s of cannon balls, cannon being fired, stacks of muskets,boarding-pikes, etc. On the top of the barrel appears, John Cookson,fecit (made by John Cookson). On the lock is a scroll, bearing themakers name; it is being held up at the left by an angel, at the right bya female figure, presumably… … SIXTIOX.AL VIEW OF THH P.RFECH-HLOCK. view. The arm is a magazine smooth-bore Hint-lock gun, firing spher-ical bullets, weighing 260 grains, and a charge of about 125 grains ofpowder. It has a capacity of ten rounds, and a magazine is also fittedto the lock for a similar number of priming charges.…
Brooks, A. E · Weapons · Antiquities
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