The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-12 00:00:00

M. THE LOCK.

Optional.

N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
aiming, the cartridges being Arranged on a table.
0. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500,
The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
shots each.

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

Q. FOULING.
The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent.
at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds.

it. PENETRATION.
The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than
that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle-
-12 half-inc.
h elm planks, which have been soaked 48
hours in water.
Distance 30 yards.
.s. LIT FIRICATION.
Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
IllaY be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
necessary by the competitor.

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N 0 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 arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War
°lnce Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867.
, The' specifications and specimen arms will be considered
!3_3, the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
IZs, 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
.8 has appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all
-Nvu may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to
currant their being included in the competition, the con-
ditions which are stated in this advertisement.
forex. accepted competitor will then be required to furnish
to the t, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
uniiircimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
Per arm, whin four months after date of
Each competittor 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
,j(,:ie 'mpetitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
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 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; 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 clearlyto be understood that under no circumstances
will a competitor be 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.

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MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry win be re-
eived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech-
oading Rifles. They must not be loss in length than 48
aches, 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. •

Tr he 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 orßepeating 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 be
adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment,
and that the name of the individual with whom it' origi-
nates shall bewecorded in convection with it.
if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted
Ato the service, it will bear the inventor's name.
J, ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director
:of Ordnance
War Oface, Oct. 22 1866

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