Show GUN SHOT IS NOISELESS NEW RIFLE STANDS TEST BE FORE OFFICERS click of hammer and thud of bullet only sounds in firing rifle during demonstration by hiram maxim the inventor new york in absolute absolu to silence save tor for the sharp short click of the rifle hammet hammer as it fell and the thud of the impact of the bullet on the target hiram percy maxim repeatedly discharged his noiseless firearm using a stack of old directories as a mark anark mr air maxim demonstrated to alfred red War wagstaff staff president and the board of bf managers of the american society for the prevention of cruelty to animals the possibilities of the new weapon a 32 caliber rifle his demonstration was given in the 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 been impossible on account of the loud report afro mr maxims silencer comprises a series of aluminum cells fitted with interior equipment that autom automatically ati cally cuts oft off the powder gases from sudden escape after the bullet has passed from tho the rifle barrel the gases escape slowly and consequently without noise through silence cells fitted to tho the rifle barrel experiments are soon to be made by officers of the bureau of ordnance in n the army with a silent rifle the inventor has made for military sharpshooters this weapon Is more complicated in construction than the slaughtering rifle ride since the deg degree ree of sound in warfare warfare must bo an absolute minimum in making a silent rifle for the army many difficulties will have to be overcome that are not met in this slaughter gun said mr air maxim in this gun only the report has to 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 the cartridge so that it may bo be discharged with a shove instead of a snap it was through his study of the au to mobile and the problem of reducing the noise of its machinery that mr maxim hit upon the principle of con ittu acting a gun that could be fired without noise |