New-York tribune., 1895-10-27

has risen may be conceived when it is said that
the old hammerless guns had over eighty pieces In
the lock. while these hammcrless guns are
made with Only fourteen pieces in this intricate
part. Hammerless guns are insisted on now. only
repeating sod with hammers.
II. s. Weles. an expert with shotgun and rifle'
who has defeated some Of the best shots. says that
for field sports the repeating guns are the BEST Dut
for trap shooting. Until the birmingham rules are
changed the oId-fashioned double-barreled guns
are still the desirable, as II takes an expert
some time get used to the repeating acton or
the new guns. These new repeating guns are on
the Maxim rapiI-hre principle that IS. the recon-
Is utilized 10 throw the shell out and bring Inc
next cartridge into position for firing. The new
repeating gun does more than this 1t uses the re-
coil to throw the hammer fun cock also.
one principal advantage of the modern machine
made guns, according Mr. Wellcs, Is the ease
with which it is possible repair lost or broken
part. All the owner OF a gun that Is out OF order
had TO do is to write the factory or the maker.
explain his difficulty and receive back. by mail or
express the broken or absent part. The number of
the gun ard the part wanted are al that II is
necessary FOR the maker TO know. Ii was onS
time before adhercnts Of the Old style OF hand
made shotguns would admit that a breech-loader
could be made entirely by machinery that w9uld
shoot as well the Old handmade weapons. tbut
a iew years of target practice has seit!-d all That.
Many of the best records are held by machine
made guns. At the Berlin Exposition and at the
exhibition in Madison Square Garden many Of the
best guns shO'gn were machine made modern
machine made gun is as superior TO some Of the
old handmade guns bicycle is to unaided
pair OF human legs for getting over long dis
tance of ground.
STRENGTH Is ALSO GAINED.
But the best way" said Mr.. Welles. 'of show
ing the improvement In guns and demonstrating
how mucn better the present gun at from $50 TO 800
is than the old kn1 that cost sometimes way up
TO as much as $500 $40 is to look into IT little.
and he took down a beautiful modern hammeress
from a case filed with superb collection Of all
sorts Of fine guns He first broke open a splendid
fowilng piece. and this is wnst the mechanism
looked Iike II H. shown In the first cut. Figure l.
There are only fourteen possible pieces to be found
in this mechanism II everything is counted. \
fair count would give even less Then Mr. Welles
took down a model gun OF few years back and
submitted the mechanism or its hammeress .ock
70 fnS,stiglilon To begin with, in the latest pro-
,lucfion there Is not single screw IN the locking
device the entire locking sys-e being hung on two
pins Then one can by referring TO the sec
tonai cut of Figure that the cooking arm, ham
rner and firing pin are all OF one piece; that the
cockins arm or hammer has bearing directly on
the lug with no intermediate pieces. making IL the
easiest cooking device ever used on any hammer
less gun The cooking and firing mechanism is al
contained in the metal frame. thus avoiding the
cutting away and consequent weakening OF the
stock The handspring forces connection he
tween hammer and lug and glance shows what
ingenious ana valuable point this Is. making
II possible TO take of and hook barrels with the
hammer In any position-ether up or down or one
up and down. BY means OF what is called q
fore-end fastener the whole gun may be taken apart