The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It

by Walter Winans

INDEX

A
Accidents, [10];
from loaded weapons, [21], [160];
how to prevent, [26], [33], [58];
on the stage, [282], [291]
Africa, shooting in, [261]
Alcohol, danger from use of, [4], [95], [140], [145]
Allowance, [93], [243]
Ammunition, [44], [251], [262];
blank, [282];
Eley, [334], [340], [346];
U. M. C., [335], [341], [342], [343], [344], [345], [347]
Animals, killing wounded, [305]
Art of Revolver Shooting, The, quoted, [iii.], [17], [81], [135], [191], [297];
changes made in, [25]
“Au Commandemant,” shooting, [227]
Author, duelling championship of, [61];
running deer championship of, [87];
snap shooting score of, [106];
member of London Royal Academy, [159];
author’s trotting horses, [210];
Sika deer shot by the, [271];
gold medals won by, [275];
trophies modelled by the, [317];
sights designed by the, [324];
world’s record scores by the, [333-350]
Automatic pistol, accuracy of the, [1];
the Colt regulation, [2], [45], [80], [84], [133], [200], [212], [231], [233];
dangerous to handle, [3], [46], [129];
sole weapon in the U. S., [17];
how to hold the, [21], [286];
inventors of the, [22];
danger from recoil, [59];
the civilian, [84];
the police, [84];
the Savage, [84];
the Smith & Wesson, [84];
the German military, [84];
recoil of the, [59], [84], [96], [97];
shooting with the, [97], [113];
the safety bolt of the, [99];
powerful cartridge of the, [109], [251];
the U. S. army, [109];
description of the, [113], [118];
faults of the, [125];
the Colt new safety, [128];
cleaning and care of the, [152];
military automatics, [231], [248];
proper ammunition for, [251];
the Mauser, [252];
use on horseback, [258]
Automatic gallery pistols, [260];
the Winans model, [263];
.22 long barrel Colt, [265];
.22 target Colt, [296];
capable of improvement, [329];
graceful lines of the Colt, [330]
B
Balance, [50], [80]
Balderston, John Lloyd, quoted, [vi.]
Barrel, length of, [48]
Bavaria, alcohol tests in, [147]
Bear, shooting, [261]
Bell, Dr. Louis, [317]
Big game shooting, [23], [213], [250];
in England, [154]
Bisley, shooting at, [16], [94], [156], [209], [342], [343], [344], [345], [347], [348], [349]

Boar, shooting wild, [228], [250], [261]
Brains, shooting requires, [163]
“Brandishing and Flourishing,” [3], [29], [59], [282], [330]
Breech, the, [118]
Bridge, playing at, [55], [140]
Brookhart, Major S. W., quoted, [148]
Bulleted caps, [50], [51], [52], [56]
Bullets, soft lead, [72];
drop of, [247];
Devilliers, [300], [315]
Burglars, frightening, [28];
shooting at, [214]
Butt, the, [55]
Byron, Lord, quoted, [34], [188]
C
Carpentier, [188]
Cartridges, obsolete types of, [45];
the proper, [97];
ejection of, [130];
cordite used in, [262];
duelling pistol, [264]
Chantry Bequest, the, [159]
Clay pigeons, shooting at, [73], [90]
Cleaning, [27], [127], [152]
Clip, cartridges in a, [120]
Clubs, shooting, [75]
Cocking, trials at, [42], [241]
Colds, danger from, [218], [228]
Colt, the regulation .45, [80], [84], [133], [200], [212], [231], [233];
the civilian, [84];
the police, [84];
new safety, [128];
the Derringer, [203];
.25 cal. automatic, [205];
.22 long-barrelled automatic, [265];
.22 target automatic, [296];
graceful lines of the, [330]
Competitions, the way they are conducted, [9], [78], [266], [313];
entering for, [43];
Gastinne-Renette, [73], [313];
mounted pistol, [256];
duelling, [303];
police, [317]
Condy’s fluid for colouring, [278]
Cordite, cartridges of, [262]
Crane, R. Newton, quoted, [192]
Cuirass, a bullet-proof, [2]
D
Daily Mail, letter to the, [151]
Daily Mirror, the, quoted, [191]
Deer-stalking, [71], [157], [260]
Derringer, the Colt, [203], [252]
Devilliers bullet, the, [300], [315]
Devonshire, red deer in, [154]
Disconnector, the, [128], [238]
Distance, judging, [243]
Don Juan quoted, [34], [188]
Dress, [207]
Drinking, harm done by, [4], [95], [140], [145]
Duelling, practised on the Continent, [16];
position to stand in, [78];
distance in, [108], [182], [274];
question of, [171];
remarks on, [176], [180], [185], [189];
swords used in, [177];
penalties for, [184];
laws on, [192];
preparations for, [194];
competitions in, [313]
Duelling pistols, [16], [47];
the Flobert, [49];
the Gastinne-Renette, [50], [123], [263], [274];
the regulation French, [52], [62], [182];
author’s championship with, [61];
balance of, [80];
sights on, [234], [264];
recoil of, [239];
.44 used for rabbit stalking, [249];
cartridges for the, [264];
Sika stag shot with a, [271];
use of Devilliers bullet in the, [300]
E
Ears, guarding the, [5], [215];
Elliott’s Protector for the, [217], [219]
Ejection of cartridges, [130]
Elliott, J. A. R., Ear Protector, [217], [219]
England, revolver in use in, [17], [231];
shooting in, [154];
duelling in, [191];
open air ranges in, [227], [266];
law regarding firearms in, [360]

