359 pages, about 11" x 8", glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice original. Printed on high quality 20# 97 bright acid free paper. Fully Illustrated.

Contents - Index:

• Pages: 359

• By The United States Cartridge Company-1892
• Discovery and Principles of a Rifle. - Rifles of the Present. - Material for Rifle Barrels
• Manufacture of Rifle Barrels. – Boring - - Straightening. - Rifling. - Leading and Chambering
• Forgings. - Additional work on Barrels - Stocking
• Rifle Sights. - Front Open Sights
• Rifle Sights. - Rear Open Sights and Rear Peep Sights
• Combination Rifle Sights
• Target Sights for Rifles
• Telescope Rifle Sights.
• Hunting Rifles. - Single Shot and Repeating Rifles
• Target Rifles, - Rifles for Off-hand and
• Rest Target Shooting
• Military Rifles
• Pocket Rifles
• Positions in Rifle Shooting
• Aiming, Sighting, Holding, and Firing
• Trajectories of Rile Bullets
• What it is possible to do with a Rifle
• The Manipulation and Care of Rifles
• The Proper and the Absurd Use of the Rifle.
• Constructing a Rifle Range. – Laying out a Range. - Arrangement of the Butts and Pits. - Systems for Marking Shots
• Targets used by American Riflemen
• Preparing Rifle Ammunition
• The Art of Bullet Making
• Modern Machinery for Manufacturing Rifles
• Round Bullets in Modern Rifles.
• RULES GOVERNING RIFLE SHOOTING