THE BARREL. 



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TWOPENNY IRON. (lIALF SIZE.) 



By comparing this with threepenny skelp, it will be seen 

 that there is no great difference between them; but the 

 figure is bolder in the twopenny iron, and not nearly so 

 variegated in its twist. In quality there is no great supe- 

 riority in the one over the other, but of the two, the higher 

 priced iron is to be preferred. 



Sham damn is too bad even for our general dealers, and 

 it is solely used for the guns made for exportation. As a 

 matter of curiosity, however, I append a sketch of the 

 aspects which it bears after being made up artificially to 

 please the eye. 



Tif 17. 



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SHAM DAMN. (HALF SIZE.) 



All of these three last kinds of iron are made from scrap 

 iron of qualities varying in proportion, the scrap used for 

 sham damn being of the worst possible kind. The process 



