Gunnery in 1858: Being a Treatise on Rifles, Cannon, and Sporting Arms: Explaining the Principles of the Science of Gunnery, and Describing the Newest Improvements in Fire-ArmsGreener, William
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Gunnery in 1858: Being a Treatise on Rifles, Cannon, and Sporting Arms: Explaining the Principles of the Science of Gunnery, and Describing the Newest Improvements in Fire-Arms
Greener, William
Firearms; Gunnery
_s._ _d._
Double barrels, twist, patent breeched 12 0
Pair of locks 2 0
Wood for stock 0 6
Set of cast furniture 0 5
Stocking 2 0
Screwing together 3 0
Percussioning 2 0
Polishing and engraving 1 0
Varnishing (including painting) 0 6
Browning 0 6
Finishing 3 0
Ramrod, tip, and worm 0 6
Small work, nails, escutcheons, wood, screws, &c. 1 0
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£1 8 5
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SINGLE GUNS.
_s._ _d._
Single barrel, twist, &c. 5 9
Lock 1 0
Wood for stock 0 6
Set of cast furniture 4 0
Stocking 1 0
Screwing together 2 0
Percussioning 1 0
Polishing and engraving 0 8
Stock varnishing and painting 0 4
Barrel browning 0 4
Finishing 2 0
Ramrod, tip, and worm 0 6
Small work, &c. 0 8
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16 1
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Common iron barrels plated with this iron can be furnished by
barrel-makers, double for eight shillings per pair, single for four
shillings each; which deducted from each, gives double complete, 1_l._
4_s._ 8_d._, and single 14_s._ 4_d._ each; and for these we have known
the factor charge the ironmonger, double: 3_l._ 10_s._ each, and 1_l._
15_s._ single; so it is strictly an imposition on both sides, one
charging 5_l._, and the other 3_l._
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