The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-07 00:00:00

M. THE LOCK.

x. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
a• Ca/liable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
nin
0. g• the cartridges being arranged on a table.
iI,•OCIJRAOY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
th he arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more
az 36in. at 1 000 yards, 30in at 800 yards, 12in. at 500,
and Gin. at 300.,
Te
shots each. mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty

P. TRAJECTORY.
Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1
"g• 30 mitt.

Q. FOLG.
The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent.
at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds.
E. PENETRATION.
4,
-!, the mean penetration of five shots not to be less than
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. LUBRICATION.
Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricani
'nay be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
necessary by the competitor.

- 111.
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 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
Lily the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
-fl,"3ra, 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
aR„a aY appear to them sufficiently promising., rejecting all
-.,„"e" as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to
".aFrant their beirg included in the competition, the con-
ditions of which are stated in this advertisement.
Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish
°r-
. -IPeriraetit, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
t
-0 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
cimmittee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em-
ploy A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted
erPetitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
e supply of ammunition
of State offers .
The Secretary a reward of £l,OOO for the
arm' which, on combination of all qualities, is considered
by the committee to be the best submitted.
tot second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at-
hirnillg a satisfactory degree of excellence in other partcu-
, sis selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism.
lit:ek third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qut.t-
avues which will be principally taken into consideration in
0, ardiny this prize will be economy of manufacture, power
various climate
rough usage, freedom from deterioration in
°V,clis climates, and general serviceability.
he shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but
he ,IraaY depend upon the rifling of the arm with which
sid ''''"ridge is associated, they will not be so much con-
,e,r?(l as those above-mentioned.
is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances
sneha competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but
Prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be
;,dlrieeve?l to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the

Iv.
7,,,. MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
e :"'agazine and Repeating Arnie for Infantry will be re-
loading arsnd examined inamanner similar to the Breech-
itich;gfcifies. They must not be less in length than 48
The limit iljlelliding the stock.
clusi ulit of weight for these arms is fixed at 91-Ib. ex-
VG 0
It • f the charges in the magazine.
bay°ne lst indispensable that the arms be made to take a
MTh°Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best
Mahe
or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above
conditio
present us ; and in the absence of experience does not at
to • define the standard of accuracy or other conditions
,5,e fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted.
-Lhose li.
for f —agazine orßepeating Arms, which are accepted
Trher trial, will be paid for at the rate of .£6O each.
ann, is sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per

The
,0 Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious
,‘ ,veltyll b
produced in answer to this advertisement slut e
':',pted into the service without proper acknowledgment,
'4tthat the name of the individual with whom it origi-
es 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
ar office Oct 22 1866
of Ordnance.
I • •

SALE OF OLD STORES AT THE ROYAL
nArtSilr CLOTHING DEPOT, PIMLICO.
Stat-a-`,4uE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Secretary of
etia,s'e for War is prepared to receive TENDERS for the pur-
Clew," OLD,„ STORES, now lying at the Royal Army
Teud.,.-2* Depot, Grosvenor-road, Pimlico, where fornis of
be vie may be obtained, and where the stores for sale may
~,•• and two and four p.m.
delivwed, on the tree days previous to the day fixed for the
kt, erY of the Tenders,between the hours of nine and eleven
oblZaders must be made on a printed form, which may be
Offte,l7 ,as above stated, and are to be delivered at the War
next ' alt-mall, on or before Thursday, the Bth of November
the , addressed to the Director ot Contracts, and marked on
0.. _.. cretary of
" Tender for the Purchase of Old Stores,
,
~.le s
, all of the Tenders.*
S'ate reserves the ri,;llt of Meeting any
War T. HOWELL, Director of Contracts.
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8.W., 27tb October, 1866.

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