Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-24
THE NO|SELESS GUN.
SmokeIess Weapon Is to Be
 Tested at Sandy Hook.
FIRED WITHOUT ANY POWDER
Uncle Sam to Have First Chance at Weapon That HurIs 100000 Bullets Hourly With No Danger of Burst inu-Cost of Eirino Said to Be Small

Weapon That Hurls 100000 Bullet. Hourly With No Danger of Burst ing-Cost of Firing Said to Be Small The United States government has completed arrangements with Fred Bangerter inventor of the new noise
 less and smokeless gun, whereby one of these destructive machines is to
 have thorough trying out at Sandy
 Hook, with the ultimate view of the
 gun being taken over by the ordnance
 department.
 This gun, which is fired by some
 mysterious power which the inventor
 declines to divulge, but which he says
 is neither powder nor other explosive
 nor compressed air, is capable of dis
 charging 100000 bullets an hour
 without recoiling or becoming over
 heated and with absolutely no danger
 of bursting.
 After two hour visit from Colonel
 Birnie and Major Dickson of the army
 ordnance board, recently, at which the
 merits of the Bangerter gun were fully
 discussed, the two officers requested
 the inventor to build one of his guns
 for tryout at Sandy Hook. Mr. Ban
 gerter recently confirmed the news at
 his home in Brooklyn. The new gun,
 he said, will be of such a character
 that for the preservation of life and
 property it can only be tested on the
 target range at the Hook.
 T am arranging now," said he, ''to
 build gun that will send a half inch
 ball distance specified by Colonel
 Birnie and with sufficient velocity to kill or dangerously wound a man. The new gun will be made of steel and the parts will be perfect, so that the gun can be worked to the highest speed re- quired to fulfill the maximum demands. The gun I have at present is made of brass in all its parts, and some of the parts are worn, so severe have been the tests to which they have been sub- jected.
 Brass is much softer metal than steel and will therefore not stand the work that steel will. The bullets use now are solid steel, and, being much lighter than lead, are not capable of acquiring the velocity of the heavier metal by large percentage. The bull lets that will be used in the real trial at Sandy Hook will be lead incased in steel. They will be heavy enough to do the work properly"
 The inventor said he told the officers everything about the gun except the power which is used to discharge it. He said they talked long while about it, but eventually admitted that they could not even venture a conjecture as to the power. MT. Bangerter made the interesting disclosure that the Russian government may take over the new in- vention if the United States does not show disposition to move in the mat ter. Said he:
 Il know what have. No individual can buy the secret, because it would take too much money to pay for 1t. Only national government could af- ford to buy such thing, and am not going to divulge the secret until can get an assurance from power able to compensate me as think should be- l have had all kinds of offers made to induce me to tell how I project those bullets, but I have also received a from a wealthy promoter of New York city who proposes to go to Europe within few weeks and lay the matter before Russia's war minister.
 This gentleman offers to pay his own expenses and to furnish S25,0O0 with which to build a complete gun, mounted on an auto truck and equip ped with the necessary motive power 10 operate truck and gun-that is. a horsepower motor. He has transacted business with the Russian government and is well acquainted with high officials there"
 Other governments are also after the gun, according to the inventor. He is to give the United States the first chance, he said. but be added:
 Tt is the experience of all who have any invention to offer to the United States that the delay is disheartening. have had an extensive cable core spondence with London, in which I am offered S5,O00.OO0 for the worlds right. provided the gun will stand the British government test A months option was requested by cable, but out of courtesy to the chief of the United States war ordnance board I declined To give an option to the Englishman. I cabled him that I would consider the You see. there are several good reasons why I am anxious to get some kind of an intimatiOn from Uncie sam that he will do business If can provide the gun I describe. Of course. even after the transaction reaches the stage where an appropriation is asked for by General Crozier, it will take congress months if not years to pass upon it. and the delay might so mili- tate against consideration by other powers that may be prevented from any kind of a deal with either one of them
 No date has yet been fixed for the trial of the new gun at Sandy Hook The new gun can be operated by two men. and one striking feature of it is fhat. whereas it costs s20.0oo to fire lO10y0D0 bullets for the present serv- ee guns. the total cost using the Ban -eTter gun would be S10.
 Honor For Noted Presbyterian.
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