Evening star., 1918-06-09

half dozen different ways. He start
ed in with an automatic in a leather
holster strapped tight to his side. Just
as it is carried by the soldier while in
fastened, but Mr.. Geskie unbuttoned
the flap, grabbed out the gun and
fred seven shots in the space of three
seconds. He next picked up a pistol
from the table and fred seven shots
in one second, the cartridges going
the individual sounds. He then shot
at mark forty-five yards away, and
sent seven bullets into a bulrs-eye as
big around as the bottom Of tin cup.
1t took him only twelve seconds by
my watch to aim and shoot. Later he
shot seven shots in six seconds, hit
ting the bulfs-eye each time.
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I am told that Mr.. Geskie can take
seven cartridges in his left hand and
his right. He can throw the seven
loose cartridges In rapid succession
into the air to the height of a two or
three story house, and hit an average
of i've out of seven Of them before
they come down. In this case most
of the cartridges will explode when
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end Of the bullet are crushed when
they reach the ground. He has rec
ord of having shot 156 cartridges with
his pistol in the space Of one min
ute, and has put twenty-one shots
into an eighteen-inch 'tbull" within
anything about pistol shooting will
tell you that this is going some"
This pistol is the one adopted by
the United States government for the
use Of the Army. It is known as
the Colt autamatiG; Gali5er ts 5s gov
of ]. M. Browning Of Ogden, Utah
the same man who invented the
Browning machine guns, which are
now being used by our Army: It Is
smaller. lighter and more easily handled
same caliber, which it is rapidly replac-
ing; and it is much more efficient in
the hands Of the soldiers. The gun
weighs just about two and one-half
pounds, and the barrel is about five
rel and handle is eight and one-half
inches, and the handle is 30 shaped
that it contains seven cartridges,
which are automatically forced into
the gun, one flying out each time
that the trigger is pulled. The gas
motive power which throws the sec
done with the other cartridges each
time the trigger is pulled. In addi-
tion. another cartridge may be put
in the barrel. making the capacity
first fire.
The chief parts of the pistol are
the receiver which holds the car
tridges, the barrel and the slide. The
gun shoots bullets about so per cent
heavier than those used in the rife.
at 4f Ak II has
a range of more than a mile. On the
fiat trajectory it will shoot straight
for distance of more than one-third
of . mile: and 1t can be loaded and
fired SO rapidly that 1t is invaluable
to our men in defense and In going
over the top. Indeed, one man has
fired 1000 shots with this pistol in
thirty-eight minutes. In another test
10000 shots were fired from one gun
without cleaning, and after that
clip of seven cartridges was shot at
a target and every ball struck the
These pistols are now being made
by the Colt Firearms Manufacturing
Company here at Hartford. The same
firm has been making firearms for
the armies Of the United States and
other countries for several genera
tions. IL was founded by the man
who invented the revolver. This was
Samuel Colt, the son of Massa-
chusetts silk manufacturer. Young
Colt was sent to Amherst to school.
but he grew tired of his books and
Ghipped before the mast in a sailing
vessel from Boston to Calcutta. 1t
was while on this trip that he whit
TED ous the first model of the re-
Volver which later became known
from one end of the world to the
other. Upon his return he tried to
interest his father in his invention,
but the old man put him to work in
the dyeing and bleaching department
of the silk mill instead. While there
he had to study chemistry, and
within the course of year was able
to start out as a lecturer on the won
ders of science. He did this at
eighteen years of age, assuming the
title of "Dr. Coult" as his stage
name. He made SO much out Of his
lectures that he was able to take
out patents for his revolver, and
within a few years thereafter he had
established a firearms factory at Pat
erson. N. j.. and was making the re-
volvers which our troops first used
in the Mexican war. Later he
got other contracts with the United
States and foreign powers. and dur
Ing the civil war he furnished thou
sands of pistols and guns for the
Union Army. In the meantime he
had removed his factory from Pat
erson to Hartford and formed the
foundation of one Of the largest
firearms plants Of the United States.
II is of this plant ! ar1 writing To-