THE PISTOL 



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- 

 Bast 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. 



" 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."— JR ecorder Hackett. 



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

 alike tall (or strong.)" — Carlyie. 



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