Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-21

signers arranged it to be oiled-as
they say-like any other gas-eDgine,
which is, of course, the correct classi-
fication of the automatic rifle OF
machine gun. Felt pads lying within
the receiver walls, and SO out Of the
way of dust and grip, are inpregnated
with oil, which the bolt picks up in
the reciprocating motion. The advis-
ability of oil in machine gun for
military use is open to question, but
the certainty Of function of this little
gun, and it's terrific rate of fire, evi-
IDENTIFY owe much to the oiling Of the
parts and lead to thought as to
whether or not this is not desirable
with any other weapon Of this high
speed. heating and hitherto rather un-
reliable type. Nothing more elaborate
is required in this oiling than squirt
of an oil-can into the pads every 500
shots or so. nor will the gun cease to
function if it is not oiled.
Used under the most favorable
conditions, in the hands of skilled
mechanics most machine guns look
simply childish in certainty of func-
ton and endurance when compared to
that other gas-engine-the motor o.
the small car. A stoppage, a broken
part, jam-one Of the three would
occur with the most reliable machine
gun of them all about every 1000
rounds fired.
"One thousand impulses of any
cylinder in the auto-motor will, in
| high gear, run the little car something
| like a mile, and 100-mile run means
that each cylinder has iired hundred
times as many shots as the machine
gun averages between bits of trouble.
Not even the most pessimistic of car
owners will deny that the motor will
run the car hundred miles without
stop, jam, or break.
POSSIBLY. therefore, the decision of
the latest entrants into the machine
gun market to use fabrication is based
on sound judgment. There is also
the possibility that they are making a
virtue out of necessity"
After firing the gun several hundred
rounds. Captain Crossman would class
it as the equal of score of average
policemen firing as the average police
man fires And it is far easier to
train one man to become expert with
the gun than it is. to raise the shoot
ing OF twenty policemen to the expert
stage. He continues:
There would be no. trouble whatever
for one man firing the gun to sweep
street clean from curb to curb, but
after all, its greatest strength lies in
it's moral effect. Killing many of the
common American sort Of mob is un-
fortunate unless the right ones can be
selected for the slaughter. Mol,s AS Il
rule are composed OF 10 per cent.
vicious (the leaders) and 80 per cent
fools. Wherefore, the dispensing Of
the crowds without bloodshcd is llsu-
ally desirable. 1t would be most vi
cious and determined aggregation
that would stand up to the fire Of one
of these guns, after a couple of bursts
had been fired over their heads or into
the streets in front Of them. More
over, one of the guns, mounted on a
patrol wagon or automobile, would
riddle car attempting to run by or
to escape via the stern chase route.
1.-The locking bolt Of the arm is
worthy of notice as cmbodyinS new
principle in machine-gun and self
loading arm mechanism. It consists
of a wedge, sliding nearly vertical,
and locking the barrel extension and
| receiver together. It's slots are cut
at an angle of about so degrees with
the axis of the barrel and its extern
sion. 1t was found years ago by Com
mander BIish, Of the United States
Navy, the inventor of the device, that
a wedge so arranged would hold while
the breech pressure Of the exploding
cartridge remained high, but the in
stant or rs soon as the bullet left the
| muZZle the adhesion between the
wedge and it's slots ceased, and the
remaining backward pressure would
compel the wedge to slide downward
and unlock the breech mechanism.
The principle applies to other forms
of breech mechanisms, where the
locking is done by cams without Il
final bearing at right angles to the line
| of backward thrust"
Captain Crossman states as his con-
clusion that the gun functions at eX-
traordinary speed and with more than
normal machine gun reliability. With
it's small size, it's light weight, it's tre-
mendous rate of fire. and its ease of
control. he pronounces it "the most
efficient man-killcr Of any f1rearm
yet produced"
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