Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-22

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ish and boer side--it has been the de-
sire Of the makers of weapons Of de-
struction to produce a regular pocket
machine gun. that would Just 60
"R-rr-rr-pp' when the trigger was
pulled and keep it up as long as the
magazine held out. 1t was also de-
sired that the shots should scatter like
a charge of bribery thrown into
meeting of the municipal council.
The desired machine pistol has not
been produced yet but the nearest APP
proach to it seems to have been made
by the Colt Patent Firearms Manu-
featuring company of Hartford, Conn,
which has constructed an automatic
seven-shot pistol of .3S caliber It's
total length is nine inches and it
weighs So ounces. The barrel is en-
closed in way that resembles a wa
ter Jecket. The pistol is somewhat
fiat in pattern and the grip is set
nearly Ct right angles to the barrel.
People who have ever been lucky
enough to sAat with revolver fitted
with handle tGG raked back until
it was not much oAt of the straight
line of the barrel, will understand the
drawbacks of that rightanglsd hans
die. especially when smokeless powder
is used
That, however, seems to be the sim
gle defect that the pistol presents-and
that it is fault at all will be denied
by great many. The Colt pistol has
a decided advantage over the Maui
ser weapon in that its hammer resem-
bles the hammer of all revolvers.
That on the Mauser is of so curious
a construction that it has to be grasped
by finger and thumb, one each side,
before it can be cooked by most per-
sons. Another thing is that the Colt
automatic pistol looks like pistol.
Some of the foreign makes of maya
zine and automatic pistols that have
been sent over here might be anything
from telescope to surgical instru-
ment. No one would know they were
pistols unless they happened to be
shot by one.
All the 5revolvers used in the navy
and most of those used in the army
have been for many years supplied by
the Colt company. 1t was the Colt AS
which civilized the west.
Until the model was changed
some years ago the standard army pis-
tol was AS caliber Colts revolver,
single action, taking rifle cartridge
and extracting its used shells by
means of a spring ramrod The new
model, which is now in use, is Of .3S
calibre, is double action and throws
out ell it's fred shells at once by
means OF a rod ejector. The pistol is
loaded by pulling a spring which al
lows the chamber to fall over to the
left This pattern is also made by the
Smith & Wesson company.
Because of the long time standing
and reputation Of the Colt company
the ordinance officers of the United
States army have been making q thor
ough test OF the new automatic pistol
by the Colt company.
The weapon, like all modern auto
matte pistols, works by using its own
recoiL The first test was to the time
necessary to dismount and reassemble
the pistol. II was found that it took
five minutes TO take 1t to pieces, while
II required nearly thirteen minutes to
put IL together again.
The Mauser pistol, it may be re-
can be resolved into its
parts in a few seconds.
It has no screws In 1t and Is so simply
that no tool is needed. A
lead pencil or the point
Of bullet can be used to dismount the
Mauser pistol. The very simplicity,
however, has been known to be a nut.
sance, for Mauser pistol sometimes
proceeds to take itself to pieces with
out asking for any assistance from its
owner. When 1t does that while he
is using it to shoot with, the result is
It Is for this reason, probably, that
there are six screws and eleven pins
in the Colt pistol. 1t also contains
three fiat springs and five spiral ones.
The other tests applied to the new
pistol by the board of ordinance I'M
constitute the most severe
conditions to which any small weapon
whether pistol or revolver-has ever
been subjected. -Brooklyn Eagle.