Show OF INTEREST TO WARRIORS the new york sun of recent date quoting from the scientific american gives given a long description of the now new magazine rifle adopted tor for use in the united states service speaking also ot of several ot of the models modelo exhibited at the trials conducted by the army board and a number of illustrations being employed to render more clear the distinctive tive points of the various weapons exhibited the object sought was not only a rapid magazine arm but also alse an efficient single loader and it may be supposed that in finally receiving the award of superiority the successful gun had to undergo the most moat severe tests testa as aa to its perfection on both the lines indicated the principal interest inte reet locally felt in the subject la 13 that a utah firm browning brothers of and salt lake are the inventors of one of the most moat marvelous marve loua specimens of light ordnance that the whole history of discloses they iron icalla call their weapon the peace pence peacemaker maker i it t it were spelled api piece ece maker the title would seem to be quite as appropriate athas it has a firing bring capacity ot of sixteen shots per second and as an the cartridges are conveyed to the breech by a continuous belt the only limit to the number of shots shot before reloading depends on the length of the belt tiie almost incredible rapidity of fire which would enable it by a slight elight lateral motion to mow down a whole line or at closer range to out cut across a plank as with a saw is not its only merit it la 18 RD an effective single loader as aa well and the mechanism throughout to la simple and strong it would take an expert to describe the workings of this wonderful arm and then an expert to understand the description we lay jay no claim clatin to that distinction but we cannot suppress wonder that the owners of the patent who are easily in the front rank of american gun inventors should have failed to compete in the case above alluded to or if they did compete that they should b have ave failed to receive any mention at all where it to is clear that numerous inferior weapons received le learned and detailed detail dd de scrip tion |