Gun Barrel Proof Act 1855
WHEREAS by Royal Charter, dated the Fourteenth Day of March, One thousand six hundred and thirty-seven, the Master, Wardens, and Society of the Mistery of Gunmakers of the City of London (in this Act called the Gunmakers Company) were incorporated, with perpetual Succession, and with Powers of searching for and viewing and proving and marking all manner of Hand Guns whatsoever, great and small Daggs and Pistols, and every Part thereof, whether made in London or the Suburbs, or within Ten Mile...