| Show the dlin ie RIFLE thara thera is 13 no longer a doubt that this vt eibon ig is destined to play a most important part in all future games of war with a bayonet attached it is made to combine this necessary fixture of the musket w with ith far more than the ordinary precision of the common rifle it is almost as much a branch of the tho artil artillery lery lerv as of the infantry service as its range at 1000 yards can positively be relied on in fact it carries a ball as far as tho the best eyesight can distinguish any object suitable for its ita mark its bore has the usual rifle crifie twist its bullet ia ie in the form of or an egg and hollow towards its base to this base a piece of wedge shaped iron is firmly attached and the projectile is complete on the explosion of the powder the uon von iron wedge is driven into the ball which of course expands its size making maning a thick flange aromnd its ita entire dian dlan teter keter the grand object that riflemen have havn always been most anxious to attain a tight fitting ball seems in this thia way to be he reached as perfectly as possible the ahola power of the powder is n obtained and an accuracy and range once thought fabulous are the result A X great portion of the allies success in the crimea against large odds is attributed to this great improvement in firearms fire arms and all the british troops now proceeding to the seat of war are to be armed with it it picks off artillery men at a distance of from a fourth to a half mile with great effect and mows down an opposing force like the rapid discharge of grape and cannister we have yet heard nothing of its ita introduction into our own army or that its manufacture has beer been commenced at tit our own armories or indeed that our ordinance department has made any examination or report on the subject uncle sam must keep his bis eyes open columbian columb ian tan A great west |
