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Record: Gun stock books and sales registers (FRAS 311)

Title: Gun stock books and sales registers
Date: 1882-1890
Reference: FRAS 311
Former reference: HF 6/8/1-5  
Physical description: 5 volumes  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd

Scope and content:

Details about guns bought by the Society together with details of their sale. The following information is recorded about each gun: Guard 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 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 Soft : unknown. Finished: the name of the company or individual finishing the gun to the customer’s specification Remarks: any other information that the salesperson wished to record about the purchase (eg sent to Bombay branch aboard the SS Egypt) Maker Barrel number: a number allocated by the maker

Additional information:

There is overlap between 311/1 and 2.

System of arrangement: The volumes are in guard number order.

Record type: Registers, Stock books

Function:

Records held within this series:

Title: Gun stock book and sales register
Date: c 1882-1885
Reference: FRAS 311/1
Former reference: HF 6/8/1  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd

Scope and content:

Covers guard numbers 511 to 5765.

Records linked to this file:

Title: Gun stock book and sales register (no 1)
Date: c 1890-1897
Reference: FRAS 309/1
Company: Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd    
Connection: Guns with guard numbers 3466 to 5765 may also be recorded in this volume.

Title: Gun stock book and sales register
Date: c 1884-1887
Reference: FRAS 311/2
Former reference: HF 6/8/2  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd

Scope and content:

Covers guard numbers 1157 to 6943.

Title: Gun stock book and sales register (no 1A)
Date: c 1887-1890
Reference: FRAS 311/3
Former reference: HF 6/8/3  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd

Scope and content:

New guns, c 1887-1888. Secondhand guns, c 1886-1890. Has counter book instead of maker. Covers guard numbers 1185 to 8293. Secondhand guns are listed at the back of the volume.

Title: Gun stock book and sales register
Date: c 1888-1890
Reference: FRAS 311/4
Former reference: HF 6/8/4  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd

Scope and content:

Same info as 3. Covers guard numbers 1185 to 11575 . Unsold guns from 3 were copied into this new volume.

Title: Gun stock book and sales register
Date: c 1889-1891
Reference: FRAS 311/5
Former reference: HF 6/8/5  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd

Scope and content:

Index of types of guns at front of volume. Same info as 3. Covers guard numbers 1802 to 12198. Unsold guns from 4 were copied into this new volume.

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Reference: FRAS ?
Company: Army & Navy Auxiliary Co-operative Society Ltd    
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