The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It

by Walter Winans

Some of the statutes exempt persons who are travelling. This is so in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas.

The burden of proving exemption rests usually upon the accused. This has been expressly decided in Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. In Michigan, however, it has been held that the prosecution must prove that the defendant does not fall within one of the exemptions.

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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]