Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-07-04


In later years guiding spirit In the
Remington Organizatio interested his
partners and others In the opportunity.
and on Aug. 8. 1867 the Union Metal
lie Cartridge company was iDcorporat-
ed. In later years combining with the
Remington Arms Company. The oak
had taken root
AT first the new firm made rim fire
cartridges for the center fire hasi not
been invented. percussion caps and
shotguns. but soon dropped the guns
to concentrate on ammunition.
The Genius Comes.
Mr. Hartley and his associates by
their business sagacity had created the
opportunity and were on the lookout
I for mechanical genius He came
| His name was Alfred @ Hobbs. super
intendent of the Howe Sewing Ma
chine company. After five years Mr.
Hobbs brought his great ingenuity
solely to the problems of cartridge
making
For twenty years he remained in
charge, inventing nearly all the special
machinery that made the business so
successful It is difficult to get a per
NIT to visit the Bridgeport factory
the mechanical secrets are so valu.
able
Paper Shells Are Made.
In 1878 the company bought from
C. p Wells of Springfield his equip
ment for making paper shells which
were practically all handmade Soon
machines were invented for this work
An important development. because
shotguns were rapidly increasing in
use This was due TO the fact that as
the country became settled and big
game grew harder to find sportsmen |
gave more attention to wing shooting /
a supposedly ample stock was made |
up. and the company advertised that |
such a shell was on the market Or
ders aggregating 100000 fairly food
ed the plant, thus showing the power
of advertising and the size of the mar.
ket
The first L NJ c shot shells were
of brass. but the paper shell followed
At first furnished te be loaded by
ing them ready loaded In the eighties
Today several hundred millions are
turned out each year.
A Glimpse at Ammunition Making.
Doesn't IL strike you as remarkable
that in an output of something like
4 100000 per day every cartridge should
be perfect
Such things are not accidental The
secret is IN INSPECTION Let us see
what that means. II means laboratory
tests TO start with Here are brought
many samples of the body paper, wad
paper. metals. waterproofng mixture.
illuminate of mercury. sulphur. chic
ate of potash, anthony sulphide, pow
Ter. wax and other ingredients and 8
wen the operating materials, such as I
'oal, grease oil and soaps In this
Dom we see expert chemists and met Z
llurgists with their test tubes. scales
Sunsen burners. retorts. tensile ma 1
hines. microscopes and other scientific 4
ooking apparatus buslly hunting for q
effects I
For example. one marker is examin e
ne a supply of cupro nickel such as s.
) used In jacketing certain bullets a
orner OF each strip is first bent over G
I right angles, then back in the other Il
ERECTION until Il is doubled. then s.
Il does not show the s.
ightest sign Of breaking or cracking O
! spite Of the severe treatment; there "
ore 4 IS perfect. Let but the least Il
aw appear and the shipment Is re
,cted
Just read this little summary OF one r
age only IN the inspection OF empty a,
lells. =,
SHOT SHELLS are received by In q,
lection department after the heads 9,
hes. bodies primers and battery cups IL
i've been carefully examined. gagged
zed and tested They are then m
for body diameter
chamber gauges. of
Second -Gauged for head thickness In
ID head diameter, and II any quantity al
these defects be found all shells in m
speetion department OF that partlcu %
+ brand are returned to manufactur "
8 department to be either corrected in
scrapped {
Third. Primers carefully examiped
Fourth Entire shell examined foi =.
y blemish which might mar the gen 80
Al appearance Slight scratches on ~,
al OF spots on bodies are sufficient "
uses for their rejection The aver 20
e consumer would be unable to &c ~
mine Ia many cases, ii shown our nn'
ZAP pile, why the shells in question
q been rejected {
similarly metallic cartridges must is.