[Ads-l] Furniture

[James A. Landau]

On Mon, 24 Dec 2018 07:08:11 Zone+0000 Bill Mullins <amcombill at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
Subject: Furniture

>This sense does not appear to be in the OED.
>
>furniture (n) - the wooden parts of a rifle, particularly the stock and 
>foreguard
>
>_Field and Stream_ Jun 1981 p 105 col 1
>
>(display adv) ".50 Cal. Hawken Rifle Kit This kit features double set 
>triggers, large patchbox and furniture"


https://books.google.com/books?id=-54_AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA10-PA30&dq=furniture%2Brifle&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhrpbJ1bvfAhUrTd8KHeNQCW0Q6AEIUDAH#v=onepage&q=furniture%2Brifle&f=false

_Supplement to the British Trade Journal  1st January 1886_

poor-quality reproduction but readable

page 30 next-to-last illustration in 1st column, of a percussion rifle or musket  "A. Bar (barrel?), better quality, with boxwork furniture"

page 30 last illustration in 1st column, of a percussion rifle or musket

page 30 second illustration in 2nd column, of a flintlock rifle or musket

- Jim Landau


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