Show BEOWMXNGS LATEST The Gun Inventor Puts Forth a New Weapon The dispatches yesterday announced the granting of a patent to J M Browning of a new firearm Such an announcement is quite common but in this case the invention Is of more than ordinary interest The inventor himself him-self is in Europe having gone to Belgium Bel-gium at the request of a great manufacturing manu-facturing concern in Belgium whose officers are interested in the man and his inventions He is also attending to the patenting of his latest invention In European countries The new firearm Is a pistol constructed on a new plan altogether It is a repeater but not a revolver A slight pressure of the finger on the trigger discharges the weapon which fires eight times consecutively con-secutively There is no cylinder and consequently a bullet is thrown with much greater force in proportion to the amount of powder In most revolvers gas escapes between the cylinder and barrel which simply means loss of force In this new pistol the bullets come from the breech or rather from a small magazine extending down where the trigger plate Is usually seen The loads are carried in little frames eight In each frame When the eight shots have been fired it is but the work of an instant to throw out the used frame and put a new one in The weapon weap-on is much lighter and more adapted in shape to the pocket than the ordinary pistol The arm is to be manufactured in all countries on the royalty plan Incidentally It may be stated that as Mr Browning passed through Hartford Hart-ford en route to Europe Me stopped off a day or two and sold the Winchester company another patent on a magazine gun This time the consideration was 510000 |