Flobert

a most impressive collection of antiquated revolvers, "Flobert" rifles,

Anderson Crow, Detective George Barr McCutcheon 1897

Hunters, he tells us, always shot early in the breeding season when the plumes were coming out "real good," and a man with a Flobert rifle could stand in a big rookery and pick off birds as fast as he could reload:

An Epic of the Everglades Dirda, Michael 2008

Descended from such oldies as the 9mm and 8mm Flobert rimfire cartridges, but now available in handily reloadable centerfire versions, they have always receieved scorn from american writers, as have their slightly larger brethren like the .410 and the 32- bore-- 'suitable only for rats and the like.

Guns for Food and Guns for Sport 2006

Descended from such oldies as the 9mm and 8mm Flobert rimfire cartridges, but now available in handily reloadable centerfire versions, they have always receieved scorn from american writers, as have their slightly larger brethren like the .410 and the 32- bore-- 'suitable only for rats and the like.

Archive 2006-06-01 2006

Stanley Ketchell, who could beat several chimpanzees, died from a .22 caliber bullet fired from a cheap Flobert rifle belonging to the hired man on a farm in the Ozarks.

Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

Stanley Ketchell, who could beat several chimpanzees, died from a .22 caliber bullet fired from a cheap Flobert rifle belonging to the hired man on a farm in the Ozarks.

Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

Stanley Ketchell, who could beat several chimpanzees, died from a .22 caliber bullet fired from a cheap Flobert rifle belonging to the hired man on a farm in the Ozarks.

Hemingway on Hunting Ernest Hemingway 2001

A small calibre rifle such as a 22-calibre Flobert will afford considerable pastime at target practice and is also excellent to hunt snakes and frogs along some brook or creek, but generally a boy with a rifle is a public nuisance, and as a rule is liable to arrest in possessing it.

Outdoor Sports and Games Claude H. Miller

The sharp, spiteful snap of the Flobert rifle followed.

Chums of the Camp Fire Lawrence J. Leslie

"Do you see the fourteenth victim crouching in the shallow water, or squatting up on the bank?" whispered the boy who just then held the little Flobert rifle, with which the so-called "game" was being bagged.

Chums of the Camp Fire Lawrence J. Leslie