Title: Registers of sales, purchases and stock of new and secondhand firearms and ammunition
Date: 1920-1973
Reference: FRAS 503
Former reference: HF 6/8/38-39  
Physical description: 2 volumes  
Origination:  Army & Navy Co-operative Society Ltd
Army & Navy Stores Ltd

Scope and content:

The registers comprise the following sections: Sales of all types of firearms and ammunition. Details recorded are date of sale, name and address of purchaser, firearm certificate details, quantity of arms and cartridges, size of bore, numbers and description of firearms and cartridges, remarks, bill number. Purchases of rifles. Details recorded are date of purchase, name and address of person or firm from whom rifle was purchased, firearm certificate details, quantity of rifles, size of bore, numbers and description or rifles, order number, remarks. Purchases of pistols, revolvers and magazines. Details recorded are date of purchase, name and address of person or firm from whom firearm or magazine was purchased, firearm certificate details, quantity of firearms or magazines, size of bore, numbers and description of firearms and magazines, remarks. Purchases of ammunition. Details recorded are date of purchase, name and address of firm from whom ammunition was purchased, quantity of ammuntion, size of bore, description of cartridges, type of powder, order number, remarks. List of firearms left for repair, destruction or transfer. Details recorded are date firearm received, name and address of customer, firearm certificate details, description and number of firearm, reason for leaving firearm, tab number, repairer's name and date sent to works, date received from repairer, date removed from Society's custody, remarks. Stock of rifles. Details recorded are date of stocktaking, quantity of rifles, size of bore, description and numbers of rifles, remarks. Stock of pistols and revolvers (only in FRAS 503/1). Details recorded are date of stocktaking, quantity of firearms, size of bore, description and numbers of firearms, remarks. Stock of ammunition. Details recorded are date of stocktaking, quantity of ammunition, size of bore, description and numbers of ammunition, remarks. Sales of gunpowder (only in FRAS 503/2). Details recorded are date of sale, name and address of purchaser, details.

Additional information:

To comply with the requirements of the Firearms Acts, staff maintained in these registers details of all the people to whom they sold and from whom they bought firearms and ammunition.

System of arrangement: The registers are in chronological order. Within each register, each section is in chronological order by date of sale, purchase or stocktaking.

Record type: Registers, Stock books

Function: