126 INFERIOR GUNS. 



gains." Young sportsmen, in selecting a gun, 

 should always go to a maker of note, who, for the 

 sake of his own credit and reputation, would not 

 allow an arm that is unsound, or of inferior work- 

 manship, to leave his establishment bearing his 

 name, which, in Jirst-class v^ork, is always en- 

 graved m full, with address. He may have to 

 pay a long figure in comparison with the cost of 

 the inferior article, and, perhaps, something for 

 " the name ; " but he is sure of a good weapon, 

 which will prove far better worth the money in 

 the long run, and need not be apprehensive of 

 accidents from defective workmanship or unsound 

 material. 



Inferior Inferior guns, " made to sell," are 



now-a-days got up so well, that at first 

 sight they resemble A 1 guns of best material and 

 first-class workmanship ; but the practical sports- 

 man, on taking them in hand, soon discovers the 

 counterfeit. There is no music in the locks ; the 

 strength of the mainsprings, as well as the pull of 

 the triggers, is unequal ; the barrels are imperfectly 



