130 FIRST-CLASS GUNS CHEAPEST. 



A first-rate gun, made of the best 



First-class 



Ci^pesTin materials, with all its component parts 

 well fitted and finished, will last an 

 ordinarily careful sportsman his lifetime. As a 

 proof of this fact I may mention that I bought a 

 14-bore double gun, made by Westley Richards, 

 from his agent, the Bishop of Bond Street, in 

 1843, with which I have shot so much that two 

 pair of barrels were completely worn out, yet 

 the locks and stock are as good as when first 

 turned out of hand: I have also a Man ton 

 and a pair of Moore's that are known to be 

 over thirty years old, yet are as serviceable as 

 ever. 



Old and well-seasoned walnut (the best wood 

 for gun-stocks), never shrinks or gives way, the 

 locks and barrels fitting as closely and well 

 after twenty years' wear as they did in the first 

 instance. 



Brazier's locks (which have been 

 Locks. 



celebrated since the days of Manton) 



are so admirably made, the springs so carefully 



