MISCELLANEOUS 255 Shellac and Its Uses 255 How to Make Shellac Varnish 255 How to Conceal Bad Places in Wood 256 Another Method 256 Emery Cloth and Emery Paper 256 Uses of the Alcohol Lamp 257 How to Make Small Springs 257 How to Make Small Drills 258 Advantages of the Alcohol Lamp 258 The Soldering Copper 258 How to Heat the Copper 258 How to Tin the Copper 259 To Prevent Gun Barrels from Glimmering 259 Repairing Shot Chargers 260 Broken Plunger Nipples 261 How to Remove Rusted Screws, Nipples, etc. 261 Patent Breech, Bursted 263 Broken Tumblers 264 Describing Lines on Bright Surfaces 264 CHAPTER XXXIII. ON POWDER AND SHOT 267 Comparative Sizes of Shot 270 Soft Shot Pellets to Ounce 269 Chilled Shot Pellets to Ounce 270 Comparative Sizes of Balls 272 Colt’s Pistol Sizes 272 Comparative Sizes of Gunpowder 273 To Select Buck Shot 267 Weighing Bullets, Powder, etc. 267 CHAPTER XXXIV. MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES 274 Soft Soldering 274 Good Soft Solder 274 Soldering Fluid 275 Brazing 275 To Brase Lugs on Barrels 275 Hard Soldering 275 Hard Solders, Three Formulas 276 Alloy for Adhering to Iron or Steel 276 Gun Oil 276 Gunsmiths’ Glue 277 CHAPTER XXXV. ON JUDGING THE QUALITY OF GUNS 278 The Muzzle Loading Shot Gun 279 The Muzzle Loading Rifle 279 The Breech Loading Shot Gun 283 The Breech Loading Rifle 289 CHAPTER XXXVI.