xiv CONTENTS. 



Page 



DETONATING SYSTEM 56 



Trials of Flint Locks against Detonaters , 60 



Gun 64 



Barrel 68 



Breeching 68 



Venthole 70 



Nipple, or Pivot 70 



Cock, or Striker 71 



Copper Caps 72 



Copper Primers 75 



Side-Nail 76 



Dissection 76 



Cleaning 76 



Directions for using Detonating Guns 77 



Loading 78 



Recipe for making Detonating Powder 80 



Mr. Joyce's Anti-corrosive Percussion Powder 81 



Shooting 84 



Observations (from experiments) on the difference in Shoot- 

 ing between a Flint Gun and a Detonater 84 



GUN CASES 89 



POWDER 90 



SHOT 96 



Schedule of Shot, compiled up to the very latest manu- 

 facturing 99 



New Patent Shot 101 



Trial of it since the 4th edition 102 



Eleys Patent Shot-cartridges 102 



FLINTS . , 106 



WADDING 107 



New prepared Wadding for Percussion-guns 109 



LOADING 112 



POWDER FLASK.. 115 



