The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-13
UNITED STATES ARMY NOTES

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Written for the Standard.
The Army and Navy Year Book' for
1895 is just out. 1t is edited by Lieut..
Lewis 5. Van Duzer, U. S. navy, and pub
lished by L. NJ. Hamersly & Co., Phila-
delphia. Price 30 cents. 1t is thorough,
comprehensive and entirely reliable upon
all points treated. Following are some
extracts taken from this work, bear.ng
upon the new arms, ammunition and pro-
posed equipment for military service:
krag-JorGensen R.fle, u. S. Army Pat
tern.--Ihe weight of the piece is sH
pounds; length of barrel 30 inches; cali
Der, O.3O inch riff ng, lands and grooves
1.-THE latter of three times the width of the
former twist of rIfing, turn in 80 cali
bers; bayonet, sword type. Dimensions
of cartridge: length 3. 10 inches; diameter
at base. O.i5 inch; diameter at neck, O.3O
inch: length of shell, 2.25 inches length of
steel-jacke ed bullet, 1.2j inches; weight
OF bullet. 20 grains; weight of charge of
smokeless powder, 40 grains; sighting
1000 yards. The m igazine holds five
cartridges, and Is horizontally placed on
the right side of the piece.
Revovers for the United States Armv-
The ordnance bureau of tho war depart-
y Is
Arms Manufacturing company for 1900
3S-caliber dou ble-action revolvers. These
revolvers will be provided with a cylinder
and trigger-lock. This is an arrangement
making 1t impossible to pull the trigger
unless the cylinder is in place and locked.
and II also insures the exact coincidence
OF the bore of the barrel and cylinder.
The Improvement was much needed. as
several accidents had occurred with the
first model from carelessness in pushing
back the cylinder, not pressing il all the
way into the frame, in which case the
non-concidence of the bores of barrel
and cylinder caused the bullet to strip and
throw out n good deal of lead. The cylin-
der was insecurity locked, also, when the
cartridge was exploded and this often
caused a similar flying of lead.
Wesson Revolver.-D. b. " essen has
recently patented a solId-frame. side
swing revolver, somewhat resembling. in
appearance, the present army and navy
Colt. Its interesting features are the
methods of locking the trigger and cylin.
der. The cylinder is carried on the usual
yoke, and swings out to the left about an
axis formed by pin constituting the
lower arm of the yoke. The trigger has
its pivot on the rear end OF this pin, and.
when the cylinder is turned out. a partial
sleeve, which does not extend all the way
around the pin, is forced to the rear and
locks the trigger firmly. The cylinder ia
locked ana held IN place by its own pivot,
whlch Is sliding pin that snaps into is
socket when the cylinder is pressed into
place, and II is kept up TO its work by n
surrounding spiral spring. The cylinder
Is locked from turning by n pointed stud
on lever which is pvoted at its forward
emu ana lays along the top of the revolver
frame over the cylinder space, the stud
extending through 1t TO engage in tho
s'ud-recess OF the cylinder. When tho
hammer moves back. the rear end of tho
FEVER Is hfted by projection on the back
OF the former, thus drawing the stuI ONT
OF the recess IN the cylinder and allowing
the latter tn revolve. When the proiac-
ton on the hammer releases the lever IL
springs down again and locks the cylin-
der IN its new position.
hrnka-iebler Builet.-This bullet has
a conoidai point and base, with COM |
paratiycly short bearing surface in ina |
Milling, and an aNial hole completely |
through II. IL has been driven at a very, |
lish relociiy and many persons, appar- |
nifty, suppose this to tie owing to the re-
iuctIon OF pressure. in front due To the
'scape Of gas through the aNial hole. RIM
ms IS = mistake. Inc MAXIMUM velocity
S of course. attained before the proiect.le
.ciualiy leaves the muzz.c of the piece.
>1w. up To the moment Of leaving Tho
nuzzie tho aNinl hole in the bullet Is
.osri by a shoe which acts partly as
Irivingwad and gas-check and partly as