Guide to Big Game Hunting in India- 1920 Shikar Field Book

CONTENTS INCLUDE:

• Guide to Big Game Hunting in India- 1920 Shikar Field Book
• The Indian Field Shikar Book 1920
• Compiled by W. S. Burke
• Thacker, Spink & Co. Calcutta and Simla India
• Preface – the need for a small encyclopedia about big game hunting
• Guns Rifles and Ammunition
• Differences in Guns
• Jeffery, Henry, Westley Richards, Sherwood, Rigby, Holland, Gibbs
• Boswell, Lang, Lancaster
• Table of Shotgun or Smooth Bore Gauges
• How to find the twist of the Rifling
• Hints on Shotgun and Express Cartridges
• Hints on Casting Lead Bullets and Loading Express Cartridges
• Pressures and Velocities
• Drachms to Grains
• Selecting and Cleaning a gun.
• What to do before using
• Shikar Wrinkles ( problems)
• What to wear on the hunt and what to pack
• How many coolies to take with you
• Medicine to take with you
• How tall is the elephant?
• Fishing accessories and necessities
• Howdah Accessories
• The Sportsman Library
• Restrictions on the .303 and Martini Henry Rifle

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