The Only Practical Book Published on this Subject. 



THE PISTOL 



AS A 



WEAPON OF DEFENCE, 



In the House and on the Road, 

 12mo. Cloth. 50 cents. 



This work aims to instruct the peaceable and law-abiding citizens in the 

 best means of protecting themselves from the attacks of the brutal and 

 the lawless. Its contents are as follows: The Pistol as a Weapon of De- 

 fence The Carrying of Fire-Arms Different kinds of Pistols in Market; 

 how to Choose a Pistol Ammunition, different kinds; Powder, Caps, 

 Bullets, Copper Cartridges, etc. Best form of Bullet How to Load- 

 Best charge for Pistols How to regulate the Charge Care of the Pistol; 

 how to clean it How to handle and carry the Pistol How to Learn to 

 Shoot Practical use of the Pistol; how to Protect yourself and how to 

 Disable your antagonist. 



"No man is fit to keep house who is not fit to defend it." Henry Ward 

 Beecher. 



11 So long as rogues cannot be prevented from carrying weapons, honest 

 men do not consult their own safety and the public good by totally dis- 

 carding them." .Recorder HacketL, 



" Such I hold to be the genuine use of gunpowder; that it makes all mei. 

 alike call (or strong.)" Carlyie. 

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