The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-11

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an amount of metal about tie
breech and hIity Of stock
when NOWADAYS would be colsit-
cred quite suDerfu0us. A oOnS the p Stols
and reviewers here, 81 were especially asked
TO examine a small revolver, costing a
couple Of pounds, winch was so constructed
a To admit OF be ne taken entirely 10 pieces
and c.eaGed by Aaud @lJ-Out the AID OF any
Z cram Or turn .erew-an examnle OF excel
lent workmanship and price fitting.
Messrs. Javelle MagaGd Frerss, another
firm OF st. Euie ne, So w a Serl of barrels
# different manufacture and il different
stages Of construction. steel ldcieT JOndg as
well aS Damascus, those known as Damas
Fl D ana D3maS frise beng extremely beau
tIful IN pattern, AMI. We believe, the most
es eemed at the present day b. French
sportsmen; ali the best guns by French
makers being furnls ed with then, unless
st c. barrels are specially ordered. Inc
! barrels known as MORE a TOSdceS, moro
open pattern, with mar lied appearance,
are much admired.
In an adj lining case we see a barrel in
every stage of manufacture, from Il st to
last-tne wishing Of the metal = ads tor
sion DIES b1qnetteS the solde log them To-
geJuer lsOudMes deS brgHetteS, the wind
l z round sohd evil der (etirGge pref q
EeHrou!dgel, the same in nditIon to
forge (eaTOntdge pref u fJrger), and so on
to where he . rrels are seen enveloped in
clay ready for the furnace, bu projected
from act lal c intact with the fire. Eventu-
ally t &c barrels so TINT de Ia brdSure,n
and finally the finishing SUages-a most il
tereSung and instructive series.
W q slJuli not omit to notice the repeating
shotgun, firing SIX shots sconse usiveiy, ex-
a!b ed by the same co nDaly. Although
d scriosd as a ''nanrodu fusU dscb ISse u
repetition six coursJ,' 1t reminds one very
much OF the Wi Guest r repeater. Ii Is a
single l2-D0re hammerless, holding four
cartridges Central fire, of course in
the magazine. one in @ carrier Grams
porteu) and one in the barrel, i'd
s &C 10 ed like a Winchester, of which
there arc now several different models
well-known FreIc sportsman assured u
that he had seen a mutual friend with this
weapon kill five driven partridges out of
tne same covey; two coming Oh, one cross
ing, and two behind him-good shooting,
no oubt, but rather too hard upon the
covev.
Taxing the French guns on the whole,
one cannot bat admire their elegant aud
II IS led appearance, a art from the merits
OF any particular ecu Il; and We have it on
ths authority of two French sportsmeu of
experience, that for less tina e2j 600
france one may Oh ain a frSt-class and
beautifully finished gun, that for pattern
utAd po1COi dOlOu may tOilDcIo VIII an
Elgllsh-made gun costing twice or three
times as much.
The gunmakers Of Liege have long besl
celebrated t their gun barrels, and IL
gum Is Accord ely well represented. In
one case may he Sc n the smallest revolver
in the exhibition, probably in the world.
1t may be put in a portemolnaIe one and
half inches long by one inch vide, and is
capable of being fired, having SIX chambers,
Il fl \ .1,,1,r
one mlllimeter in diameter. The report is
like the crack of a small whip and 81
SIN Ill a weapon may we'll be regarded
as practically inotfensive 1t is intended
rather as pretty trinket for the watch
| chain and costs 81 For Just half that sum
one may pr cure Of the same makers a we'll
finished and effective revolver OF the
| average size The army revolver (sySteme
| Cha ulOt exhibited by this firm, AID well
known II Fra lce and Belgium, has the
recomme dalton of eng simple in con-
structIon, and IS capable of being taken to
pieces for cleaning with the fingers, without
the aid of y cramp or turnscrew
10 see the Amerl AN arms we have to
| cross over to the right wing of the exhibi-
ton building, where in the section Eats
u lis we find the showcases of Messrs
Smith & Wesson and Colt, % well-kno n
| makers of pistols and revolvers, and the
! equally renowned makers If the Wine! @ =
| ter repeating arms. The weapons tur ID
| out by these three firms are almost too well
| known to need particular description, ana
! it were invidiOus to draw comparisons.
A few weil-known firms, such as Purdev,
| Moore and Holland are Conspicuous only by
their absen e; but we are not 10 e in find
ing and interviewing the representatives of
Messrs Wesley Richards, Greener, Charles
| Lancaster. CogsNell d Harrison, Reilly.
| AMI others, all of whom had SpecilLitcS
pour la chase tir. Mr. Gree ler's
treble wedge fast" of the best quality
and now reduced in weight, as we
understand, to 81 pounds with IS
iuch barrels, Is "a thing of
beauty" to handle, and, from its
workmanship, likely to prove ga j V for
ever" to those who can afford to give the
price. Charles La caster has his four
barrel hammeriess 20-bore, weighing only
| IL pounds; his now well-knOwn COindian.
ha inner or haumerless, as desired, throw
| ing both conical oall and shot, and gro wing
IN favor, it is said, with Austrian ami
| hungarian sportsmen, who have such op-
| portuaitieS for killing large and small
| game at double shot. MIR. Harrison has a
wel-tilled room, where we notice some cap
al specimens Of Engli guns, engraved
| and lula d In the French style, to suit the
taste of French sportsmen, for whose special
| DEDICATION, also, we imagine, are desig ed
the stamped leather gun cases, wi h hunt
| ing scenes depicted upon the lidS-pretty
| enough on table in the gun room, out not
| to be Entrusted to the tender mercieS of the
ordinary railway porter.