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Show AT WAR PLANTS i June 27 Sets Mark for Daily Production of Ammunition for Rifles. WASHINGTON. July 3. A high record for daily production of rifle and pistol ammunition was sot on June 27. when approximately 27,000,000 cartridges car-tridges of every description were turned turn-ed out in plants working for the United Uni-ted Stntes, exclusive of commercial production or work for other governments. govern-ments. In annpuncing Hits achievement, the ordnance department said it was not to be regarded as a daily standard, but merely represented the peak of production pro-duction to date. Tho week ending June 29 saw a high rate of production of United States army rifles of the models of 1917 and 1903, with a daily average of 10.1-12. During tho week 55,79-1 rifles of the modified Enfield and tho Springfield types were produced, together to-gether with spare parts which, when assembled, would equal several additional ad-ditional thousand rifles. |