Record: Registers of stock and sales of pistols and revolvers (FRAS 310)

Title: Registers of stock and sales of pistols and revolvers
Date: c 1880-1966
Reference: FRAS 310
Former reference: HF 6/8/17-31
Physical description: 15 volumes
Origination: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Army & Navy Stores Ltd

Scope and content:

The following information about each gun is recorded in most of the registers: Number: a running number allocated by the Society Description of gun Size of bore Cost (to buy in): the figures are recorded in code. The code used is MAKE PROFIT with M=1, A=2 etc. There can be more than one set of numbers - usually a basic price and the cost of any additional features requested by the purchaser Selling (price): price paid by the customer. Date when sold: the date the customer paid the bill Name of purchaser Ticket number: number of the receipt issued Counter book and number Order number: the number of the order the Society placed with the supplier Date of invoice: the date of the invoice from the supplier to the Society Purchaser's firearms certificate or rank (only from FRAS 310/13) Remarks: any other information that the salesperson wished to record about the purchase

There is an index or list of firearm types at the front of each volume.

Additional information:

The Society's sales staff kept a register of all the pistols and revolvers the Society bought and sold. This series of volumes acted both as a record of its stock of pistols and revolvers but also as a register of their sales, which was required by law. Staff allocated each firearm a unique number and recorded these numbers in this series of volumes. Alongside each number, staff described the firearm and recorded details of its order by the Society, and then, on its sale, added the date of purchase and details of the purchaser.

System of arrangement: The volumes are in chronological order. Within each volume, the entries are arranged by pistol or revolver type, and within that in roughly chronological order by date of invoice.

Record type: Registers, Stock books

Function:

Records held within this series:

Title: Register of stock and sales of pistols and revolvers (no 3)
Date: c 1880-1886
Reference: FRAS 310/1
Former reference: HF 6/8/17
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd

Title: Register of stock and sales of pistols and revolvers
Date: c 1881-1884
Reference: FRAS 310/2
Former reference: HF 6/8/18
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd

Title: Register of stock and sales of pistols and revolvers
Date: c 1884-1887
Reference: FRAS 310/3
Former reference: HF 6/8/19
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd

Title: Register of stock and sales of pistols and revolvers
Date: c 1884-1889
Reference: FRAS 310/4
Former reference: HF 6/8/20
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd

Title: Register of stock and sales of pistols and revolvers
Date: c 1888-1894
Reference: FRAS 310/5
Former reference: HF 6/8/21
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd

Title: Register of stock and sales of pistols and revolvers
Date: c 1893-1898
Reference: FRAS 310/6
Former reference: HF 6/8/25
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd

Title: Register of stock and sales of pistols and revolvers
Date: c 1898-1905
Reference: FRAS 310/7
Former reference: HF 6/8/26
Physical description: 1 volume
Origination: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd