St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-01-19

REMINGTON CAR kRAG-JOR0EN6EN
FRIDGE. CARTRIDGE.
plane Of the axis Of the rife. But the
little details of the piece are not 50
well KNOWN and an enlisted man Of
the national guard Of New York state,
having obtained permission to try the
piece at Creedmoor, makes public here
with some Of his Impressions concern
ing 1t.
As has been said, the piece is little
shorter than the present rifle; but the
breech block is SO much longer than
that Of the Remington rifle that the
barrel of the Krag-Jorgensen Is about
six inches shorter. The barrel is
heavier than that Of the other piece.
Immediately in front Of the trigger tho
stock is grooved on both sides, like the
stock Of some Of those sporting rifles
which carry a magazine under the bar
rel, and these grooves afford a good
grip for the hand when firing the piece.
The lever Of the breech will prevent
the piece from being carried as the
present rife Is carried, with barrel to
the rear; but II the manual OF arms il
changed, so that the barrel is to the front
where now it il to the rear, the new
piece will be easily handled. It is half
. pound heavier than the present rifle,
but 1t Is better balanced, and may be
shouldered as easily as the Remington.
The breech lever being on the right
side, the lockplate may be laid fat on
the right shoulder when the piece is
shouldered, though it is said to be the
intention OF the board on regulations
to alter the manual, SO that right
shoulder arms" shall be q "slope arms"
rs left shoulder arms is now. The
butt plate is perfectly Cat.
The bayonet is not merely q toasting
fork or fire poker, like the present inn
plement. It is knife foot long and
weighing one and a half pounds to the
one pound of the present bayonet. It
car be used to cut wood or cheese, to
throw up earthworks or build q field
oven, and will stick an enemy rs well
as the old bayonet. It does not At over
the foresight as the present bayonet
does; so that there will be no danger
OF twisting the sight in the hilarious
stacking arms
The breach mechanism isremarkably
simple; it consists Of only four parts,
the holt and lever. the spring, the fir
ing pin and the extractor. The trigger
works with spring, separately. There
are four parts to the magazine-the
hinge, the spring which moves the
feeder, and the door.
1t is in shooting, however, that the
beauties Of the new rife show them
selves. The foresight is on . stud
fully half an inch high. while the rear
sight is low, graduated from point
blank at 300 yards to 600 yards before
the leaf of the sight is raised, and
thence to 1850 yards. The bar Of the
sight is held in place by spring, and
allows for the drift" Of the bullet, but
there is no allowance for wind, as in
the Bufiinton and Edwards sights. The
trigger is short, and the guard will not
admit two fingers. The trigger itself
has Creep" that il, it moves through
. perceptible arc before 1t frees the
hammer. This creep is the standard
trigger pull Of foreign rifles. 1t gives
an excellent chance to aim and fire
without disturbing the aim; for, hav.
ing taken hasty aim, the trigger may
be pressed until the creep" is over;
then final aim may be taken, the
trigger pressed . little more-bang!
the hammer is freed. the firing bolt
comes home. and screeee! goes the
bullet, 2, 100 feet second, with range
Of mile and half and . trajectory
almost perfectly fat. until 1t hits some
thing and makes Its presence felt.
The cartridge. the exact size Of which
Is shown, is 80 Of IN inch in diameter
and 81 inches in length. It contains
30 grains Of smolkeless powder, the bull
let weighing 220 grains. With the
very high foresight, it was found nee
essary at 100 yards and 200 yards to
aim entirely below the target; even
then the shots were high. At 2O0yards
the lower edge Of the target was aimed
at. At 500 yards the bar Of the sight
was left at the 3oo-yard mark and q
fine" sight taken on the bull's-eye.
and at COO yards the bar was raised to
the 1OO-yard mark. In almost every
case the shots were high. Out Of some
forty shots fred. only three were be-
below the middle Of the target. Three
shots missed: the other thirty-four
were above the middle Of the target
There was no perceptible recoil. and
absolutely no SMOKEY. Y. Sun
violins Made Of Aluminiuna.