The morning call., 1892-01-31

| fridge used by the board was rs grains O.
| compressed black powder the muZZ'e Veloc-
| ity being ITO feet. TIE weight of the gur
| is pounds ounces and the barrel has an
exterior metal cover. The magazine Is oil
fixed tyre. 1t holds five cartridges and has
cutoff The magazine can be filled By re-
leasing cartridges from metal charger OF
by single cartridges as preferred,
THE MANNLICHER GUN
Has been officially adopted by the Austrian
army. 1t has caliher Of 0.3l5. The cham
Der differs materially from the Krag Jurgen-
sen. The weight of the gun is 10 pounds Y
ounces, while the bullet Is 30 grains. HE
charge is 40 grains of compressed Sm0keless
powder, and the muZZle velocity 2l15 feet.
The bolt has forward and back motion,
there being no rotation. The magazine IS
fixed with an under receiver, uses i've head
less cartridges carried in metal jacket In
troduced bodily into the magazine, forming
an essential part Of the mechanism.
The krOpatchek was formerly used IN the
French navy aud is somewhat similar TO
the Lebel, now used by Portugal Tor IN
fantry and cavalry. The caliber is Obs,
and takes cartridge longer than either the
Krag Jorgensen or tha Mannlicher. The
weight of the gun is 10 pounds 3 ounces, and
it has ii barrel with exterior metal cover. A
copper jacketed bullet, with exterior ubri-
cation, weighs 2I5 grains. 1t is charged
with 20 grains of gunpOwder and has muZ-
Zle velocity of 1860 feet The magazine is
tubular, is under the barrel ard holds eight
cartridges. This gun has a cutoff.
The MauSer has been adopted for the
armies of Belgium, the Argentine Republic
and Bulgaria. This gun has caliber Of
030l. Its weight is pounds y ounces,
and it has an exterior metal cover TO the
barrel. The cartridges are loaded with 43
grains of a smOkeless powder resembling
the Western used in American guns by this
a in IF no Ltl ic
grains. The bullet has a German silver
jacket, and the gun has muzZle velocity of
PHI feet.
The capacity Of the magazine is five car
trldges, and this can be loaded by fiat
metal clip which embraces only the groove
near the end of the headless cartridges. The
gun has no cutoff but by firing the upper
cartridge and then replacing it in the maya
Zine, aud soon single load Of fire can be
maintained with four cartridges in reserve.
In this way it can be loaded singly.
THE MODEL So IS USED
by the infantry of Germany. This gun
when tested worked very similar to the
Manniicher 1t mas a calibeT Of 03l1, and
with metal barrel cover weighs pounds
yer jacket weighs 228 grains and requires
IS grains # smOkplesS powder. The muZZle
velocity is 1906 feet
The Murata OF Japan has a tubular maya
zine under the barrel holding eight car
trdges. The weight of the gun IS nine
pounds. The bullet is copper jacketed and
Of 238 grains. The bullets and prmed shells
unluaded we're received by the board from
Japan, and after experiment a charge OF So
grains of Veteran powder was selected.
This gives a muzze velocity Of 1850 feet.
The Caliber of the gun is O.31j The car
fridge is shorter than Tor all the other guns
of similar callber, but is of tie same eX-
terror diameter as the Mannlcher.
The Schmidt of Switzerland weighs ten
pounds aud five ounces. The barrel is ell
tirely encasrd IN a wooden stock The ham
die of the bolt has a forward and back mo-
ton, with no rotation. but the handle and
bolt are so arranged that at a certain time
a motion Of rotation also is given a portion
Of the latter, as in the majority Of other
bolt guns. The magazine is semi-detacha-
Bile. ana can be removed for cleaning, but Is
loaded when in position. 1t holds twelve
cartridges and can be loaded from packages
II pastebOard re-enfOrced with metal which
hold six cartridges, or can be loaded with
single cartridges. The gun has a cutoff.
The calIber is O295.