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I was tremendously delighted at the idea that I was to have a real central-fire gun.
Reminiscences of Tolstoy Tolstoy, Ilya, graf 1914
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I tried afterward to buy the gun he had spoken of from his legatees not in the quality of a central-fire gun, but as Turgénieff's gun; but I did not succeed.
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I tried afterward to buy the gun he had spoken of from his legatees not in the quality of a central-fire gun, but as Turgenieff's gun; but I did not succeed.
Reminiscences of Tolstoy Tolstoy, Ilya, graf 1914
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I was tremendously delighted at the idea that I was to have a real central-fire gun.
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The nearest size in central-fire cartridge to seven millimetres is called the 300, which is .3 of an inch.
The Hand in the Dark 1907
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I was tremendously delighted at the idea that I was to have a real central-fire gun.
Reminiscences of Tolstoy Ilia Lvovich Tolstoi 1899
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The only arms taken were revolvers of the Government regulation pattern (breech loading, central-fire).
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In the High Street he stopped at Clifford's, the gun-maker's, and bought a heavy revolver, with a box of central-fire cartridges.
Round the Red Lamp 1894
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In the High Street he stopped at Clifford's, the gun-maker's, and bought a heavy revolver, with a box of central-fire cartridges.
Round the Red Lamp Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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In the High Street he stopped at Clifford's, the gun-maker's, and bought a heavy revolver, with a box of central-fire cartridges.
Round the Red Lamp Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1894
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