English National Rifle Assn., [16], [156]
Euclid quoted, [3]
Exhibition shooting, [135], [291], [297]
Eyes, protecting the, [215]
Eyesight, [222]
F
Falling bullets, danger from, [10]
Faults, correcting, [165]
Fencing, [59]
Field, the, quoted, [vi.]
Flanneled Fools, [6]
Flobert pistol, the, [36], [49]
Francis, W., chauffeur, [234]
Furlong, Dr. W. V., letter from, [151]
G
Game shooting, [249];
rifle used in, [260], [287]
Games, pistol shooting and, [13]
Gastinne-Renette, duelling pistols by, [50], [123], [182], [263];
gallery of, [54], [267], [270];
competitions, [37], [313];
prizes, [73], [137], [170], [271], [273];
Ira Paine at gallery of, [137];
targets used by, [167]
Gieve, Mathews & Seagrove, [217]
Goggles, use of, [302]
Golf, compared with shooting, [5], [55], [266];
time wasted at, [6];
temper shown at, [140]
Grande Medaille d’Or, [73], [137], [170], [271]
Greener Killer, the, [310]
Grip, how to, [80], [84], [285]
H
Hammer head attachment, [84]
Hammer, positions of the, [33]
Hammerless pistols, [43]
High School of Riding, [254]
Horse pistols, balance of the, [80]
Horseback, shooting from, [253]
Horsemanship, [254], [258]
Horses, docking, [24];
runaway, [288]
Horsley, Sir Victor, quoted, [147]
How to hold the automatic, [21]
Humane Killer, the, [311]
I
Inventors of firearms, [123], [320]
Irving, Sir Henry, [144]
J
Jambing, [69], [84], [127], [153], [232]
Jellicoe, Admiral, quoted, [146]
K
Killers, the Greener, [310];
the Humane, [311]
Kipling, R., quoted, [6]
Kraeplin, report of Prof., [147]
L
Landseer, Sir Edwin, [158]
Languages, learning, [18]
Law, relating to revolver shooting in Great Britain and Ireland, [351];
relating to carrying weapons in the United States, [360]
Le Pistolet Club, [70]
Lee-Metford, the, [24]
Learning to shoot, [53]
Literature, shooting in, [280]
Lodge, Sir Oliver, quoted, [150]
London Royal Academy, the, [159]
Long-range shooting, [108]
Long-sighted shooters, [20]

M
Magazine, the, [97]
Maryland, trophy given by the author to the State of, [317]
Matador, [255]
Mauser automatic pistol, [252]
Metronome, the, [103], [272]
Military rifles, trigger-pull of, [41];
pistol sights, [63];
sights of, [156]
Moufflon shooting, [252]
Muzzle-heavy weapons, [50], [69]
N
National Rifle Association, [95]
Near-sighted shooters, [20], [85], [222]
North London Rifle Club, [336], [337], [341]
O
Ogilvy, Captain, quoted, [136]
Olympic Games, the, [72], [77], [87], [148], [255]
Outdoor Life, the, [244]
P
Paine, Chevalier Ira, [70], [136], [188], [275]
Paris, shooting galleries in, [54]
Pennell, Cholmondely, [208]
Petty, roundsman, [317]
Pigeon shooting, [40]
Pistol shooting, unpopularity of, [13];
the way to learn, [25]
Pistols, duelling, [16], [17], [49], [50], [52], [62], [80], [123], [182], [239], [249], [263], [264];
single-shot, [20], [31], [41];
American, [51];
the .22, [77];
shot used in, [73];
how to hold, [80], [286];
the Colt regulation .45, [80], [84], [133], [200], [212], [231], [233];
the civilian, [84];
the police, [84];
the Savage, [84];
the Smith & Wesson, [84];
the German military, [84];
rifle stocks for, [85];
the U. S. Army, [109];
description of, [113];
vest pocket models, [203];
military automatic, [231], [248]
Police pistols, [49], [317]
Position, the correct, [58], [92]
Powder, use of black, [17]
Practice, value of, [60], [61]
Prizes, the Grande Médaille d’Or, [73], [137], [170], [271];
given for shooting roebuck, [157];
the King’s Prize, [209];
at Gastinne-Renette’s, [271], [273], [314]
Purchasing an automatic, advice on, [125], [127]
R
Rabbit stalking, [249]
Rain, shooting in the, [226]
Range, choice of a, [55], [266];
the indoor, [268];
the open-air, [276]
Rapid firing, [100]
Recoil, [51];
of automatic, [59], [84], [96], [120], [126], [239], [330];
of rifle, [261]
Referee, the, quoted, [190]
Revolver, the, [1];
no longer used, [56], [242], [318], [333];
the .32 pocket, [239];
world’s records with the, [333];
.45 Colt cavalry, [334];
.44 Smith & Wesson, [335], [343], [348], [349];

