Show THE MINIE riele EIFLE had hai remarks MADE BT BY R L PELL PRESIDENT ext enc ENT a it cn inq TRE the THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE BEFORE tie TLE TUB lf c CLUB i duj out ou report rot lot fo the new york weekly leader ith hav bal SUBJECT Is 19 the tha principle of the kinle or ex pandi rt bullet capable of affording either greater range langej dar 45 greater accuracy than is obtained by breach loa ioa loady t sly siy 17 guns 9 oft ofa of wherein consists the difference ahe uhe I 1 I 1 tio tig da day daj of the new rifle and the old 9 is not in til cit cil cief T gun but in the dall ball or that part of the cb 1117 y 1 which generates the projectile force the is in cew ces cef provement pro consists e entirely n tirey in the form of ti i ceri cerl ce ball which is made conical with a hollow bollow rea b boqi at the base into which a metallic alb plug is ta r a al t by the discharge the plug is so construcT A ia the th that when driven into the ball it compress hii his hil i outer edges against the sides if tf i f the barrel and allds for tor f jr ir the he same time forces a portion of the lead lead fret fas fai h its ductility to enter the groove and to give qi 13 ball when discharged that revolves vms motion motion v I 1 aird carries it with stich such unerring uner ning certainly certai certa ihly fity to qi 5 the mark sitiel B fl by experiments tried in england at a distano ang and I 1 of seven hundred yards with a minie ninie rifle 0 oas 1 J one bullet missed the target out ont of twelve I 1 t ta arm aria eleven were scattered from six inches to four as tor for from the bulls bulis bull buli s eye at eight chhun hundred n r y J 1 three shots mused missed the target and the re a az nine nine passed through boards two inches thia k a pj lodged lod iod 11 ed at a distance of twenty yards behind d eee same results were obtained at nine hundred cancan 14 and at one thousand yards there were b but u tell TOI forn fore few bullets that did not enter the target large j and in these experiments the was v UP PO WN and the sight graduated to a scale in the ratio all t t the distance varying from one br indred hundred to 0 o ca en I 1 iea ep ept T thousand yard which latter may be considers al a L the range of this destructive instruments AV vas i t the h e have telescopic telescope rifles that will t throw brow shots t tw ahw hundred and twenty yards distance di tance into a clra cira ci 1 a of one and a half balf di diameter dlamater ampter and ans it ra b ball bail a hundred and forty yards into a circle eight incel cl cha fi in diameter rf uin captain ball hail is not be lik ilk liet for the reason that after e n nine ine lne or en e n discharge dis dischar chargi one ont oni the barrel of the tha gun become becomes clogged with I 1 lel lei e and cannot be loaded without ho cleanis ft the principal object is to prevent dage a able this has been obtained in a simple and more a dea dew vant vante ageous eolis marner by bv different forms of elona elong 11 its it S SE balls te tiie hollow bollow ball without an a n iron cap a 91 v thought to answer the purpose equally a TO T is 13 ra without leading the barrel 1 jf 1 vi the elongated ball bill is better than all sll wb when n fi at a long range rane rant ran t the elongated elon eion abed form causey cause it 11 ball to fly end foremost ue like ilke an arrow an ans L inta adapt itself to the parabolic curve deac r b ill in K its fight whereas the round ball does not lot r fp pi the line of curvature aud and at the latter part 0 rh hiie course the spiral motion imparted to t it I 1 is is i atrel a t I 1 itic angles to its des dei decent descent cent A new bullet has ctr dea tbt the tbell 1 patented in england which promie proMIS eq t to uga vya U 1 1 cede the minie ball it is externally cf ie ide f IQ of the minie add and is cast upon a cup jofs of swe ste atha kihl gy metal plate tinned tinn tinna M the cap being formed lipon 41 1 ni nin principle of a copper cap the tin and lea iea leac ill ni ir together v the powder forces out the sides SM ig 1 1 the tin plat piat iri so as tp to i insure perfect rifling ahe entire b bull buli 1 u ilet ilee litt doe doeg not exceed the weight cf the ordinary round ball i the experiments that have lave been gen tried at a rance ranse varying A arout two hundred to a thousand yards ards were perfectly successful tse the bull buil eye was truck struck several times at four hundred yards A correspondent of the tribune reports that there is is now inthe bands hands of 0 mor ethan of the french army a gun which is loaded with a balle baile abige u with ith which a awell well practiced practised soldier will hit hlf a man thirteen bundred hundred yai vai ds off off it is of peculiar to wll wil if there is a stout pin pi s of an inch in diameter which is 13 screwed into the breech upon atthe it the ball sit spikes kes when n put qt into the barrel I 1 thi tin pin i is surround surrounded dd by powder A heavy iro ito iron n ramrod eo concave neav at the end i 19 s fused which strike strikes down the ball and causes the pin to enter it spreading spread im it out on all siles titles firmly against the walls of the fhe barrel the same game a m e r is produced in both balls baits the balle halle a lle ile ait alt a tige i iscil e uy bluing sluing