CONTENTS. 



BOOK IV. 



THE VARIETIES OF SHOT-GUNS AND THE ACCESSORIES 

 USED WITH THEM. 



CHAPTER I. THE PARTS COMMON TO ALL SHOT-GUNS. 



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General Remarks The Barrel The Breech Proving The Lock 

 The Stock The Trigger and Guard Percussioning Case- 

 hardening Browning The Cleaning-rod and Ramrod . . .212 



CHAPTER II. THE MUZZLE-LOADING PERCUSSION GUN. 



The Barrel Various Kinds of Breech The Lock The Stock- 

 Ramrod Or Loading-rod The Entire Percussion Gun and its 

 Performances Loading and Cartridges Cleaning The Gun- 

 case and its Contents Price of Guns 233 



CHAPTER III. BREECH-LOADING GUNS. 



General Principles The Lefaucheaux Gun Bastin's Modification 

 of it The Needle-Gun of Needham Lancaster's Combination 

 of the Two Count Chateauvillier's Gun Choice of Breech- 

 loader Loading of Cartridges Cleaning 254 



CHAPTER IV. PUNT-GUNS. 



Colonel Hawker's Punt-Guns Breech-loading Punt-Guns . . . .293 



CHAPTER V. ON THE CHOICE OF GUNS AND THE MODES 

 OF TRYING THEM. 



Desiderata in the Shot-gun Weight Length Pattern Penetra- 

 tion Absence of Recoil Safety Quickness of Loading 

 Result of the Field Gun Trial of 1859 Breech-loaders versus 

 Muzzle-loaders . .295 



