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Show ll!ilT,'lM,l''illBlIlrl'U' TnaaaawTla1llaavaOal sayhigs and doiugs H JVttv "Dtaih-Tttalini Gun. otOS) Herman military men are beginning flDRfi to rtallto that tb rifle adopted by too aaHrxl army for th tun of smokeleis paw laaStaaB dtr bad tome drawback! The breath. HaK did nut close per- xHBvfl fectly, the reprat- (J HH Ing mechanism was i HHsi not all It should be, II BMiB tb mtgstlne bc- (j HDdI tlon did not como Hi 1 rWamaaal up to tb requlro- ! rf HravTu ment and tbert J -1) svnUaal were several other H j uaaZ9 defecti such as J 6flfl might be expected 13 HeatHI In a hastily lnipro- t PaaaTaP vlted arm. It wat fl hBN Inevitable that an- lw9 MOaJaV other and better kj II IflHK weapon should bo lit laB provided for tb 9 III D Oerman army and M ujL H the new rifle has ia 1 nf IH now been Issued to 01 ill M H a portion of the vtf(j! 111 troops. There was, V mJl H of courte, tonio r M tnyitery attending )gm kH lit Introduction a 1 H mystery original- IllJ H Ing In tho fear of W H other natlona that C9v JI they had not such iTaQ aa! an effective weapon, pvtj ami Borne Insisted that vam leaa It waa to bo an au- in. i totuatlc title, the nJsW H like ot which for lnam aa! rapid death-dealing liam al htd never been I I a la tetn before. Tb I H ; M however, laBaaaaaaV now quite IVeflLv aal known and thero I J)- H no particular myttery about It. It U H an Ingenious and splendid weapon, of jH th same character ai Its prtdtctnor H (7.( millimeters), but thst Is ths only M point It has la common with it Th M barrel la stronger and Is built up by a 1 succsttlon of cylinders Ths sighting H Is on a new principle, the light bting rtltid or lowered by a horltbntal tlldt which move along a grtduattd teal M and Is marked up to 2,000 yard. Tht i H magatln resembles those of all tht rifle of the Mauier tyitem It holdt , fir cartridge, which are arranged ta I V thlt the depth ot tht mtgailn lilt- I duccd. Tho ctltrldga clip Is load, I Into the magtxlno from above, the prcnuri of tbo thumb sending It at m one Into tbo mtgailn and thrswlil out tht ustd clip. Tht bayonet hat a dagger-ibipid I xtremlty and It ttw-backid. It U I find to the rifle without touching tht 4 1 barrel or tbe foret'ght, and It doit not tf ' Interfere with the, aim. T vw we. - -"ZLVJ walgbt tour klloaJslMigraattaM wVtk- ijgjyAMgtSftU V-saao...vsrti-t.VaVAwalsls ' ' ' " "'" awavawatwaja grsmmit, and Itt extreme range .M II mttert. At 100 mtttra Itt bullet wilt ! pierce through eighty centlmelert' ' Kl tblckntat ot dry pine and fifty ctntl- H metert at l,t00 yardi. Th veloolir ot pSil the bullet at twenty-live intttn froaj 1 , th muttlt It C20 mtton a tecond. I V |