CONTENTS. 



Page 



GUNS AND GUNMAKERS 1 



(Chief London Barrel-maker * ) 



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

 sides of barrels 4 



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



to show how they were bored 7 



Table of a Trial to prove that long barrels kill further 



than the short ones, which are now made 18 



Damascus Barrels 22 



Elevation 25 



Sight 28 



Ramrod 28 



Directions for trying Barrels 29 



Stock 30 



Recipe for polishing Gunstocks 33 



Breeching 33 



IMPLEMENTS FOR FLINT-GUNS 39 



Touchhole 39 



Lock fc 39 



Springs 41 



Cocks and Hammers 41 



Pan 44 



Trigger 45 



To take a Lock to pieces 46 



To put it together again 47 



Alphabetical List of the names of the principal parts of a 



Gun 49 



Directions for Cleaning Guns, and precautions against 



their hanging fire 51 



Gravitating Stops 55 



* For his address, see under the head of " Duck Guns." Page 274. 