ing the minie by ex the tha balliet baits balls Kt both 1 possess ta ess ers 1 precisely prec e ly the same exe exl exterior lor form and weight t i by 11 ihas s principle any cl oid old uncertain musket acet as s immediately converted into a cloe close shooting hifle rifle e oe of most extraordinary ranger rangel before which no 0 field artiller artillery y known to science could fust sustain I 1 n itself and int must t therefore be restricted to operations and the defence of fortified place places and heavy cavalry can no longer be used with effect to show the difre difference rence irr in power and arul execution between the musk t with aith round ball andew nd the improved proved m musket with balle a tige four were weri required 16 hire fire three hundred thousand ind and ball balla one half out bf muskets with round ball bali balland bailand and the me other half halt muskets wh wilh b balle ils a tige and adinie Mi balls at one hundred and fifty yards yaras ards the improved bail ball were twice ag a good as the ronnel ballo ball bali at two hundred yards wice twice as good rood at three b inh luh lih lah died yards seven times time lq hetter better etter at pt four hundnell hundred yards eleven times bettel at five ave hundred yards the improved ba balt ball if hit nearly its as often ag as at one hundred ard fifty yards yarda but no roun round dball ball bali lilt hit atsie hundred yards when the tha improved ball hall hit nearly cearlia dear cear lya iya ii ahira lard as wail as at one hundred and ano fifty yards distance at seven hundred yards ii it hit hearly nearly ehfe same same kaat asat as at six bundred hundred sonis distance atel ahei atei it hit tilt nearly 04 one fifth as well as at one hundred and fifty yards distA ilce lice it will WU be observed therefore from these experiments hat if one hurd burd ed and afy fity afify men ot or these thele four regiments regimen tv were armed with the improved nin vin aln and balle ballf a tige or nii bli amne n le bail hall that hat at the distance 9 of f from three hundred ap p six bundred hundred yards thi they would iame exeen tion than give five hi hundred indred and twenty nive five men inan at a round ball balls consequently fifteen hundred bundred me nican cican be bri madei madel equal to five thousand two hundred and fifty af pf E mn p or five thousand and american soldiers boldie can now how be drilled and armeata do as much execution as would have been doneley fifteen the veter tris resolution 1 captain 14 al amnie lie lle lately hit bit a rn mark rk seven times ou out offen of fen all ai the 66 immense distance of bf eighteen hundred yitti yard with sufficient force lo 10 pa s through a cuirass and kill he hrs hal likewise driven three balls bails ball bail ja n succession uc cession into a mark the size of a d mans hat ilai at a distance dis lance of three quarters of a clife kofl oft bandi handi hand ardd arid dd says he rho an can do tin thi s all ill day abd abo teach any oher man maw of ordinary capacity same I 1 it i ii Wit the common gon jon arrion musket now in in use nse it jt is ne ce cesary sary cathe e soldier that to 6 hit a man at a cert certain hirl Airl yards orf off in lite lile e middle of ila ilg Us lia body bady th the musket mu auit abe bf aimed al at the ch capi if it at a amther distance at tile the shoulder if still f further lit ailt ller 1 at th the li llad head ad and if f urther still at the top op of his plume plum ankin allowances alloun es in all these th 4 cases cafes tarl farl t the fendl fende tendency of therall the ball I 1 lif after ter it has left i i but dut with the liia ilij it ig dif different depoint he point of aim must be the p paint i nt to be hit because the ta rane raap els eis is cr creater eater tater r and th he course straighter but with tiie tile the balte balle balle balie a nuge ise or minie millie ball liall the anle ania anie angle of mut be chosen precisely mr crry has invented a breech loading firearm which consists in in the combination of a vibratory charpe charge holder hoider working in an in arbor in a bicket and rn moving ving in a circle a ma magazine azine or tube lube iii lii in the breech for fon fifty percussion caps a piercing conein bonem connection with the til irl exploding which introduces die rie fi e to the centre of the cartridge pi much instant explosion also a tube forming an adjustable gas joint with the barrel and nd so a ranged as to ie self seif cleaning in the th joet which h prevents any obstruction by rapid fi 9 inc inz in all so as ai 0 to o introduce each charge ay and without with rint brea breaking kime kiwe the cartridge a single cap being at the iame same lame time placed uin uld upon the nigale nipple nippie the charge chamber is a littie little larger than t the e bre bore of the barrel fo 0 o as to prevent a e and nd gives the s syme sime advantage as the ha minie ball bail bail ball does to muzzle loaders loafers it can also be powder and pach patch and no cartri dee def u ned pd if desired as the he breech chamber is loaded like a common shot gun it is said to possess one third greater penetrating power wit with one oine sloth lesY powder than any muzzle muzzie leadin loaning one mr hin william palmer has invented a ball suitable for both small guns gung and cannon which he fie