28 ANIMAL KESOUKCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



23. GUNS AND PISTOLS— Continued. 



b. Breech-loading arms : 



Witli smooth bores : 



Fowling-pieces. ^ 



Pistols. 

 With rifled bores : 



Muskets. 



Hunting rifles. 

 Carbines: 



Single-barreled carbines. 



Eevolving carbines. 

 Pistols: 



Pistols. 



Eevolvers. 



c. Whaling-guns : 



Bomb lance and gun. 

 Harpoon ball and gun. 

 Harpoon-gun. 

 Harpoon bomb-lance gun. 

 2L (ACCESSOEY.) AMMUNITION AND ITS PEEPAEATION. 



a. Explosives : 



Gunpowder. 

 Gun-cotton. 

 Percussion powder : 



Caps. 



Needle percussion. 



Primers. 

 Wood powder. 

 Dynamite or giant-powder. 

 Nitroglycerine. ' 



Dualine. 

 Lithofracteur. 

 Colonia powder. 

 Other explosives. 



b. Missiles : 



Bullets. - 



(Accessory) bullet-molds. 



Shot. 



(Accessory) methods of manufacturing shot. 



