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How to Shoot: Address by General George W. Wingate, President of the Public Schools Athletic League to High School Boys of New York City (Classic Reprint) by George W Wingate (Paperback / softback, 2016)

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Excerpt from How to Shoot: Address by General George W. Wingate, President of the Public Schools Athletic League to High School Boys of New York City About the middle of the last century, a Frenchman named Minie discovered that by using in a ri e a pointed bullet, the resistance of the atmosphere was so much decreased that the range of the projectile was increased tenfold. His idea was adopted by the French army, and its use soon became universal. The army people rapidly adopted it, t so much because of its increased accuracy, but because the increase of range placed the troops who did t have it at an ermous disadvantage. Until the close of our Civil War military ri es were all muzzle loaders. The charge of powder was contained in a cylinder made of brown paper, at the front end of which the bullet was inserted. The soldier tore off the other end of the cartridge with his teeth, poured the' powder into the barrel of his gun, put the bullet on top of it, rammed it down, put a percussion cap on the nipple and fired it. Not only were these paper cartridges apt to get wet (in which case they were useless), but in rapid firing the barrel became dirty, so that it was almost impossible to ram the bullets down. It was a common thing after a battle to pick up ri es which had five or six loads in them, their owners in their excitement t having observed that the first charge had failed to explode, and put charge after charge on top of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Forgotten Books
ISBN-10
1333459912
ISBN-13
9781333459918
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Author
George w Wingate
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Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
General Sport & Fitness Training

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, Black & White Illustrations
Date of Publication
02/09/2016
Country of Publication
United States

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How to Shoot: Address by General George W. Wingate, President of the Public Schools Athletic League to High School Boys of New York City (Classic Reprint) by George W Wingate (Paperback / softback, 2016)

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