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
On arms of the second, fourth, and fifth classes, the provisional
proof mark shall be impressed at the breech end of the barrel; the
definitive proof mark and view mark shall be impressed upon the barrel
above the provisional proof mark; and if the barrel be constructed
with a patent breech, or with revolving cylinders or chambers, the
view mark shall be also impressed upon the breech, or upon each of the
cylinders or chambers with which the barrel is connected, as the case
may be.
On all barrels the gauge size of the barrel shall be struck, both at
the provisional and at the definitive proof.
_Scale for Proof._
The Scale following shows the Proportions of Gunpowder applicable under
the foregoing Rules and Regulations to the Proof of the various Classes
of Arms as distinguished by the Trade Numbers indicating the Calibre.
+------+------------+------------+---------++------------------++
| | | | ||Charges of Powder ||
|Number| Diameter | Diameter |Weight of|| for Proof. ||
| of | of Bore by |of Balls for|Balls for++------------------++
|Gauge.|Calculation.| Proof. | Proof. || First Class. ||
| | | | ++------------------++
| | | | ||Definitive Proof. ||
+------+------------+------------+---------++------------------++
| | inches. | inches. | grains. ||grains. ozs. drs. ||
| 1 | 1·669 | 1·649 | 6752 || 4812 11 ... ||
| 2 | 1·325 | 1·305 | 3342 || 2324 5 5 ||
| 3 | 1·157 | 1·107 | 2211 || 1531 3 8 ||
| 4 | 1·052 | 1·032 | 1649 || 1176 2 11 ||
| 5 | ·976 | ·956 | 1315 || 930 2 2 ||
| 6 | ·819 | ·899 | 1090 || 766 1 12 ||
| 7 | ·873 | ·853 | 931 || 656 1 8 ||
| 8 | ·835 | ·815 | 812 || 602 1 6 ||
| 9 | ·803 | ·783 | 720 || 492 1 2 ||
| 10 | ·775 | ·755 | 646 || 465 1 1 ||
| 11 | ·751 | ·731 | 586 || 437 ... 16 ||
| 12 | ·729 | ·709 | 535 || 437 ... 16 ||
| 13 | ·710 | ·690 | 493 || 410 ... 15 ||
| 14 | ·693 | ·673 | 457 || 383 ... 14 ||
| 15 | ·677 | ·657 | 425 || 383 ... 14 ||
| 16 | ·662 | ·642 | 399 || 369 ... 13-1/2||
| 17 | ·649 | ·629 | 374 || 369 ... 13-1/2||
| 18 | ·637 | ·617 | 352 || 342 ... 12-1/2||
| 19 | ·626 | ·606 | 334 || 301 ... 11 ||
| 20 | ·615 | ·595 | 316 || 273 ... 10 ||
| 21 | ·605 | ·585 | 300 || 273 ... 10 ||
| 22 | ·596 | ·576 | 287 || 246 ... 9 ||
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