Show NEW RIFLE STANDS TEST BEFORE OFFICERS click of hammer and thud of bullet only sounds in firing rifle during demonstration by hiram maxim the inventor now new york in absolute silence save tor for the sharp short click of the rifle hammer as it tell fell and the thud of the impact of the bullet on the target hiram percy maxim repeatedly discharged his noiseless nol selesa firearm using a stack of old directories as a mark mr maxim demonstrated to alfred wagstaff president and the board of managers of the american Amei ican society for the prevention of cruelty to animals the possibilities of the new weapon a 32 caliber rifle his demonstration was given in the 0 offices of the society at twenty sixth street and madison avenue at the request of members of the board of managers who are seeking a slaughtering weapon that will kill without causing pain heretofore firearms have boon impossible on account of the loud report mr maxims silencer comprises a series of aluminum cells fitted with interior equipment that automatically cuts off the powder gases from sudden escape after the bullet has passed from the rifle barrel the gases escape slowly and consequently without noise through silence cells fitted to the rifle barrel experiments are soon to be made by officers of the bureau of ordnance in the army with a silent rifle the inventor has made tor for military sharpshooters this weapon la Is more complicated in construction than the slaughtering rifle since the degree of sound in warfare must be an absolute minimum in making a silent rifle tor for the army many difficulties will have to be overcome that are not met in this slaughter gun said mr maxim in this gun only tile the report has to bo be overcome but in an army weapon I 1 must start farther back and first overcome the sound of the falling hammer to do this in turn requires a change in the cap of 0 the cartridge so BO that it may be discharged with u shove instead of a snap it was through his study of the all automobile to and the problem of reducing the noise of its machinery that mr mair maxim lilt hit upon the principle 61 constructing ting a gun that could be fired without noise |