CLEANING. 



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For wild fowl in flocks, or grouse in packs cat 



great distances Green, No. I. 



For wild swans ( . Green, SSG. 



For wild peacocks, bustards, turkeys, &c., in 



India, Canada, &c Green, No. 1, to AAA. 



Random shooting at deer, or large game of any 

 description, where the sportsman has not the 

 opportunity of using the rifle Green, SG. 



The following rules should be carefully remembered and 

 followed, in order to prevent accidents during loading : 



Rule 1. Always uncock the loaded barrel of your gun 

 after discharging the other. The loaded one should be 

 left at half-cock, and the other with the striker down on 

 the nipple. 



Rule 2. In loading the last-discharged barrel, always keep 

 the loaded one farthest from the hand. 



Rule 3. Never put the caps on before loading the cock 

 may slip, even with the best lock. Moreover, the powder 

 is prevented from reaching the end of the nipple. 



Rule 4. After the caps are on and pushed home, never 

 leave the cock down on them, as in this position a blow 

 on the cock, or even on the butt, may occasion an ex- 

 plosion. 



Rule 5. Never point the gun at any living object during 

 cocking and uncocking, when the cock is very apt to slip 

 from the hand of a cold or awkward person ; and to avoid 

 all danger of this, keep the muzzles pointing to the ground 

 at an angle of 45. 



CLEANING. 



To clean the percussion gun in all its parts, it is necessary 

 to be able to take it to pieces, but for common purposes all 

 that is required is to wash out the barrels and oil the locks. 

 A turnscrew, nipple-wrench, and cleaning-rod are the tools 

 for all but taking the lock to pieces, which requires in addi- 

 tion a era t up. 



To clean the barrels, first take them from the stock by 

 pulling back the stop from the eye or eyes in the fore-end of 

 the stock; then having half-cocked the locks, lift out the 

 barrels, take out the nipples with the wrench, put them on 



