CHAPTER V. 



ARMAMENT. 



PART III. ON THE SELECTION OP ARMS. 



Arms made to Sell and not to Shoot Inferior Arms False Policy 

 On the Selection of Arms First-class Arms the Cheapest 

 in the End Locks The Testing of Guns and Eifles The 

 Proper Bend and Length of Stock Confidence inspired by 

 Good Arms. 



For the present day, the market 

 " CAUTION." 



Arms made to is delu g e <l with arms that are made 

 to sell, and not to shoot ; and the 

 public should be on their guard, so as not to 

 allow themselves to be taken in by spurious 

 imitations ; for there are unscrupulous vendors 

 who do not hesitate to engrave the names of first- 

 class gunmakers upon guns of inferior workman- 

 ship, and sell them to the uninitiated as " bar- 



