes that the American is the only real rifleman today, and the only one that ever will be. Then let the romancers romance! Long live Cooper and Leather-stocking! Even Wild Bill and the James boys will do more good dead than they ever did harm alive if they lead our youth to shoot a rifle and shoot it straight. Let us raise more English sparrows, and jay birds, and neighbor's cats for the small boy to shoot at, since he needs them in his business of training to become a rifleman.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rifles & Rifle Shooting. To get started finding Rifles & Rifle Shooting, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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