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Colt Derringer 203 Colt Automatic Pistol .25 205 United States Army Regulation .45 Colt Automatic Pistol 233 United States Army Regulation .45 Colt Automatic Pistol. Sectional View 237 Gastinne-Renette Gallery 271 Gastinne-Renette Gallery—Firing Points 273 Shield on Duelling Pistol with Guard for Devilliers Bullet 301 The Greener Killer 310 Winans’ Revolver Front Sights 324 Author’s World’s Record Score 334 Author’s World’s Record Score 335 Author’s World’s Record Score 336 Author’s World’s Record Score 337 Author’s World’s Record Score 338 Author’s World’s Record Score 339 Author’s World’s Record Score. Twenty Yards Disappearing Target 340 Author’s World’s Record Score. Twenty Yards Disappearing Target 341 Author’s World’s Record Score. Twenty Yards Disappearing Target 342 Author’s World’s Record Score. Six Shots in 12 Seconds 343 Author’s World’s Record Score. For Military Revolver and Sights 344 Author’s World’s Record Score. Twenty Yards Rapid-Firing Target 345 Author’s World’s Record Score. For 3-Inch Bull’s-Eye Traversing Target, 20 Yards 346 Author’s World’s Record Score. For 2-Inch Bull’s-Eye Traversing Target, 20 Yards 347 Author’s World’s Record Score Advancing Target 348 Author’s World’s Record Score Fifty Yards Target 349 Twelve Highest Possible Scores Made by the Author in Revolver Competitions at 20 Yards in 1895 350

 

 

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The Modern Pistol and
How to Shoot it

 

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

There is now no use learning revolver shooting. That form of pistol is obsolete except in the few instances where it survives for target shooting, or is carried for self-defence; just as flintlock muskets even now survive in out-of-the-way parts of the world.

If a man tries to defend himself with a revolver against another armed with an automatic pistol he is at a great disadvantage.

The automatic is more accurate than a revolver, as the “blow-back” does not vary as much as does the escape of gas past the cylinder in a