CONTENTS. 



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GUNS 1 



London Barrel-makers * 3 



Mr. Lancaster's self-acting machine for turning the 



outsides of barrels 4 



Barrels, some of the best shot, and then gauged, in 



order to show how they were bored 6 



Table of a Trial to prove that long barrels kill fur- 

 ther than the short ones, which are now made . . 18 



Damascus Barrels 21 



Elevation 24 



Sight 25 



Ramrod 26 



Directions for truing Barrels 26 



Stock 28 



Recipe for polishing Gunxtocks 30 



Breeching 31 



Touchhole 36 



Lock 36 



Gravitating Stops 39 



Springs 40 



Cocks and Hammers 41 



Pan 46 



Trigger 46 



To take a Lock to pieces 47 



To put it together again 49 



Alphabetical List of the names of the principal parts 



of a Gun 51 



* For their addresses, see under the head of " Duck Guns." 



