The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-07 00:00:00

M. THE LOOK.

Optional.

x. APDTY OP FIRE.
Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
aiming, the cartridges being twrr.nged on a table.
0. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more
than Cain. at 1,000 yards, 80in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 600,
and 6iu. I.:, 300.
shots
The
each. mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty

r. TRAJ.
Not to require at 500 yards E
anCTORY elevation of more than 1
dog. 30 min.

Q. FOULING.
The shooting not to deteriorate 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 than
that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle_
viz., 12 half-inch elm 'planks, which have been soaked 48
hours in water.
Distance 30 yards.

s.
Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
ittaY be snperadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
necessary by the competitor.

No arms will be received without the usual proof marks.
Specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed,
stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
finished specimen arcs, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
nition, should be sei-t :he "Director of cirdnance, War
Office, Pall-mall," on o: ')afore the 30th Marbh, 1867.
The specifications and specimen arms will be considered
by 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 prelimina rou
select and recommend for
.'urger trial such of the systemsnds, 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 ex accepted
at Woolwich, six arms iu strict conformity
to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
munition per arm, within four months after date of de-
mand. Each competitor will be required to disclose to the
committee the exact nature of the lubrication ho may em-
ploy. A sire of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted
competitors, *o cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
the supply of ammunition required.
The Secretary of State offers a 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 foi the arm which, while at-
taining a satisfactory i.egree 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-
Hies which will he 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; but
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 be entitled to mere 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 911 b. ex-
clusive of the charges in the magazine.
It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a
bayonet.

`rho 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 be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted.
Those Magazine orßepenting Arms, 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.

V.
The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious
novelty produced in answer to this advertisement shall bo
adopted into the service without proper acknoNledgment,
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
War °M :of Ordnance;
00, Oct. 22 1866 it

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