.45 Smith & Wesson, [340], [341], [342], [344], [345], [346], [347];
the .38 Smith & Wesson, [349]
Ricochets, danger of, [279], [304]
Riding, benefit from, [7];
expert, [322]
Rifle, right kind of, [23];
pistol compared with, [111];
the military automatic, [119], [125];
shooting clubs, [158];
in game shooting, [260];
modern improved, [261];
the .44 Winchester, [262];
the .22 automatic Winchester, [265];
author’s record at shooting the, [275]
Roebuck, shooting the, [157], [246]
Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, [311]
Running deer, the, [93], [95], [125], [156]
Running shots, [86], [92]
S
Safety bolt, the, [98], [133], [238]
Savage, the, [84]
Savory & Moore, [217]
Scotland, shooting in, [154], [198]
Seer, damage to the, [42]
Self-defence, shooting for, [132], [212];
pistols for, [200], [206]
Shooting galleries, [9];
the unpopular, [14], [53], [64], [225], [267];
the Gastinne-Renette, [54], [267], [270];
pistols for, [263];
the ideal, [268]
Shooting, the instinct of, [8];
unpopularity of pistol, [15];
big game, [23];
exhibition, [135];
brains required in, [163];
dress, [207];
use of spectacles, [215];
near-sighted, [20], [85], [222];
from horseback, [253];
trick, [135], [291]
Shot, the No. 7, [74], [305];
the No. 8, [201];
the No. 10, [294];
the No. 5, [305]
Shot gun, trigger-pull of the, [40];
shooting with the, [90];
as sporting firearm, [155]
Sights, hind, [20], [21];
the U back, [56];
the black front, [56], [155], [232];
the white bead, [57], [232];
learning about, [62];
French duelling, [63];
the telescope, [250];
Winans’ front, [324]
Simplification, [326]
Single-shot pistols, bad shots from, [20];
how to handle the, [31], [41];
American, [51];
shot from, [73];
description of the, [113];
cleaning the, [152];
.22 used in United States, [249]
Smith & Wesson, the, [84];
hammerless safety, [98];
Ira Paine’s, [188];
Russian model, [202], [285];
the .44, [335], [343], [348];
the .45, [340], [341], [342], [344], [345], [346], [347];
the .38, [349]
Smoking, harm done by, [4], [95], [140], [142], [145]
Snap-shooting, [104], [197], [236], [258]
Somersetshire, red deer in, [154]
South London Rifle Club, [334], [335], [338], [339]
Sport, meaning of, [7]
Spoons given as prizes, [13]
“Sports,” worship of, [7]
Squeeze, the, [99]
St. Francis of Assisi, [172]
St. George, cross of, [234]
St. George Pistol Club, [270]
Stock, shape of, [285]
Stockholm, games at, [72], [77]
Swing shooting, [88], [258]
T
Targets, moving, [16];
rapid-firing, [16], [345];
disappearing, [16], [340], [341], [342];
stationary, [17], [86], [276], [334], [335];
shooting at, [29];
the man, [48], [71], [75], [77], [93], [132];
construction of, [56];
instruction regarding, [71], [268];
animal, [73];
mechanical stag, [75];
French duelling, [77];
the running deer, [93], [95], [125], [156];
painters of, [157];
the perfect, [166];
the Gastinne-Renette, [167], [274];
military, [340];
traversing, [346], [347];
advancing, [348]

Temper, control of, [139]
Tennis, shooting compared with, [5]
Timing, [19], [88], [316];
apparatus for, [102]
Tobacco, danger from use of, [4], [95], [140], [142], [145]
Trajectory, flat, [23]
Trick shooting, [291]
Trigger-pull, [38];
for pistol, [48], [65], [188], [241], [314]
Trophies, challenge, [17]
Trotting, records, “high wheel,” [17], [333];
horses, [210]
U
Union Society of London, [189]
United States, automatic pistol in the, [17];
revolver and rifle teams in the, [148];
laws on duelling, [192];
.22 single-shot pistol used in, [249];
law regarding firearms in the, [360]
Unload, how to, [129]
V
“Vanoc” quoted, [190]
Vise, shooting from a, [57]
W
Waistcoat, leather, [208], [229]
Walking, steps taken in, [245]
Weight, pistol, [46], [49], [116], [240]
Williams, Lord Justice Vaughan, quoted, [189]
Wimbledon, shooting at, [156], [158], [340], [346]
Winans, model automatic, [263];
front sights, [324], [345]
Winans, Ross, [120]
Winchester, the .44 rifle, [262], [294];
the .22 automatic rifle, [265], [298]
Wind, shooting in the, [226]
World’s record scores, [333]
Z
Zeiss glasses, [223]