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The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It

by Walter Winans

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  1. 1Epigraph — Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — Introduction
  3. 3Chapter II — Sport Versus Sports
  4. 4Chapter III — Why Pistol Shooting Is Unpopular
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Wrong Way to Learn
  6. 6Chapter V — Preliminary Information
  7. 7Chapter VI — How to Prevent Accidents
  8. 8Chapter VII — How to Prevent Accidents (Continued)
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Trigger-Pull
  10. 10Chapter IX — Ammunition
  11. 11Chapter X — First Lessons
  12. 12Chapter XI — Learning to Shoot
  13. 13Chapter XII — Sights
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Targets
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Practical Targets
  16. 16Chapter XV — How to Hold the Pistol
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Running Shots
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Running Shots (Continued)
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Shooting an Automatic Pistol
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Timing Apparatus
  21. 21Chapter XX — Snap Shooting
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Long Range Shooting
  23. 23Chapter XXII — The Automatic Pistol
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — The Mechanism of the Automatic Pistol
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Peculiarities and Faults of Automatic Pistols
  26. 26Chapter XXV — Final Practice
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — Exhibition Shooting
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — Control of Temper
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — The Effect of Alcohol and Nicotine on Shooting
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — Cleaning and Care of the Pistol
  31. 31Chapter XXX — Practical Pistol Shooting
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — Danger of Leaving Pistols About
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — Using One’s Brains in Shooting
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — The Perfect Target
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — Is Duelling Wrong?
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — Remarks on Duelling
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — Remarks on Duelling (Continued)
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — Details as to Duelling
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — Ought Duelling to Be Abolished?
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX — How to Prepare a Novice in Half an Hour for a Duel
  41. 41Chapter XL — Pistols for Self-Defence
  42. 42Chapter XLI — Dress
  43. 43Chapter XLII — Self-Defence
  44. 44Chapter XLIII — Protecting the Eyes and Ears
  45. 45Chapter XLIV — Eyesight
  46. 46Chapter XLV — The Weather and Shooting
  47. 47Chapter XLVI — Military Automatic Pistols
  48. 48Chapter XLVII — Recoil
  49. 49Chapter XLVIII — Judging Distance
  50. 50Chapter XLIX — Game Shooting
  51. 51Chapter L — Shooting From Horseback
  52. 52Chapter LI — Gallery Automatic Pistols
  53. 53Chapter LII — Shooting Gallery
  54. 54Chapter LIII — The Gastinne-Renette Gallery
  55. 55Chapter LIV — Open Air Ranges
  56. 56Chapter LV — Shooting in Literature
  57. 57Chapter LVI — Grip
  58. 58Chapter LVII — Trick Shooting
  59. 59Chapter LVIII — The Devilliers Bullet
  60. 60Chapter LIX — Killing Injured Animals
  61. 61Chapter LX — Competitions
  62. 62Chapter LXI — Police Pistols
  63. 63Chapter LXII — Inventors
  64. 64Chapter LXIII — Simplification
  65. 65Appendix A
  66. 66Appendix B
  67. 67Appendix C

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