Colonel Hawker's Shooting Diaries - Edited with an Introduction

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Anniversary of my purchasing a troop in the 14th Light Dragoons in 1804 when only 17 years, 7 months and 11 days old'. So the punt gun shown in an earlier TGS Outdoors video was either Hawkers, or there`s a 50% chance it was his. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. I have read Hawkers Daries , Instruction To Young Sportsmen and Diary of An Officer In The Peninusar War and so had most of tne information in the video. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves.

I feel that a few words about Hawkers gun would interest others who may not be aware of its importance Hawker wanted a large calibre double punt gun but he did not want the heavy recoil when both barrels were fired together so he came up with the scheme of using a percussion lock for one barrel and a flintlock for the other. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Born in London to Colonel Peter Ryves Hawker and Mary Wilson Hawker (née Yonge), Peter Hawker was educated at Eton and entered military service in 1801 by purchasing a commission as a cornet in The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons), soon gaining purchased promotion to captain. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences.I am very interested in Colonel Peter Hawker of Longparish Hampshire and Keyhaven where he had a cottage and was a avid wildfowler from about 1830 to 1852. Hawker's musket was favourably received by the Board of Ordnance, but it was not adopted, being set aside in preference to the Enfield Rifle-Musket, although elements of Hawker's design were incorporated into the final version of the Enfield.

He received a serious thigh wound during the following battle of Talavera (28 July 1809) and was consequently declared unfit and so resigned and sold his commission.As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots.