New-York tribune., 1903-02-15

thirty ''r-ofilers" twenty drill presses and
twenty hand milling machines.
The great advantages claimed for the Spring
fed magazine gun over other guns are SIM
pIiciry -e-ecity and accuracy It's velocity Is
cIa5--a5 N -. 300 feet. as compared 10 1000
feet in The Krag- -J0rgensen- Seating" OF the
barre Is d point &c which great attention mas
beer given By that is meant the location Of the
bare or business part Of the rife, in the STOCK
Heretofore AL that has been thought necessary
,D locating The rife barrel in the stock was TO
ger il on ard set i on tght-so tight that there
might be no possible danger Of the barrel some
day taking notion 10 jump back and work its
way through the operating marksman- But
careful tests have shown that barrel may be
too tightly seated OF the stock Of gun; so tight
sometimes as 10 te unseated or thrown out Of
true by The Rarping Of the stock That is the
reason s. much attention IS TO be paid TO the
-seatsrE- q -hz barrel n the manufacture Ct
the rew rife With the barrel seated" just
fraction -ocser than heretofore il Is expected
the accuracy Of the new rife viii be greatly II
creased S--u other points that are supposed 70
ado 70 ne accuracy Of the new weapon are the
rlaruer e roaming and rlfling the barrel as
vel as seating the sights both front ana
rear The rear sight has received especial al
te-f.-- -r rather. the seat or its point Of
the EaEFEl- lIlt -e-l- q S-AtE---4 L--S
by 2 r.--uliar turning rendered concentric with
the bore The front sight has been also ad-
Iusted 90 a nicely.
F-rz~----5-7e that can possibly be done to add
ro The ae-cracv Of the new rife has been done,
z-5 in rraof Of the claim that the weapon
Is a marvel Of accuracy army officers point 10
he record of q recent competition al Fort sheTl-
On II which scores were made with the new
--zz that have aot been equalled with United
STATES Army rifles except in the year 1eS2-93.
C-z ot rhe changes made IN the government
shops by Lieutenant Colonel Phipps is the use
C aL il che case hardening and annealing fur
Ia-es. For these purposes II has supplanted
cce- IN tn G-lH shops and has been found TO
te much cheaper At the water shops gas Is
Icing used IN the furnaces
The great shops with their rafting machinery,
their roaring furnaces and changing triphaIn-
--e-E. are q busy scene.
The steel for The rife barrels is tested and
cu- " into oiuers about a foot long, then is
heated white hot II furnaces. II is an interest
5rs sight 10 see workman take a white hot
billet o. steel from a furnace and place il end
FIST between the rollers Of q machine beside
him The hot steel Is handled with long tongs,
and as Il comes from between the rollers il is
caught In those held by 4 man on the other side,
VINO promptly sends il back again. The rolls
are so cut out as to form a continuous mould.
so shaped that il IS passed from one to the
other the barrel is not only rolled TO the desired
length but tapered from butt 10 muzzle. Drill
irE follows the rolling process; then turning.
reauing and Strengthening. Strange as II may
seem, machinery 70 which such other delicate
tasks are intrusted may not be trusted TO
E-~15sEten TIE barrels They must be straight
ered by hand. Men trained 70 the work take
th5- in hand. pound them with ulallets and an
Wis. sighting along them from time 10 time
-o9ard the light from a window, TO detect, if
POSSIBLE any little out in their lines. They
are then rifled and polished. Other work, such
as butt turning turning for the rear sight
cutting the receiver thread, finishing the cham
ler drilling for The sights and fling the muz-