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Anderson ; and they were worth looking 

 at. 



It is far from my wish or intention, in 

 noticing these chance guns, to interfere 

 with or diminish the sale of new ones 

 from the fountain heads ; nor do I ima- 

 gine that these observations can possibly 

 injure the celebrated artists ; for, generally 

 speaking, they have more work in hand 

 at all seasons of the year than they can 

 finish, and more orders than they can 

 execute ; and although they may possibly 

 view with a jealous eye such an estab- 

 lishment as Mr. Vaughan's, I still assume 

 to myself the privilege of pointing out to 

 the economist, the half-pay officer, and 

 the sportsman of pleasing manners and 

 small fortune, where either of these classes 

 of my readers may hit upon an unim- 

 peachable gun. 



A diversity of opinion exists as to the 

 merit of the back-action lock ; the advo- 



