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Description: | Cast iron alarm gun for shooting/alarming poachers; Rectangulr box with six exit holes in front and 1 on top; Side entrance for charge/cartridge; A pivoted tensioned 'firing' lever sits on top above a pin, which, when activated by trip wire, hits the pin into the percusion cap of the cartridge thus discharging it; a chain and stake is located on the side of the piece. | Temporal: | 1830 - 1837 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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