The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-24 00:00:00

D. CARTRIDGES.
Must carry their own ignition.
The foresight E. SIGHTS.
uzed must be such as to admit of a bayonet
according to the present system.
E. STOCK
aPust be such as to car ry a light. metal cleaning•rod, and
-crct a sling to be used.
G. .
10 per not exceed that ofRECOIL the Enfield Rifle by more than
Der cent,
must be IL. THE ARM AS A WHOLE.
ron,h as little liable to injury by long-continued firing,
bre;" usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
also eh-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable,
uleL; onnd o f ing used without accident by imperfectly trained
10r quality. being manufactured in quantities ana of uni-
u 1. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.
k
ust be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp,
4ilel3osure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for
dentlef` ex 8 converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to Reel-
beino,plosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of
qualayrn.aanfactured in large quantities, and of uniform
Optional.' K. CALIBRE_ _
opLtionTailiE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional. M. THE LOCK.

e N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
aiming f firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
0. theo cartridges
The being arranged on a table.
IiRA-CY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
than V. 4111 must give a mean figure of merit of not more
am 6.uul. at 1,000
• The
14• at 300. yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500,
Shots eanleeha.ri to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty

P. TRAJECTORY.
deg. 80 Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than
niiit

The Q. FOULING.
at nA
Yards af shooting
ter not to deteriorate
firing 250 rounds.more than 20 per cent.
The R. PENETRATION.
that llleatt penetration of five shots not to be less than
viz , e
„„_ the present service muzzle-loading E
beenfield Rifle—
11, • half-inch elm planks, which have n soaked 48
ur,
w.ter.
Dance 3O Yards.

s. LUBRICATION.
Zays,sx on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
443 suPeradded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
saary by the competitor.
13?!armsSNo c will be received without the usual proof marks.
.ifieations, and drawings of the methods proposed,
ring the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
xlattished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
OM' ahmlid be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War
00, " before the 30th March, 1867.
, on or
b,T411,6 SPecifications and specimen arms will be cpnsidered
b•L'iae Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
'GP% who will be selected by the Secretary of State for
select
who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds,
aeaslect and recommend for further trial such of the systems
rahaY appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all
BW-e- 48 may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to
dizir. tut their being included in the competition, the con-
-.(ma of which are stated in this adyertisement.
con-
dor accepted competitor will then be required to furnish.
tortelrieriment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity.
_ he specinaen arm. submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
munition per arm, within four months after date of de-
nlaild' Each competitor will bo required to disclose to the c?lnanittee the exact nature of the lubrication he may ems
rPrey. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted
Potitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
Z,s,uPPl of muntion required.
6ey cretaarmy of Spate offers a reward of £l,OOO for the
armY
the committee to be the best submitted
iA second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at-
yunr,g a satisfactdry 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-
lities 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 clearly to be understood that under no circumstances
'will a competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but
Rich prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be
given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the
Service.

IV.
MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will bo re-1
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 indispensablethat the arms be made to take a
baYonet.
,The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best
f-agazine 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
(40 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.
phis sum is io include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per

v.
The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious
nvelty 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 whiche first rize is awrded i
into the service, it wilh lt bear thep
inventor'sa name.s adopted
J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director
of Ordnance.

War Office, Oct 22, 1866,
•

RMY CONTRACTS.
Office TINDERS will be received by the Commissariat
trienTß respectively in ebarze at the undermentioned Die-
tor Twelve o'clock noon on the 29th October, 1866.
e",PPIy of

for the BREAD AND MEAT,
to 31., CRYf her Majesty's Troops, from Ist December, 1866,
L " 1867.
8.,,,,,0u.d0n District, Commissariat Ofilze, 101, Victoria-street,
4
liresd and Meat for the Troops statio.ted at:—
Chelsea Barracks, for all the Troops in London, the
~..To,wer excepted.
L• 'lle 1 over.
l• itounslow and Keller Hall
S. arnPion Court.
Windsor.tri
1. ghton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shoreham.
8. o!indhurst.
'llerns
9• J.r e°'
lo eY•
Aldern„,..
a end
vrB on the printed forms must be properly filled up
at thZced, aLd no Tender will be noticed unless delivered
•,,tencermentiontd Office, under clobed envelope ;marked
29th " on the t outside), before twelve o'clock noon on the
ber jus