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Show SHARP-POINTED BULLET IS GOOD i Found So Effective That It May Replace the Present Service Ballet in the V. S. Army. NEW -YORK, Aug. 10. A special to the Times from Springfield, Mass., says Brlg.-Gen. Crozler, chief of ordnance in the United States army, said yesterday that the light, sharp-pointed rifle bullet which experts have been testing for a month past had shown Vich satisfactory satisfac-tory qualities tbat.it probably would be accepted for use in the new army rifle, replacing the present service bullet. On a 1000-yard range it will be effective against infantry for 600 yards, while cavalry cav-alry will be exposed for the entire distance. dis-tance. With the present service bullet Infantry are out of range for about 700 yards out ofvlOOO, and at the 600-yard mark cavalrymen would hear the bullets bul-lets whizzing over their heads. The new bullets have a muzzle velocity ve-locity of 2700 feet per second, the great-' est ever attained in a service weapon. At 600 yards it will penetrate white pine for thirty-two inches, as against twenty-six twenty-six Inches for the old bullet. ' Another advantage In the light bullet is that it lessens the kick of the rifle. It weighs 150 grains and is fired with 60.6 grains of smokeless powder. The only serious drawback of the new bullet is that It is less accurate than that of the old one. but Gen. Crozler hopes to remedy this by varying the powder charge or . by making, a slight change In its shape. |