Modern sporting gunnery, a manual of practical information for shooters of to-day Henry Sharp on Amazon.com.FREE. shipping on qualifying offers. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages. Author: SHARP Henry Title: Modern Sporting Gunnery, A Manual Of Practical Information For Shooters Of Today Price: £90.00 Year: 1906 Edition: 1st Edn, Publisher: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co Ltd Summary: X 526 pages, AEG, full page and text illus from photographs, drawings etc., a very clean copy bound in near contemporary 1/2 brown calf, light rubbing to corners and edges.
Westley Richards Sherwood Miniature ‘Rook’ RifleChambered in.297/250 Rook this Westley Richards Sherwood rifle is an exquisite example of a group of British sporting rifles popular from the 1890s to the 1910s. Small calibre miniature target rifles for sport shooting and hunting small game such as rabbits and birds (i.e.
Victorian men wanted a small calibre rifle which they could use to hunt without fear of the bullets destroying the meat and that was not too powerful to ensure the round didn’t over penetrate or travel a great distance if the shooter missed.Diagram showing the Westley Richards take down system from Henry Sharp’s Modern Sporting Gunnery. The result was a family of small centrefire cartridges ranging from.220 to.300. Westley Richards’ Sherwood rifle was one of many made by British gunmakers. A small lightweight takedown rifle which used an improved Martini action chambered in the small ‘Rook and Rabbit’ calibres made an ideal rifle for hunting and smallbore target shooting (see images #3 & #4).While this advert does not mention.297/250 it does show the action of the Westley Richards Sherwood. The rifles were found to be extremely accurate with various sophisticated sights fitted for competition.
The Sherwood performed well during competitions at Bisley. They were sold for between £2 and up to £12 (about £1,300 today) for special models.The advent of.22 Long Rifle ended the dominance of the Rook cartridges by 1906.22 Long and.22 Long Rifle were beginning to become popular and many of the older Rook rifles have since been re-chambered in.22 Long Rifle.Sources:In Praise of Rook Rifles, T. Wieland Modern Sporting Gunnery (1906), H.
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