The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-02-14
The Rifle
Reprinted from The cIades Star
BY E. R. O'DONNELL


The County likely
furnish protection Although
crude by tody standards the nocks brought
the Friend brothers,
and others had evolved simple pieces
In the h century the Chinese had deveopd
was but metal tube with hole the beech that the powder could
be touched off a
The 18th
cep that was equipped with long wick When lit simple mechan
cal device dropped the wick into the ned
In the 10th century the wheel a
toohed wheel attached to spring and was wound by like
clock When released piece pyre
causing sparks which would pan period
also produced the aphance or pnock well the principle
rifing firearms
The 18th mquelet Spanish type ntoc
with the mechanism on the outside of the lock This followed by the
hnock rifle known
and dropped by spring
CURED spark This system served longer than other date
around two hundred In fact still
areas of the world.
was the system in in the Revolutionary War and that
by until possibly army gun
not rifed 1t usually
day usually to as the Kentucky
rifle They Pennsylvania early
rifle located
Early in the 10Th century percussion system
hammer nipple ignitng
Po"oe the Darrell The percussion system adopted by the u
Army S4 and ntocks
Colt patented and brought repeating
In the late iftes leaders,
that were loaded the breech fired
oped
Shortly before the Civil the
but did beginning war
Soon followed the breech loading
Iepea The Spencer and Henry repeating rifles patented
1860 Spencer cabnes large numbers cavalry
Spencer rifles years war
Inc mue Loading rifle made in shops scattered the
well made The preferred
to the breech leaders then
Shooting communities made
by the Bensons at Terra Alta Browning
land Md community still workmanship
craftsmen.
coming beec leaders and mass production demand
for the local product gradually
The high watermark the
1905 At the British Empire held
annual shooting 1873 the oppon-
ents the Looking new opponents
to match 1t stipulated that the and
1000 put up the match
The challenge had
ever paced at these long
accurately target at such
The Sharp companies that time pro-
dung large produce rifle that
muzze leaders and did so in the spring
of 1874 After practice with the shaps
4OO and the Remington 47-5OO men
chosen
September and the match was held at
the Creedmore As
caber muze leaders match was
to be ten shots a of ranges
AT the finish the and
points for the Irish team One member Of the irish team fred b
first shot at the 800 yard the
eye but did He lost the
The long championship world was held
at the Creedmore L. man
teams from the United States Ireland
took shots at each of the three
ranges each day-800
The Sharps and Remington breb
leaders and possible exception of Canada used
ze leaders Again the American margin
the second place Rgy leaders In this
match member of the fifteen con-
been done before.
Except the other Southern
States the of the old
signed to the attic and too often to the
History ITSELF continued using
e ola guns met at Portsmouth, Ohio formed the Nuzeoadng
association They issue monthly sport
now has around six thousand subscribers.
There have been United States
and foreign countries Most clubs
matches are held at the National Range Friendship
us each year At the meeting the fall
peed in the five days held
The old condition for shooting
MANY expert machnss
flint lock and percussion
Whle the old masters turned tools
at hnd the gunsmth of today doing
tools Since the but fraction
that OF the modern breech loader this
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