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R. THE ARM AS A WHOLE.
Must be as little liable to injury bylong-continued firing,
rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
breech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable,
also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
men, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
form quality.
1. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.
Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp,
and exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for
Snider's converted Enfield rifle —also as little liable to acci-
dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable' of
being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform
quality.
R. CALIBRE.
Optional.
L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.
Optional. THE LOOS.

N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table.
o. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more
than 36in. at 1,000 and bin. at 300. yard; 30in. at 800 yard; 12in. at 500,
The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
shots each.

P. TRAJETORY.
Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1
deg. 30 min.

Q. FOUL
The shooting not to deterioratlN G.e
more than 20
at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. per cent.
R. PENETRATION. '
The mean penetration of five shots not to be less th
that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Riflean
hou—
viz.,rs 12
in half-i
waternch elm planks, which have been soaked 48
Distance 30 yards.

8. Lr RICATION.
Wax on bullets is indispensabl, but any othr ricani
may be superadded or applied toe the cartridge,e iflub thoughi
necessary by the competitor.

11.
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No arms will be received without the usual proof marks.
Specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed,
stating the probable per arm, and accompanied by a
finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War
Office, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867.
The specifications and specimen arms will be considered
y
b the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
bers, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for
War, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds,
select and recommend for further trial such of the systems
as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all
such as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to
warrant their being included in the competition, the con-
ditions of which are stated in this advertisement.
Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish
for experiment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
munition per ann, within four months after date of de-
mand Each competitor will be required to disclose to the
committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em-
ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted
the supply oftitors. t
ammunition o cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
requid.
The Secretary of State offers are reward of £l,OOO for the
arm which, on combination of all qualities, is considered
by the committee to be the best submitted.
A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at-
taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu-
lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism.
A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua-
ities which will be principally taken into consideration in
awarding this prize will be economy of manufacture, power
of sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in
various climates, and general serviceability.
The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair t
as they may depend upon the rifling of the arm with
Which
the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con-
sidered as those above-mentioned.
It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances
will a competitor bo entitled to more than one prize ; but
such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be
given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the
service.
....

MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re-
ceived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech-
loading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48
inches, including the stock.
The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at sp. ex-
clusive of the charges in the magazine.
It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a
bayonet•.
The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best
Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above
conditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at
present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions
to bo fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted.
Those Magazine orßepeatingArms, which are accepted
for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each.
This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per
arm.

The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious
novelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall be
adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment,
and that the name of the individual with whom it origi-
nates shall be recorded in connection with it.
if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted
into the service, it will bear the inventor's name.
J. 'ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director
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