Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-04
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The Improved American

MrssRs. EDITORS am not an,
any treatise published, either in Tn,
TRY or England, that is Of any ,!,r.
TO an iuquiring marksman, .Isy
sChapman: spending all Of hi, 4,
hunting, fishing, and target prasfv
ssparing no expense in experiments
led, ALEC, and furnished with v.,,-
the best mechanics OF the age, ils
3 be wondered at that he should h.ur
lat such perfection in The use Of thrS
stiful weapon, the improved Am.ria,.
The rifle, since Its FIRST sppesrins
undergone considerable alteration Il
astruct;on, combination, and mod, IN
ing, in compliance with knowledge
essarily gained from its use in regulr,
5tice and extensive experiment., az
at the present time, continually TO
additions and alterations as d .hci,ra
opportunities are found TO exist.
As an evidence Of what has been, az
4 by the improvement Of the Ausria
since 1870, ] may be allowed 10 ~,
at that time the very best rifles Of :
school, in The very best marksmsnit
; and in the moes favorable westbGi
: not make a shorter ten shot strings
rods, than fifty inches where's,
present time, twenty inches is Gu
'only common shooting.
This description Of rife 10 vel 1,
to hunting in the western stai.,s uil
where large shots are Of frsqu,uiE
renee. The barrels Of all huntintr
Hand hand rifles should not wei.
khan eight pounds, when it is ir..Is
use the globe sight; if the eounr
esighls are TO be exclusively used TIE
may be Of al weight to suit the mar
This, in my opinion, i the besF
sweapon for rifiemen to use In -sin
sIbat purpose the barrel should kr1
Feast steel. two feet eight inches nh
swelgh eight TOuLds, hRve Seventh
the cslibre or about q half oUnn, :
sand charged with two inches Of Ih.i
zcoarse powder aud fat ended picIs
sened with tin the straight ,tsrisr
FUSED, made Of wood, and sru.iI
sbrass ferule at the end, in order ri
and firm, and attached to the bshrI
4 10y means Of a leather string. pEI
aside the least possible chance
It. A system Of sighting may ks
{great advantage combined Of III, !.
yer buck and globe sight. Tn, %
must be marked for the ranges, u
Ivided with hinge, so as to lay D.
the barrel and BE out Of the rs,u
,open sight is required to be en-
used The men ought to be trains
.the globe sight on long ranges. ~
10 1000 yards, for the express rG7
picking of artillerymen and bsr
lreconnoitering parties, and for .
columns uLder, snd forming forrI
Musketry &C such distances
harmless; but every rife Of hin
ton, in well trained hands vusk
For bus b fighting tbe::o?en sighu'
exclusively used ; indeed in oil cas-
a quick sight is required. Tkf
lection that can be made to this "
the time required to load. 1t q
loaded as quick a common rites :
use the round tall /; but when Is
the superior accuracy Of the fiji
bullet fully compensstes for h
time.
Such 4 weapon ought to Be =
hands os steady, picked men, Vi
pride in the expert use Of arm,
man with good judgenent sri
would have q serious advsn.aetf
other rifemar in the world bisD
ing more effective from the grsT
Of the bullet. and the greater ~
it's Eight; and If the bore b
freed, and with Q good srtieh
powder, fifty, or even sixty, sss
bred without wiping it out. ID
be valuable weapon in the bsDa'
and able bodied rangers.