2 Charles Allen, Report of the Commissioners on the Revision of the Statutes 333 (1881)
| dc.coverage.spatial | Massachusetts | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T01:55:27Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T13:54:25Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:21:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1881 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Fire Arms, § 18. There shall be in each county, where the manufacture of fire-arms is carried on, provers of fire-arms, not more than six in number, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council, who shall prove all musket barrels and pistol barrels which, being sufficiently ground, bored and breeched, are offered to them to be proved. § 19. All musket barrels and pistol barrels manufactured in this commonwealth shall, before they are sold or stocked, be proved by one of the provers with a ball suited to the bore of the barrel and with a charge of powder equal in weight to the ball. | |
| dc.description.lawtext | SECT. 18. There shall be in each county, where the manufacture of fire-arms is carried on, provers of fire-arms, not more than six in number, appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council, who shall prove all musket barrels and pistol barrels which, being sufficiently ground, bored and breeched, are offered to them to be proved. SECT. 19. All musket barrels and pistol barrels manufactured in this commonwealth shall, before they are sold or stocked, be proved by one of the provers with a ball suited to the bore of the barrel and with a charge of powder equal in weight to the ball. The powder used in such proof shall be such that one ounce thereof in a howitzer of four and a half inch caliber at elevation of forty-five degrees shall be of sufficient power to carry a twelve-pound shot one hundred and thirty yards; or that one ounce thereof in a howitzer of five and a half inch caliber at an elevation of forty-five degrees shall be sufficient to carry a twenty-four pound shot eighty yards. | |
| dc.description.summary | The law requires officially appointed firearm “provers” in each county where guns are manufactured to test musket and pistol barrels for safety before they can be sold or stocked, using standardized proof tests with specified powder and ball charges. It also sets strict technical performance standards for the powder used in testing, based on its ability to propel specified artillery shot distances under defined conditions. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4209 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyHathi | https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.li3d3n | |
| dc.subject | MANUFACTURE ONLY | |
| dc.title | 2 Charles Allen, Report of the Commissioners on the Revision of the Statutes 333 (1881) |