The New York herald., 1867-02-21
BREECH- LOADING ARMS.

SECOND Days Expcrimcnts Gray. Page
spencer. Miller. Berdan, Hnbbeil and Aletss
Breech-I.oadcrs Tested. s. saseass
The board Of officers for testing FIRE arms met yesssr-
day, at ten O'Clock pursuant to adjournmen whom see
following named guns were tcsted- .amT*
a ae tatF
On the nrst trial OF this gun ninety nine shots were
fired in eight Later tho day eight shosw
red In fifty Ave seconds which number entered
the target Upon the sand test being applied ne sen
worked the same as before and did mot seem % b
affected by IT, its penetration was y me 'veHsp
This is repeating rife with the MAGAZINE gndes sne
barrel somswha se The wncnss'sT rns = o. snss
were fred from tins gun In one ana Snreo quarter
minutes. using the MAGAZINE loaded win seven cas-
This was The third gun tested % nssd na1ssy ss
nine shots were ared in minute, of which number
seven the Of the target The ssnd sss wss
This weapon is recent improvement On The breech-
loader Of the name which has been adopted ~ the
United States government for altering Springfield es
1t very simple In its construction and posssesee
man who was not an expert, and ninety nine shoa
fred in six minutes and twenty seconds Aucrwards
Msss m the s
| was through The eleventh board 8sar4
/ THIS Ii alteration from muxgie loader, ana -
somewhat novel in lis construction. On the tria os ~
pidty II fred hundred rounds In thirteen minutes
and thrtytwo seconds but this slow action wne MaIed
have been caused by the fact that the party nrng was
not expert The cartridges used not bsing lubncated
ss psss sIs q sssSs ana
fying the board that the weapon was strong enougn or
:so ~sss ss psipSsss S %. wS s %
the target St, q, S gun being n5sd :n%as Tso n
the eleventh into the twelfth board .@ "a -
THE MILLER uvrx ,-sa .ss.s
Ninety nine shots were lred from 6is gun ~ nine
eeCOu0A
bali penetrated nfeen boards, but with son han he
regulation baI Il only penetrated sight boards g @e
applied successfully the gun working the same - neore
rnn xncs' RIl1E -. a.s...a
This brecch loader Is alteration, and .dEeu nom
all others 10 its construcuon Il nrsd 100 shots 10 I'VE
minutes and forty seconds part q ne time oene usd
s or aoS sene nDpe &
fired 10 one minute, Of which numoW ~ en-
tered the inside Of the target ~ psnsssa.ios xas
be nred with much npidity. u y mot simply CON.
structed, nor does 4 posssss tho sfEensth
pcnied, beine made OF several small parts6each
or which exposed and liable 70 accident - any mo-
hundred times i became 50 hot that the ~oodvcs IN
der tho hse partially burned, and time had q b given
now rHr cuSs ARx rrssED %
The tests ov the guns are for rapid q ns sccuvcy
strength pen etzaon and reliability While all exanin-
aeid sfs obliged Gre from os shoudsr and shs gan
@possSis % nrsr gun ifon me shoai1sr sAss :
whom II Ia tied un therefore the national nea
nsh = vas rsd m y ~ suS os 'ss az ssp
than the Empire viii .h tied up and nFsd the nnas
number in four minute and forty ssoosda IN factS!hs
ss'is ss ss r. as s'i s.: ss !: ~ q
matter q choice on the p " q Ms IeP'sso'. woae
s s. x; sfy ..s s:: S..: e - s S Z: e
shoulder -. s..... 81 .sfs y sss sd
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