Show MONSTER COAST RIFLE IS TESTED JESTED Mass Dec WATERTOWN W 14 A H.-A A sixteen inch disappearing disappearing dis dis- dis appearing rifle for coast defense said to be the largest piece of ordnance built in in this country was tested at atthe atthe atthe the government arsenal here yesterday The trial were said to have been entirely successful The gun ultimately will form p part rt of the primary defenses of Long Island sound at Ft Miche off New London Conn The rifle is is sixty-nine sixty feet long longhand and has an estimated range of two twenty-two miles It has special operating mechanism by which it can be fired once a minute After each shot the re recoil recoil reo re- coil causes it to sink back on its ca ca age out of sight in position for reloading |