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not take good sight ; this may be prevented 

 by having a tin shade, about four inches 

 long, made to fit on the barrel, over the 

 hind sight, and high enough to see the 

 object to be shot at, under it, at a distance. 

 It should be in the shape of a section of 

 the barrel, slit longitudinally. When the 

 sights are properly regulated, mark them. 



OF THE BREECH. 



The rifle should be single breeched. 

 Though not so convenient to take the 

 barrel out of the stock for the purpose of 

 washing, yet, as it is attached to the stock 

 by the breech screw, it lies more secure, 

 and is not hable to be placed in a different 

 situation when put back into the stock, 

 which might cause an alteration in the 

 shooting. 



The common patent breech, or the pear 

 chamber, as we call it, would increase the 

 power of the gun, by the powder acting 

 immediately on the centre of the ball ; 



