Chapter XXXII

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.

ON USING THE RIFLE 292
The Old Kentucky Rifle 292
General Directions 294
Off-Hand Shooting 296
Rest Shooting 299

CHAPTER XXXVII.

ON USING THE SHOT GUN 302
Born Shooters 302
How to Shoot 304
Brewster on the Use of Two Eyes 306
Dougall’s Reasoning 307
Gloan on Taking Aim 310

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

ON USING THE PISTOL 313
Natural Talent 313
Taking Aim 314
Cane Aiming 315
The Best Pistols to Use 316

CHAPTER XXXIX.

VOCABULARY OF MECHANICAL TERMS USED BY GUN MAKERS 318

CHAPTER XL.

VOCABULARY OF CHEMICALS AND SUBSTANCES USED IN
VARNISHES, ETC. 334

CHAPTER XLI.

CALIBRES OF GUNS, RIFLING, TWIST OF RIFLING, ETC. 342
European Guns 342
American Guns 343
Pistols 344