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  • Back in the days of the Wild West, people popped away at each other with smooth-bore pistols now and then, but mostly they preferred to shoot their enemies from ambush or catch them unarmed before they blazed away.

    Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008

  • Back in the days of the Wild West, people popped away at each other with smooth-bore pistols now and then, but mostly they preferred to shoot their enemies from ambush or catch them unarmed before they blazed away.

    Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008

  • Back in the days of the Wild West, people popped away at each other with smooth-bore pistols now and then, but mostly they preferred to shoot their enemies from ambush or catch them unarmed before they blazed away.

    Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008

  • I then decided that I wanted a low-power scope, but couldn't bear to drill-and-tap my Mod. 12, so I bought a used 12 ga. smooth-bore Ithaca Deerslayer and topped it with a Leupold 2-1/2 Compact.

    Is the Ithaca Deerslayer still a good slug gun? 2006

  • Back in the days of the Wild West, people popped away at each other with smooth-bore pistols now and then, but mostly they preferred to shoot their enemies from ambush or catch them unarmed before they blazed away.

    Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008

  • After seeing the work properly commenced, I sat down on a condemned canoe to amuse myself with the hippopotami by peppering their thick skulls with my No. 12 smooth-bore.

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

  • The response to the mute inquiry of his sageship was an ounce-and-a-quarter bullet from the smooth-bore, which made him bellow with pain, and in a few moments he rose up again, tumbling in his death agonies.

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

  • Expedition, could without difficulty be settled at once, with the aid of my double-barrelled smooth-bore.

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

  • I had three muskets for my people, a rifle and double-barreled smooth-bore for myself; and, having seen such great abundance of game in my visit to the Leeba, I imagined that I could easily supply the wants of my party.

    Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

  • Having settled the position of the camp, which overlooked one of the pools found in the depression of the Gombe creek, I took my double-barrelled smooth-bore, and sauntered off to the park-land.

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

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