Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-07-29
From the New York Express
POrfes:s Paten mt Revolving Etre-.,.
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vi all the numerous improvements mad. :.
firearms of late years, there has nor hoo.
perhaps, one al more merit than the ~
provement in revolving arms known
Porter's patent. A gun made after ,h;s
patent has three great advantages: frs, ,ha
surprising rapldiiy and case with which !, cau
be fired second. the perfect simplicity of j..
working; and third, lis being perfectly wa,or
proof. There 10 now. with this improyemsn,
the cap gun, the carbine. or military eun. al
the shot gun. These guns are quite lipb,W
the heaviest, the shot gun, weighing but MIN.
and half, the cap gun between seven anS
eight. and The lightrst, The carbine. only 81
and quarter pounds. The locks Of these guns
consist of but four pieces, lumber Gear. cea.
spring, and the handspring. On the outside
OF and fastened to the lock. which is HINGED m
TO the stock, and may be opened al will, is n
round cap box, containing thirty caps while
on the inside, and turning on he stock, is evil.
lnder containing The charges, of which there are
nine in each cylinder. Underneath the lock, and
over the trigger is guard, " hich. atera charoo
ID fired, is thrown back by simple action Of the
hand, turning the charge cylinder and placing
another cap ready to fire ii taking but few
seconds TO exhaust the nine charges in each
cylinder. When one cylinder is exhausted
the lock is opened from the stock and fresh
cyhnderPu on, not over a couple of seconds
is generally necessarily consumed In one
minute thirty shots can easily be fired, and
lh't with surprising accuracy. The only diff.
fel ence between the cap gun and carbine is
that the caps in the later are placed in the
charge cylinder instead of separate box. and
everylme the charges are renewed the cana
are renewed also-thus avoiding the necessity
OF replacing the caps every thirty shots. and
insuring the greater rapidly in the dischareing.
Considering the increased rapidly. force and
accuracy with which ball can be thrown by
this FIRE arm, it will doubtless. prove the most
effective for warlike purposes of any that has
ever been In use as it is estimated that body
OF one thousand men, with this carbine, could
hire twenty-seven thousand shots every minute,
Tennessee and louisiana, the only States
to which the owners of the patent Messrs.
Jones q Looney. have made application as
Yet, have adopted his carbine as their State
arm, and several distinguished military men
who have witnessed its performance. among
them Brevet Brigadier General William S.
Harvey; Brevet Colonel w. w. Lorng, rifles;
Capt Marcy, 9th regiment and Lieutenant
A, Z. Burnside Sd infantry, have given a GER
tflcate expressive of their satisfaction at the
resultant stating thatthey should recommend
its adoption for the army. The shot gun diff
fers from the cap gun only in size being larger.
All these guns can be fred till each charge CYL
lnder Is exhausted. without being removed
from the shoulder. One of each of these guns
handsomely finished. is now on exhibition at
the Crystal Palace. The improvement is pat e.
ented here, in Eng land. and in France, and is
conreated in nearly all the other countries of
Europe. and it will doubtless supersede even
tualIy all other arms, for purposes Of war at
least. Its working is very simple, and can be
witnessed every day between the hours of ten
and twelve,a at BIG Broadw where we would
advise all who are Interested in such matters
to call and satisfy themselves. The office for
the transaction of business connected with this
invention is at No. 90 Broadway