Show 1 the th new arm I 1 very recently sacs the washington star the army and navy ordnance bureaus have caused experiments to be made by boards of army and abd navy officers with the terry perry arms an american invention now in course of being patented in this country by the invent oran ingen ingenious tous american who has established a factory for thera them in newark now new jersey commodore skinner was ves at the head of the naval laval experimenting commission and major mordecai at that of the army board according to both reports this new invention e proves to be likely to excel for practical use any other description of firearms fire arms now inow in use in ill either except excepting la 9 the world renowned minnie rifle the naval commission witnessed the firing of one of tile the carbines cai bines seventy five times in seven and a half cintes min tes without the slightest baulk these guns load in a vibrating breech cylinder working woi king in an are arc of ofa a circle they a are re self nv anti and when the cy cylinder is brought rou g lit alito in to position losi tion ion to receive the he cartridge it receives the tha cap which fifty of them is ionly placed in a tube p asing dirc through tigh tile the breech of the gun by m A I 1 ff sp il ek ko rode above and others lers subsequent mo made under the supervision of major dahlgreen Dihl green of the ordinance corps at the navy yard where there is a testing ground with a range of a thousand yards the perry cu carline rhine carrying a half oun ounce c e ball and weighing 6 12 1 2 pounds pound sl at fifty yards fired through twelve inch boards placed in a framo frame ono one inch apart and also threw balls quite a mile 1 4 in the experiments at the navy yard the perry rifle was fired against the minnie rifle with tho the bek back sights rights of the former raised but one inch it threw th lh ball quite as accurately at POO yards as the minilie gun gull with back sight raised three inches threw its ball 1000 yards this proves proven conclusively that its ils range is much greater than that of the minnie or according to ordnance ord nanco calculations that with the back sight fight raised but two inches it will be quite qui 0 o as accurate and deadly in its effects at 1000 yards as he celebrated minnie with the back sight raised an inch higher at 1000 yards the minnie bere heretofore tolore to fore being regarded as the most effective firearm fire arm known that taht can call bo be handl handled by a single person I 1 |