The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-03
VlCkERS-MAxIM
 GUN TO BE MADE AT COLT ARMORY
Hartf ford Plant Equipping to Turn Out Latest Rapid
 Fire Pieces.

RartfordI EepA BsA BsAsSa Salt's Patent Fire arms Manufacturing company is to be- gin thee manufacture of the latest irp- sproved Vickers Maxim rapid-hre gun, the most efficient of all machine guns, las soon as the necessary machinery < can be installed in it's west arHnory. which is to be vacated by October Esby the companies now occupying It. The rights to manufacture this gun shave been secured from the British fgovernment holder of the patents, {and the machinery for it's manufacture 2 is now being made by the Pratt & 2gV7Fatney company and by other ma fchine shops. Part of the machinery khas already been delivered and more kis ready for delivery, and it Is thought kHhat the manufacture of the new gun kwd1l begin about April of next year. HchA company will continue to make the colt rapid-fire gun with it's present machinery in the east armory.
 fl The Colt company ordered the ma ichinery for the manufacture of the ss5ffeerent parts of the Viclzers Maxim se1ln several months ago. Much Of the ldesigning of the machinery TOT max tin gthe various parts of the gun was lfIone by the company's own force of Edrsftsmen. The entire west armory of stne company Twill be given over to the manufacture of the gun. and only new ,machinery win be installed there.
 Biz Orders for ,VickersA
 It is understood that, as soon as the factory is in operation, Colts will be- sgin selling the guns to the Brltlsh gov IernYnent. in addition to the Colt rapid fire gun, and that the United States igovernment has given large order flor the guns. The visit of Brigadier-3 fGeneral William CrozieE, chief of ord IriSnce, United StSsa@sEr1ny, and of sant of the United States armery at lSprin gfie1d, to Colts factory Wednes-s day sAfternoon was in connection with the manufacture of the new gun.
 Very Important to Uncle Sam.
 The greatest importance. is attach ed by the United States, governm ent to the making of the Vickers Maxim i machine gun. Experiments in build -h ing it hay sebeen going on quietly at the arrnory in SpPinghe1d. So far the gun has not been assembled there and there has thus been no practical test of it's efficiency, but work upon it has Fl been going forward constantly Gen eral Crozier was in Springhe1d yester- si day to visit the armory and while there had a long conference with Col
 oneIS Peirce, Hudson, Haxirn, inventor
 or srhokeIess powder and the brother of Sir Hiram Maxim, the Inventor of z the rapid-fre gun and uncle of Hiram
 Percy Maxim of this city.
 s Cr0zfer's. Visit.
 The V151C O1 SSL0IdA \|EON1OI WS4S HI
 connection with the progress being
 made in manufacturing the Vickers-
 Maxim gun. No statement was gfv-
 en out as to the reason for the com N ference. It is said that the guns will
 be made in large quautities at the
 armory in Springfield, as we'll as at Colts, as soon as the necessary ma
 chinery can be made $ The United
 States government. it5s said, has urg- M ed all possible haste in getting the
 plants in shape to turn out the guns.
 Will StiII Make Colt Rapdd-Firet The Colt company will continue to
 make the Colt rapid-hre gun. Some k of the machinery used in this work Nis from 15 to 25 years old and il : would be expensive to remodel it SC
 that it could be used in the man 2 nfactufe of the Vickers-Maxirn, even ' if the company desired to use this ma- $ chdnery for that purpose. The easier < way was to have made entirely new machinery. using the old for the Coli
 gun, and this the company did. When z the machinery is installed the entire west armory will be used to manu- facfure the Vickers-M Maxim gunkz tc fhn the orders of the British and o1 the United. States government
 The Vickers-Maxfm gun is a great Improvement upon the Maxim ma kchfne gum The patents for the Max i'm gun were formerly held in this country but few years ago were sold Efo the British government. 2viekers $began ezaperimenting with the oI6 kn1Ode1 and made Improvements upon lit that increased it's efficiency It is sfhs latest type. as developed by yick- Eers. that the Colt company is to nnan. S1zfae4ure The gun is said to be 2 tS10ma1eTfu1 weapon. Tn speed of fir. 61ngs fin range, and in Simplicity o1 E0perat1on, it is said to be one of the AIno53 efficient weapons ever evolved Acdimnbers-Edwards Rattle