A Visit to Trulock & Harriss Premises.

A Visit to Trulock & Harriss in 1880-1881 by H. Bernard Becker.

A Visit to Trulock & Harriss by

H.Bernard Becker 1880-1881. Disturbed Ireland. Being letters written during the winter of 

1880-1881

"I was taken to a gunsmith's in Dawson-street,

where I was assured that the sale of firearms had been and was

remarkably brisk, the chief demand being for full-sized revolvers and

double-barrelled carbines. The weapon chiefly recommended was one of

the latter, with a large smooth bore for carrying buck-shot and

spreading the charge so much as to make the hitting of a man at thirty

yards almost certain. The barrels were very short, in order that the

gun might be convenient to carry in carriage or car. This formidable

weapon was to be carried in the hand so as to be ready when

opportunity served; a little ostentation as to one's habit of going

armed being vigorously insisted on as a powerful deterrent"

What great social history this is.

Has overtones of the Charles Dickens visit to Colonel Samuel Colts, Gun Manufactory, London in 1852. 

Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk