The sun., 1891-05-03
rnr VIEW nrYIr ron THE ARxr.
j.TsstiuG the aeieisa. Dsstsh, British. Ans
triah. nnA Swis. Naeasine 9uns.

'.A-
iirsssins the Beieisa. Dss'sh. Britiss. Ans
trish. and Swiss NsGasipe esns.
wAsHfxoroS. May 2-The Magazine Gun
Board % now ready for its final work, a. II has
Itshe NECESSARY cartridges. made Of the Wet
. teren. sm mokeless powder. Indeed. after walt
pe for years to GET thoroughly satisfactory
American powder for email calibre repeating
rifies. and finally Importing tho Belgian DOW
,lsr for experiments. tho army authorities have
found sope promising Amsrican.ms pow
dots offered to them. Ono OF these. used In
the now small. bore ride Of 80 calibre, has At
sAined muzzlo velocity OF shout 3.000 feet Dor
isxcona. with charge Of "a grains. The Wet.
tefen powderin recent trial gave about l.eoo
feet, With $1,000 hounds pressure. s6 grams
being usod. - .G 80
ills. thcrefors, evident that this American
lpowder 10 pfomising. even compared wiin
the felafsn II IL said to have less odor than
i. thsjsttSr, and In iss powsr OF impsrtinG initial
velocity is also very satisfactory. ltS In
terror pressure 10 said to bo greater than
that ofths wetteren powder: stil.tt makes
gain IA this fcspsct over sotne other powders.
Both II sid,ths wet,ereh powder Of course
.farsufhass In. power the ordinary powder now
used In our regulation small arms. n the lat
ter. with . charge OF ffty.hve grains. only
reaches about kAe0 feet Of initial velocity
added that tho navy is at work liko'the army
on the smo.e e'ess powder problem. Apowder
In snid to have boep manufactured at the tor.
podo station at Newport which gives promis-
ing results, ai,d tho Dupont Company has
agreed 10 establish factory for making both
gun cottoE. and sm0kelsss powder for the navy
Tho 3O.calibre has been liked upon for tho
United States army rifle. A Mauser rifle OF
about this standard win be submitted for trial
The aSlebt Of ths now Msussr mssszins Rnn.
:. on thssbolt system. adopted by Belgium 10 .
little. OYER .sh. pounds. 1t has q dstachapie
ma&nzips., carrying aye cartridges. placed
- forward Of the guard. which can be nlsd by
hand while ismaapink 'atsadhsd tothst gan.
/, and single cartridges can also be replaced.
I Without the .bayonst II IL about fifty inches
lkax, and calrles charge Of "a grains. With ?
bullet weighing 2l6. This bullet is OF soft lead,
In German silver casing. steel mantlet
protects tie hand and preserves the barrfl
51% FH sssse as rs abs and
: isiish,. while, Il q said to'eoss about slS to
!. lasnuiseture ir Belgium: ..,u.4.
SSaiisk ssryi e. fSis las slrssay boon trisd
csrfridges, while It Is Intended that each man
sSS%sd :SSSa sSs nsr sssend
locitr had been obtained with n, ordinary poM. on'
and 2aSe % bcss M
published IN due time The ma.sziino .s y O. is ,h
S sisSsins IN $ w % SSS SomEIaints have besn
% SsSsziss: ~ Sss TIA. Is a dinsuity Il dssah q
rl: 3.s e b !. .rsa e; ,s shi psss: 1S:
saIiEre f and Weighs y5s pounds. i has . Vert:
cal 9sed Sex IN sae
piees s.s Hssd sdsssned % for Sisef pSsdet bSt
toSs uled, With smokeless powder. with sSne p,e
70 b tried by the Boari 10 having no cus-on
d Tor the magazine. and accordingly cannot be
st: Il rom apss ,sst Tie such s
way q. % aye hgeh fapidltJ OF riie. - -:
wsiehs e.Ol pounds and tho 69rizontel aIed I'D
arc loaded from tin chargers. anil the cutoff
ssS ssi sof e 20 Hss ssea. u
h sI .sssSss s;s.as s.; tried !. til.
ss
ss eca. Es 81
:. Sontsins. Twelve CARTRIDGES. in the mssszihe.
Ssas. Ss;ssass Z xsa sSsst aHsss e.
with an estimated rate OF 1re of thirty rounde-
per, minute. The bullet is Of lead covered
.tn addition 10 these foreign guns. TO which
tESa6 Is, sddsd Q Mannlicher Of the. exact
Unifsd -Stitss standard. which the fnventor
S4KS msst welcome. Up to the time Of the
last meeting Of the Board none had been sub.
Amsrican origin In It's most valuable features.
the Lee maeazipe gun having long sen
eoIeiudsA. the Board will 10 able 10, deter
mine whether tho time has como for -adoptlnG
magazine rine for our army.