describes as far more deadly and ond destructive in its effects than ihan any yet m use ile he says it cuts wounds and lacera lacerates tes teg in such a manner mariner that if it h H scarcely possible that hat any anicat animals or mans man hould should I 1 YS ye at attar tr being struck by it A ball that would fi a ammon common gun say five eighths of an inch in dr 11 in ter expands on leaving the he gun to four inches and the instant it touches anything cuts in all directions A cannon ball orr on th the e ame same P pi n would cut a space of at least two foet feet the j e invention has been tried in small guns and it does not a appear appeal ly eai eal to affect the flighty fligh tf the ball in te the slightest degree legree A mr neron exhibited at a recent meeting got of the tip institute of civil engineers al at paris an in nuo nao is mode of placing detonating caps on the nipple of a rifle or musket tle the apparatus consisted of ot a tul tub contain containing ino twenty awo iwo wo caps placed parallel with and close dose bes beside besida en ill lii the q barrel belag wag parti narti partially all ali y inserted in the and so pr ranged that whilst the pear end was as by bir a plo pio io to the he hammer bammert the further lafree to tr travel avelin in a slot lot Us action w was as very simple indle s the he tube tub being fitted ath caps from florn q a reservoir several of which would occupy but a small space the tho enc end k dwer pwen was turned do down POI poa OI oa drawing the hammer to half cock the tufe tube was urged forward untila antila calwas cap was brought over the nipple and A d f full til ill cock the cap was press pressed d down aown upon it after fix firing if f any portion of tile the copper remal remained ped attached to the cap it was a mail maii small mall rocker preceding tile tiie tube on pil iti beng beang agan agrain drawn forward tp repeat the operation atlon i it was evident that by this simple ihl and rul cheap addition tony fony any firearm fire arm much time r be saved in in loading L and agrest a great waste if pf caps avoided av aided p tb appt apt opt dry in the reservoir instead bof tot of bez hez beg e x dampy iiii ana and running the he tuil TVIS TV IS of not no exploding ex as a ila lat ial occurred frequently in in action on recent occasions 1 in the grimea crimea tbt the q system sten was stated to have cave obtained the bation of ibe the he highest hinbest hig hest best milita fj m in france ani ant ani with tilde he characteristic atla of that government to be already in I 1 in process of adaptation to the djoe rifle and I 1 process brids nis of gir fir firearms nire fire arms now us aed eit ett by the brij mi fulua i a ve very short period it 1 las lab tag as been 1 lai ial dedore defore he engi engl s sh rk institute at civil engineers where here heie probably apet with like success suc success ciss flar Alar bartini lar tins tini improved gia gun and cartridge e ia is werthy of it consists in a breech golor bo or slide which by drawing the lever leven forward is brought t back from the breech end of the binel a duill clent distance 16 0 o allow space la ln the the ibe breech jn in which to placer ball cartridge ix he cartridge e is is placed in in this thiis space or armur amour t ar mur mun through 11 all an opening I 1 agn the right hand sua sue of th therin egin the lever i is drawn back and fhe the ball cartridge is is forced by a pressure arf eure vure of of some bif fifty ty into its jig eat seat in theba the barrel thie the a conical ball tall cemented into it ii I 1 tort rori erys eri pa lent tent rhe is is one of the most recent ad aid important in firearms fire arms it is a self loading hifle rifle which in in its construction is as sure as it is commendable the barrel and stock are not vei ils lif ferent rent f from rom the ordinary rifle the beli being n chiefly coffin confined aed led to the he lock T that h at which composes the lock of the eifle widla is fastened forward with a hinge to the tha barrel of the tile rifle and a spring fastens the other end of the lock IQ to the stock stocky this beins turned the lock ion swings forward like a gate and to it afe efe are at attached ached ait alt the principal appliances of the Invent invention iop lop under udder we tb e hammer in the lock is is a spring cp CAP box which constantly throws throw j a cap over the of the be cylinder aylin der I 1 lysien en iha he hammer hamm tir ier jis Js raised the gun pun being fired the guard guald Is is again pres pressed seif forward a simple metallic sering spring pushes away the exploded faland cap pap and when the guard is azari brought back a new charge is under the I 1 cap cap ready agati forusz for fon use there is an aperture at the side of the hairel barrel abou about three inches in I 1 n length th and three ahree quartets afan of an inch in width into which nipe nine charges cf powder are placed when they are ae fined fired the ion lock is watched un latched a new charged cylinder takes ha the place of the one used and the birin firing is renewed this gun has hag many over any ant other known it is wlter waterproof all the touch holes boles nine in number pr are i e per feet fert v airtight air tight while revolving against the lock ii tt will shoot forty times in a minute is well guarded |