. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America . ngham proof-marks are not only forged in England, but they are even imitatedin Germany; and large quantities of the latter trash, far worsethan the most inferior English, are imported into our country, andmay be bought at almost any price ranging from five to fifteendollars for a double-barrelled gun of quite respectable appear-ance, and warranted in good faith by the ignorant dealers a regu-lar stub-twist. Greener gives a proof-scale of charges by which every
. The American sportsman: containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of the game birds and wild fowl of America . ngham proof-marks are not only forged in England, but they are even imitatedin Germany; and large quantities of the latter trash, far worsethan the most inferior English, are imported into our country, andmay be bought at almost any price ranging from five to fifteendollars for a double-barrelled gun of quite respectable appear-ance, and warranted in good faith by the ignorant dealers a regu-lar stub-twist. Greener gives a proof-scale of charges by which every barrelshould be tested at the est-ablished proof-houses, and also furnishesa complete description of the whole business, which is quite inte-resting and instructive. All the respectable gunmakers of Ame-rica test their gun-barrels themselves before they make them up fortheir customers. The London proof-house requires that double-barrelled guns bejoined together and breeched before testing, so that the gunsmith STAINING BARRELS. 449 may be prevented from making tliem weaker by filing and brazingafter the proof is stamped on
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