The sun., 1895-05-27
TEE CONTEST OF TEE RIFLES.
Tn, Compet,tior for Adoption by the Navy
aud thc Mcrits OF the Wlnner.

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| WAsuiTdToN May EV.-ihe run iepoiOo. ~
| Navy Board on small arms conta'ns au n
| esting comparison OF inc merits "nu uoi.
tho various magazine r'nes IN .ne lo.euS IT.,
| petitive trial Mt the Newport lorpeuo eta'on
| which resulted IN the cholce OF 'ne Icy sun.
| Tho Board consisted OF oomnahoer Sonvo.so'
| Prof. Alger, and Ensign lwihine OF 'ho hsrs, sr
and Lieut.. Karmany oil the Marine CORDS. .ne .ho
| entries were the Leo Arms company anu W. W.
| Miles. rotating, ana tho Lee s'raiRno-puii oo's
| rifles, all with centrai' uhuer-receiVei mas"
| zinos, and the Remington rota,ihR ooi' ", ~,
| with the Russeli-L'verfhore s'ue n"saAi,io. nv, -,
other competitors OF iast autumn. iIe,uuiuh .no
excellent Lnger. did not compete al 'ne soos'''''
OF April 10 ana May if ,
The Lee Arms Company rine was iouh" W oo'
in both action and magazine, pract,caily .ho
Mauser. Among the uetects io"hu II, ~ "e,.
that the shearing OF locking Jugs wouio resu'O
| In the bolt blowing OUT 10 tne rear 'n. ,,o
locking system was hot the oes'' 'hnV uouoIo
loading from the magazine was poss,o'o' 'l''''
the methous OF stripp'n9 tho cup 'n'o .no in"s"
| zine ana OF scating IL on tho upper e'uo VI 'no
| bolt sleeve were oolect'onaoie' thao u" e"p',
magazine was not ihuicated' nua Iha' spe't.'
tool was needed for disassemonng 'ne oo'', a.
| though device was proposeo ior oo'ia'ihs 'ii''
last objection. ,,
Tho sseli-Livermore though lmpro,eu
since october IN the e!ection' IN tne pre'eh'.nk m
OF double loading, ana IN the removal OIL tae
| cut-oH, was iounu 10 nave ohe i"ui'' VI .
magazine system that is' auuine more we'sh'
| than tho cehtral m"ga"ihe' wn'ie no' kN,ns
rerfect balance, ana recurring an uhuue
| cutting ava! ot 'he re'eiser' LILO '''p'' WV
were heavy ana non-reVers'ole.
| The Miles had been greatly improved since
October. and the objections to II theh MADE
iarge'y overcome. ~. ooJ.,''ons VIZ ,Hu"u W
sih,c domh. ,oadiny hv forward movement und
the jammins of the feed mechanism in Ger.
the empty cases, to the placing of the recoil
Jugs OF the oo,t' anu hna.y: 10 .ne cip , ,or .mo
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wnich reduces rapoi,y VI nre'
,au ys sx "hectons e. at ars namel~ the
lack of n locking device on the firing pn; tho
yI faultv VI and % paaiy placed LUG @ on this % pin; re-
peated failures in the clips: the great rearward
distance of the lug that supports the bolt; the
lack of indicating that the magazine Is empty;
tho possibility of pulling the trigger before tho
| ho,t 4. clos.d uoyevor hetx.cn tho two ses
WV 10 -. -, .no o.,.,
,"a sinn nt ,s ,ns chons.d Anain
tho cl;ns ,hor,h sometimes f,ilin,, evcn on tho
second sec trial, could. it was thought. be made
| ,.rro, h, rro,or ,yorlm,nsbin .nd r,,ch,na
Manufacture. They weigh only IS grains each,
ovne, Is ,t :; 'ne s, s.es. II. uSt w. anu ,ne
.hp .hn s,S.en 'is',, ;s' ,s, 'ue'' ~ W oe'''f
Again, the bolt worked most efficiently fail
when the high chamber pressure oxpand ed the
metal of the cartridge case. The rifle sh owed
itself to be very durable and this W as tho YER
dict upon 1t as II whole:
and Is s,sccp:tnl" 81 very rapid Multiplication With
oTsrataT v'..',s "s'.o .I .n' p.' we
in Service use the lc s,in neais the n,nSrtnnt ~.
aa " the R%a absr as those @ for an
n r,,fy m M f Grc an I'm ~ M rvs
OF parts that the Board respectfully reconmcIs il
adoption for tho naval service.
such was the rcs,l. OF the contest Of tho rifles
AS ,o the nreiminarIes FOR ntrndncinr t Tie Lee
t.rms werc e rnvov Of Zach b'n for r no hGe sss
than i. 900 rifles or $50 900 tor n right to mnnn
nrobnble That st l,ast 10 900 ,yo,,Id 500, i"hs h
ppaeSI ,hn att,r nronn.oi vas az .,,,rs @ az" 'ro
ccptcd. and bids for manufacturins the new
s Ru, WI rst i " nard has, recomr.n.d md ~,
Secretarv has annrovrI crrtni in r,n tters r"ua vi
nc m.s h inmanis matters regard
srn,,s r., IA. ~ sho,arr ,,.,,a.r ,.,, ,,. ,,,
srn, a1d hs foSs s,Hsf and hnrr.' Essx
ErrT TirF To be Of ALUMINIUM chetsad @ or r"nsh
encd aud with pockettor the reception OF cleaning
raEs r., no of aluminium, :, ~ ,,o.o,, ,,,,,,a-
ne metho fd m nhsrW 10 an be nf tec ni A.
aumaum bronze Win so S ier crt n,S n,m ner an
cent copper and per cent. tin ma; be used instead
of pure aiunnum.
1 GaASSn E, K"To be n OF wood Or Pap paper with steel
% nn nnn "S Hq m he ~ nn msh oa.Sr ,sn nh h
5" small nal d limmcter rannoi hc Sbtanrd or cannot n
shcathtd win wood or paper, hollow rods OF soft
EAroNEIT To be- of knife pattern; blade "a inches
t T hta To SECURE m ' n " n Srp ] n'n n 9nS niIn ana
Nav " "a cr ~ @ w n ni r,n, S ca,c ,h5 @ LOT ~ M
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