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By Franklin W. Mann

Franklin Weston Mann (1856–1916) was once an American medical professional and inventor most sensible remembered for this pioneering small-arms ballistics text.

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Part I. The previous .44 Muzzle-loading Rifle
The F. Wesson .32, Rim-fire Rifle
The Stevens Taper-chamber Rifle
Some Experimental Ballets
Incidental Questions
Winchester Ballard, 36-inch Barrel
Winchester Ballard, 30-inch Barrel
Winchester-Ballard, 20-inch Barrel
Pope-cut unique .38-Caliber
Auxiliary Chamber, .33-Caliber Rifle
Shooting Braces
Pope Ballard, 28-Caliber
A Woodchuck Experience
Reflections
The own point vs. Mechanical Rifle Shooting
Boss-Pope .32-Caliber, moment Hand
Testing Muzzle Blast
A “Shooting Gibraltar.”
Bullet Press or Nutcracker
Testing Bullets. Snow Shooting
Recovering Bullets from Oiled Sawdust
Short-barrel Shooting
Short Barrels develop into Interesting
Short-barrel Experiments Continued
Where the disappointed Occurs
Boss-Pope .32-Caliber Continued
The Pope Breech Loader, .25-Caliber
Muzzle Loader, Pope .32-caliber
Letter to Dr. Skinner
Pope 1902 .32 Rifle. Compliments for Mr. Pope
Pope Muzzle Loading System
The Five-Shot Group
The “Lucky” Group
Dr. Skinner’s taking pictures diversity, and a Disappointment
12-inch Barrel Experiments
Smooth Bore, .32-Caliber
Vented Barrel, Pope
Utility of Vented Barrels
The Whizzer
Reflections upon Black Powder and forged Bullets
Telescope Mounts; an Invention
Accurate fastened Ammunition Difficult
Trouble with Smokeless and Rifle Bores
Burned Rifle Bores vs. Smokeless vs. Primers
A .28-9 Barrel, 1904
Discarding .28-8, 1905 Barrels
Remodeling a Rifle. Experimental Shells
Reflections; Pipestem Rifles and Jacketed Ballets
Ammonia vs. Primer Acid
Figures eight and nine shot with 28 grains powder
Figure 10, unshot bullet just like 7
24-inch 7 mm. Barrel
Metal Jackets, brief Barrels, .25-caliber
Figures four and five from an 8-inch one
Figures 6 and seven from an inch barrel
Special .25-36 Marlin, 14-inch Pitch
Mirage vs Telescope
Space coated through move Hairs of Telescope
Distance Measuring with Scope
Conveniences
Superiority of Bore-diameter Bullet Discussed
Flight of Bullets; monitor Shooting
Comparative a hundred vs. 2 hundred backyard Butts
Plank and Screens
Unbalanced or Mutilated Bullets
Gyration and Oscillation
A Spinning Bullet
Tipping Bullets Deceptive
Bullet Tip
Correcting Measurements
Flight of a Bullet
Measuring Wind Drift
Motions performed by means of general Flying Bullets
Trajectory Deflection
More Reflections
Cause of x-Error Located
Cause of y-Error Located
x + y = 80%. The Rifleman’s Rainbow
x and y Epitomized
Unbalanced Bullets; how Produced
Difficulties with Rifle Twists

Part II. Verification
y-error disclosed by way of Plank Shooting
Cause of y Illustrated
Cause of x and y Disclosed at Muzzle
Success comes; y-error stands alone
Bullets Oscillate approximately heart of Gravity
y-error stands alone
Cylinder Bullets do Stunts
Driving Tacks with Bullets
Illustrated x-error
Jacketed Ballets throw Melted Lead
Plank taking pictures, provider Rifle
Paper Plank Experiments. Tube Shooting
Determining Rifle Twist
Plank taking pictures, round Bullets
Cause of over the top counsel Disclosed

Part III. arithmetic of x and y
Heavy Ordnance
The Spitzer Metal-cased Bullet
The Spitzer Bullet Straightens Up
Kinetics of Spin
Stripping the Grooves

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